WildStorm Productions, or simply "Wildstorm," was a publishing imprint and studio of DC Comics.
History
WildStorm originated in 1992 as comics creator Jim Lee's personal company, Aegis Entertainment, in the partnership making up Image Comics. In 1993, when it became clear that the names of the Image partners' personal companies would be used as brands, Lee changed Aegis to WildStorm, taken from the names of his top two titles, WildC.A.T.S. and Stormwatch.
In 1999, Jim Lee and WildStorm left Image, and Lee sold WildStorm to DC Comics. After the sale, Lee remained as Wildstorm's Editorial Director. The Executive Editor was Scott Dunbier. The WildStorm imprint was editorially separate from its DC parent, with its main studio located on the West Coast (when DC was still headquartered in New Your City).
In September 2010, Jim Lee and Dan DiDio announced that the WildStorm banner would cease to exist.[1]
The New 52
Main article: WildStorm in The New 52
DC Comics merged elements of the Wildstorm Universe into the DC Universe in 2011. Flashpoint rebooted the DCU timeline, combining it with elements of Wildstorm and the Vertigo Universe. This new continuity is called Prime Earth. Wildstorm characters and concepts are redesigned, and appear as entirely new versions of themselves. There are also several new series' published using these properties.[2]
- Grifter (Volume 3) (2011–2013)
- Stormwatch (Volume 3) (2011–2014)
- Team 7 (Volume 2) (2012–2013)
- Voodoo (Volume 2) (2011–2012)
Rebirth
After the pseudo-reboot DC Rebirth, the presence of Wildstorm characters in the DC Universe was mostly removed (with some exceptions, such as Midnighter, Apollo and Grifter). Frequent WildStorm Productions writer Warren Ellis began writing a relaunch of the original universe, called The Wild Storm, featuring a continuity totally independent from both the New 52 and the original timeline, featuring new takes on classic characters. There were two titles with a third title originally planned but was cancelled.
Infinite Frontier
Dawn of DC
List of Wildstorm titles
- 21 Down (Volume 1)
- Albion (Volume 1)
- Allegra (Volume 1)
- The American Way (Volume 1)
- The Authority (Volume 1)
- The Authority (Volume 2)
- The Authority (Volume 3)
- The Authority (Volume 4)
- The Authority: The Magnificent Kevin
- The Authority: The Lost Year
- The Authority: More Kev
- The Authority: Prime
- The Authority: Revolution
- Automatic Kafka
- Backlash
- Battler Britton
- Bay City Jive
- Big Bruisers Vol 1 1
- Black Ops
- Black Sun
- The Boys
- Brass (Volume 1)
- Brass (Volume 2)
- C-23
- Captain Atom: Armageddon
- Casey Blue: Beyond Tomorrow
- City of Tomorrow
- Claw the Unconquered
- Countdown
- Coup d'État
- Cybernary
- Cybernary 2.0.
- Deathblow (Volume 1)
- Deathblow (Volume 2)
- Deathblow: Byblows
- Defcon 4
- Desolation Jones
- Devil's Night
- Divine Intervention: Gen 13 #1
- Divine Intervention: Wildcats #1
- Divine Right
- DV8
- DV8 vs. Black Ops
- DV8: Gods and Monsters
- Epicurus the Sage Vol 1
- The Establishment
- Ex Machina
- Extinction Event
- The Ferryman
- Fire from Heaven
- Gamorra Swimsuit Special
- Garrison
- Gen 12
- Gen 13 (Volume 1)
- Gen 13 (Volume 2)
- Gen 13 (Volume 3)
- Gen 13 (Volume 4)
- Gen 13 Bootleg
- Gen 13 Interactive
- Gen 13: Magical Drama Queen Roxy
- Gen 13: Ordinary Heroes
- Gen-Active
- Global Frequency
- A god Somewhere
- Grifter (Volume 1)
- Grifter (Volume 2)
- Grifter and Midnighter
- Grifter: One Shot #1
- Hazard
- The Highwaymen
- Homage Studios Swimsuit Special
- Horizon
- Ides of Blood
- The Intimates
- Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority
- Jet
- Jezebelle
- Killapalooza
- The Kindred
- The Kindred II
- Legend
- The Life Eaters
- Majestic
- A Man Called Kev
- Manifest Eternity
- Masks: Too Hot for TV #1
- Matador
- The Maxx
- Midnighter
- Midnighter: Armageddon #1
- The Monarchy
- Monster World
- Mostly Wanted
- Mr. Majestic
- Mysterius
- New Dynamix
- Night Tribes
- Ninja Boy
- North 40
- Number of the Beast
- Ocean
- The Patriots
- Phantom Guard
- Planetary
- Point Blank
- The Programme
- Red Herring
- Red Menace
- Reload
- Resistance
- The Resistance
- Robo Dojo
- Rokkin
- Savant Garde
- Sci-Tech
- The Secret History of the Authority: Hawksmoor
- Sigma
- Skye Runner
- Sleeper
- Sleeper Season Two
- Sparta: U.S.A.
