Wildcats: Nemesis #1 (of 6)

Writer: Robbie Morrison
Artists: Talent Caldwell &
Horacio Dominguez
Inker (for Talent Caldwell): Matt “Batt” Banning
Colorist: Carrie Strachan

In the first Wildcats series since the conclusion of Joe Casey’s critically acclaimed Wildcats 3.0 a mysterious woman known as Nemesis attacks a special convoy and takes a young girl the convoy was carrying. Before she can escape however a group of former Wildcats (Mr. Majestic, Zealot, Savant and The Grifter) show up to confront Nemesis. During their battle the book jumps thousands of years back in time to reveal the origin of the deadly Nemesis.

Disappointed. That’s the first thing that came to mind after reading the first issue of Wildcats: Nemesis. Fans of Joe Casey’s ground breaking run on the previous series, like me, are most likely in for a similar feeling. If you were a fan of the original Wildcats series in the mid-nineties you may be a little more interested in this book than most. The book delves back into the past, digging up the ancient history of the Khera/Daemon War but does little in the way of offering any new or fresh take on that history. I was also disappointed to see that Talent Caldwell, who I thought was supposed to be the only artist on the series, actually only drew half the book. The second half of the book is drawn by Horacio Dominguez and presents a somewhat jarring shift in style.

This books seems like nothing more than an attempt by Wildstorm to keep the characters fresh in the readers minds while they prepare for the actual relaunch of the series by Grant Morrison and Jim Lee sometime in 2006. I think I’ll most likely skip this mediocre mini series in favor of waiting patiently for the real thing.

Special thanks go out to Jeremy Shorr, owner of Titan Comics for allowing us to use his advance preview books for review purposes.
 

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