Stormwatch | |
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Group publication information | |
Publisher |
Wildstorm DC Comics |
First appearance | Stormwatch #1 (March 1993) |
Created by |
Jim Lee Brandon Choi H. K. Proger Ron Marz Warren Ellis (Vol. 2) |
In-story information | |
Base(s) | SkyWatch |
Member(s) |
Stormwatch Prime Battalion Synergy Winter Fuji Hellstrike Flint Cannon Strafe Diva Post-Human Division John Doran Fahrenheit Paris Gorgeous Black Betty The Monstrosity The Machinist Former Members Backlash Martian Manhunter Nautika Flashpoint Jenny Sparks Jack Hawksmoor Swift Rose Tattoo Union Weatherman (Henry Bendix) Weatherman (William Bendix) |
Stormwatch | |
Genre | |
Creator(s) |
Jim Lee Brandon Choi H. K. Proger Ron Marz Warren Ellis (Vol. 2) |
Stormwatch (vol. 3) | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Ongoing |
No. of issues | 30 |
Creative team | |
Written by |
Paul Cornell Peter Milligan Jim Starlin Sterling Gates |
Artist(s) | Miguel Sepulveda Yvel Guichet Jeremy Roberts |
Stormwatch is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by WildStorm, which later became an imprint of DC Comics. Created by Jim Lee, the team first appeared in Stormwatch #1 (March 1993). After the WildStorm imprint was retired and its universe was merged with the main DC Universe, the group was depicted as a secretive team of superheroes who tackle dangerous missions while remaining unknown to the larger superhero community.
Stormwatch (run by a fictional United Nations) is overseen from a satellite by its director, the Weatherman. The Weatherman was Henry Bendix, who had cybernetic implants connected to his brain to better monitor the world situation and his Stormwatch teams in action. His field commander was Jackson King (also known as Battalion), an African-American telekinetic. Other founding members include Hellstrike (an Irish police officer who is an energy being), Winter (an ex-Russian Spetznaz officer and an energy absorber), Fuji (a young Japanese man, an energy being trapped in a containment suit) and Diva (a young Italian woman with sonic powers).
Stormwatch began in the comic book Stormwatch, published by Image Comics and owned by Jim Lee. Early writers of Stormwatch included Jim Lee, Brandon Choi, H. K. Proger and Ron Marz; early artists included Scott Clark, Brett Booth, Matt Broome and Renato Arlem.
Marz, who had worked on Marvel Comics' Silver Surfer and developed Hal Jordan's Green Lantern replacement Kyle Rayner at DC Comics, took over the writing while James Robinson was writing WildC.A.T.s. Robinson and Marz, directed by Jim Lee, intertwined the books' storylines over several months.