- Spartan: Warrior Spirit
- Storming Paradise
- StormWatch (Volume 1)
- StormWatch (Volume 2)
- Stormwatch Sourcebook
- Stormwatch: P.H.D.
- Stormwatch: Post Human Division: Armageddon #1
- Stormwatch: Team Achilles
- Strikeback!
- Sword of Damocles
- Taleweaver
- Team 7
- Team 7: Dead Reckoning
- Team 7: Objective: Hell
- Team One: StormWatch
- Team One: WildC.A.T.s
- Team Zero
- This Is WildStorm Sneak Peek
- Thunderbolt Jaxon
- Trick 'r Treat
- Twilight Experiment
- Union (Volume 1)
- Union (Volume 2)
- Union: Final Vengeance #1
- Victorian Undead
- Victorian Undead II
- Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes vs. Jekyll and Hyde Vol 1 1
- Voodoo (Volume 1)
- Voodoo/Zealot: Skin Trade
- Warblade: Endangered Species
- Welcome to Tranquility
- Welcome to Tranquility: Armageddon #1
- Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave Vol 1
- Wetworks (Volume 1)
- Wetworks (Volume 2)
- Wetworks Sourcebook Vol 1 1
- Wetworks: Armageddon #1
- Wetworks: Mutations
- WildC.A.T.s (Volume 1)
- WildC.A.T.s (Volume 2)
- WildC.A.T.s Adventures Vol 1
- WildC.A.T.s Adventures Sourcebook Vol 1 1
- WildC.A.T.s Sourcebook Vol 1
- WildC.A.T.s Trilogy Vol 1
- WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams
- WildC.A.T.s: Spartan vs Helspont Special Edition #1
- Wildcats (Volume 1)
- WildCats (Volume 1)
- WildCats (Volume 2)
- Wildcats Version 3.0
- Wildcats: Armageddon #1
- Wildcats: Ladytron #1
- Wildcats: Mosaic #1
- WildCATS: Nemesis
- Wildcore
- Wild Girl
- Wildsiderz
- Wildstorm! (Volume 1)
- Wildstorm Annual Vol 1
- WildStorm Annual #2000
- Wildstorm Armageddon
- WildStorm Chamber of Horrors #1
- Wildstorm Fine Arts
- Wildstorm Halloween '97 Vol 1 1
- Wildstorm Halloween Trilogy of Terror #1
- Wildstorm Player's Guide
- Wildstorm Presents
- Wildstorm Presents Planetary: Lost Worlds
- Wildstorm Rarities #1
- Wildstorm Revelations
- WildStorm Rising Vol 1
- Wildstorm Sampler #1
- Wildstorm Spotlight
- Wildstorm Summer Special #1
- Wildstorm Swimsuit '97
- Wildstorm Swimsuit Special
- Wildstorm Thunderbook #1
- Wildstorm Ultimate Sports Official Program
- Wildstorm Universe #0
- Wildstorm Universe '97
- Wildstorm Universe Sourcebook #1
- Wildstorm Winter Special #1
- Wildstorm: After the Fall
- Wildstorm: Michael Cray
- The Wild Storm
- Wild Times
- Winter Men
- WorldStorm
- Wraithborn
- Wynonna Earp Vol 1
- Zealot
America's Best Comics
- America's Best Comics 64-Page Giant
- America's Best Comics: A to Z
- America's Best Comic's Sketch Book
- Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset
- League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Volume 1)
- League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Volume 2)
