"Created and funded by the United Nations, Stormwatch: Team Achilles is a group of highly trained human operatives armed with the latest weaponry and gadgets and given a mission: to police the world's growing superhuman population."--Volume 2 cover

"Originally published in single magazine form as Stormwatch #7-11, Eye of the storm annual #1,--P. [3

Stormwatch, the United Nations Special Crisis Intervention Team, was formed to act as a powerful police force on a global scale. But Weatherman Henry Bendix, the controller of the superheroes, has decided that this course of action is no longer effective. Recruiting the electric Jenny Sparks, the lethal assassin Rose Tattoo, and the city-symbiote Jack Hawksmoor, the Weatherman transforms the once-reactive troupe into a proactive, take-no-prisoners strike team, making the reader question the way that superhero teams are perceived.

The Warguard, a group of meta-humans so powerful, dangerous, and utterly uncontrollable, are a Doomsday Weapon to be unleashed only against the most dangerous foes. Now a cadre of Daemonites has taken control of three members of the Warguard and the only thing standing in their way is StormWatch

Stunning, hilarious, and politically incendiary, this full-color poster book reworks classic American World War I and II propaganda into commentaries on war, peace, and patriotism for the post-September 11 era. The forty one-sided posters make fun of war mentality, the Bush White House, Homeland Security, the War on Terror, Ashcroft, the 2000 Presidential election, the military-industrial complex, and much more. Forty posters of yesteryear such as Uncle Sam's "I Want You," and "Loose Lips Sink Ships" are reworked with new messages of peace and protest.

by Ellis, Raney, Elliott, Jimenez, & various An exciting trade paperback reprinting issues from writer Warren Ellis' run on StormWatch collects two classic adventures of the team that would evolve into The Authority! Reprinting StormWatch #48-50 and StormWatch Volume 2 #1-3, Change or Die includes the compelling story of a legendary 1930s hero who emerges from solitude with a plan to start civilization anew with the help of a cadre of super-human idealists, and the thrilling "Strange Weather," in which the 'Watch - now under the command of a new, saner Weatherman - can only save the world from a bizarre mutanegenic threat if it disobeys an edict that forbids the team from operating on U.S. soil. SC, 7x10, 160pg, FC

The WildStorm Universe has been shattered by an apocalyptic event and the world is devastated. Does the Authority have a hope of rebuilding their "finer world," or is that dream dead and gone? Don't miss this beginning of an astounding new direction for the super-team. Find out what the group that was created to protect Earth from threats of a global scale must do after they fail in their mission.

Wright' s ironically "remixed" full-color World War-era propaganda posters combine with critical political commentary to deliver a scabrous take on the State of the Union.

From gutter business to art form, an engaging, provocative look at all things comic book.

Describes and lists the values of popular collectible comics and graphic novels issued from the 1950s to today, providing tips on buying, collecting, selling, grading, and caring for comics and including a section on related toys and rings.