- League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier
- The Many Worlds of Tesla Strong #1
- Promethea
- Smax
- Terra Obscura (Volume 1)
- Terra Obscura (Volume 2)
- Tom Strong
- Tom Strong's Terrific Tales
- Tomorrow Stories
- Top 10
- Top 10: Beyond the Farthest Precinct
- Top Ten: The Forty Niners
Cliffhanger
- Arrowsmith
- Battle Chasers
- Crimson
- Crimson: Scarlet X: Blood on the Moon
- Crimson Sourcebook
- Danger Girl
- Danger Girl 3-D Special #1
- Danger Girl Special #1
- Danger Girl Sketchbook
- Danger Girl: Back in Black
- Danger Girl: Body Shots
- Danger Girl: Hawaiian Punch #1
- Danger Girl: Kamikaze
- Danger Girl: Odd Jobs
- Danger Girl: Viva Las Danger #1
- High Roads
- Kamikaze
- Out There
- The Possessed
- Steampunk
- Steampunk: Catechism #1
- Tokyo Storm Warning
- Two-Step
CMX
- Apothecarius Argentum
- Batman: Death Mask (cobranded with DC Comics)
- Crayon Shin-chan
- Canon
- Chikyu Misaki
- Cipher
- Classical Medley
- Densha Otoko: The Story of the Train Man Who Fell in Love With a Girl
- The Devil Does Exist
- Diamond Girl
- Dorothea
- Emma
- The Empty Empire
- From Eroica with Love
- Gals!
- Go Go Heaven!!
- Gon
- I Hate You More Than Anyone
- Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne
- Key to the Kingdom
- Kikaider Code 02
- King of Cards
- Land of the Blindfolded
- Leader's High!
- Love for Venus
- Madara
- Megatokyo
- Monster Collection
- Moon Child
- Musashi Number Nine
- My Darling Miss Bancho
- The Name of the Flower
- Omukae desu
- Orfina
- Oyayubihime Infinity
- Palette of 12 Secret Colors
- Penguin Revolution
- Pieces of a Spiral
- The Recipe for Gertrude
- Seimaden
- Steel Fist Riku
- Stolen Hearts
- Swan
- Sword of the Dark Ones
- Tears of a Lamb
- Tenjho Tenge
- TenRyu: The Dragon Cycle
- Testarotho
- Time Guardian
- Tower of the Future
- Two Flowers of the Dragon
- Variante
- Venus Capriccio
- Versus
- The Young Magician
Homage Comics
- Astro City 3D Special #1
- Astro City Special: Supersonic #1
- Astro City: Astra Special Vol 1
- Astro City: Beautie Vol 1
- Astro City: The Dark Age (Volume 1)
- Astro City: The Dark Age (Volume 2)
- Astro City: Local Heroes
- Astro City: Samaritan #1
- Astro City/Arrowsmith #1
- Ball and Chain
- Darkchylde: The Legacy
- Darkchylde Summer Swimsuit Spectacular #1
- Desperadoes
- Desperadoes: Epidemic!
- Desperados: Quiet of the Grave
- Disavowed
- Four Women
- Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Volume 1)
- Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Volume 2)
- Leave it to Chance
- Mek
- The New Adventures of Abraham Lincoln
- Nightfall: The Black Chronicles
- Red
- Red: Eyes Only
- Red: Frank
- Red: Joe
- Red: Marvin
- Red: Victoria
- Reload
- StThe Ray #1
- Yeah!
- Zero Girl
- Zero Girl: Full Circle
Intercompany crossovers
- The Authority/Lobo
- Backlash/Spider-Man
- Batman/Deathblow: After the Fire
- Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Wildstorm #1
- DC/Wildstorm: Dreamwar
- Deathblow/Wolverine
- Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash
- Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors
- Gen 13/Fantastic Four
- Gen 13/Generation X
- Gen 13/The Maxx
- Gen 13/MonkeyMan and O'Brien
- Grifter and the Mask
- Grifter/Shi
- JLA/WildC.A.T.s: Crime Machine
- Lobo/Authority: Holiday Hell
- Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth
- Red Sonja/Claw: The Devil's Hands
- Spawn/WildC.A.T.s
- Spider-Man/Gen 13
- Superman/Gen 13
- Superman/Thundercats #1
- Wetworks/Vampirella
- WildC.A.T.s/Aliens
- WildC.A.T.s/Cyberforce: Killer Instinct
- WildC.A.T.s/X-Men
Licensed properties
- Aion
- Chuck
- Dante's Inferno
- Darksiders
- Driver: Crossing the Line #1
- Eight Legged Freaks
- Everquest: The Ruins of Kunark
- Everquest: Transformation
- Farscape: War Torn
- Free Realms
- Friday the 13th
- Friday the 13th: Abuser and the Abused #1
- Friday the 13th: Bad Land
- Friday the 13th: How I Spent My Summer Vacation
- Friday the 13th: Pamela's Story
- Fringe
- Fringe: Tales From the Fringe
- Future Cop: L.A.P.D.
- Gears of War
- Gears of War Sourcebook
- God of War
- Kane & Lynch
- Lost Boys: Reign of Frogs
- Mirror's Edge
- Modern Warfare 2: Ghost
- New Line Cinema's Tales of Horror #1
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Ninja Scroll
- Prototype
- Push
- Pushing Daisies
- Racer X
- Ratchet & Clank
- Red Faction: Armageddon
- Red Faction: Gurrilla
- The Reign of Megamind
- Resident Evil (Volume 1)
- Resident Evil (Volume 2)
- Resident Evil: Code Veronica
- Resident Evil: Fire and Ice
- Robotech
- Robotech Sourcebook #1
- Robotech: Invasion
- Robotech: Love and War
- Robotech: The Macross Saga
- Robotech: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles
- The Saga of Seven Suns: Veiled Alliances
- Snakes on a Plane
- Speed Racer
- StarCraft
- Star Trek Special
- Star Trek: All of Me
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: N-Vector
- Star Trek: Divided We Fall
- Star Trek: Enter the Wolves
- Star Trek: New Frontier: Double Time
- Star Trek: The Next Generation: Embrace the Wolf
- Star Trek: The Next Generation: Enemy Unseen
- Star Trek: The Next Generation: Forgiveness
- Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Gorn Crisis
- Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Killing Shadows
- Star Trek: The Next Generation: Perchance to Dream
- Star Trek: Other Realities
- Star Trek: Voyager: Avalon Rising
- Star Trek: Voyager: Elite Force
- Star Trek: Voyager: Encounters with the Unknown
- Star Trek: Voyager: False Colors
- Star Trek: Voyager: Planet Killer
- Supernatural: Beginning's End
- Supernatural: Origins
- Supernatural: Rising Son
- Telara Chronicles
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre: About a Boy #1
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre: By Himself
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Cut! #1
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Raising Cain
- Thundercats
- Thundercats Sourcebook #1
- Thundercats: Origins: Heroes and Villains #1
- Thundercats: Origins: Villains and Heroes #1
- Thundercats: Dogs of War
- Thundercats: Enemy's Pride
- Thundercats: Hammerhand's Revenge
- Thundercats: The Return
- Thundercats/Battle of the Planets #1
- World of Warcraft
- World of Warcraft: Ashbringer
- The X-Files
- The X-Files/30 Days of Night
See Also
Links and References
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