Wildcats: Homecoming

Rating:
Summary: Pretty mediocre
Review: Above average comic book fare, but not even in the same plane as Watchmen or V for Vendetta. I would suggest looking elsewhere. From Hell and Swamp Thing are also both supposed to be very good.

Rating:
Summary: Pretty mediocre
Review: Above average comic book fare, but not even in the same plane as Watchmen or V for Vendetta. I would suggest looking elsewhere. From Hell and Swamp Thing are also both supposed to be very good.

Rating:
Summary: Pretty mediocre
Review: Above average comic book superhero fare, but unfortunately that's not saying too much. Enjoyable, but no depth--but not even in the same plane as Watchmen or V for Vendetta. I would suggest looking elsewhere. From Hell and Swamp Thing are also both supposed to be very good

Rating:
Summary: Pretty mediocre
Review: Above average comic book superhero fare, but unfortunately that's not saying too much. Enjoyable, but no depth--but not even in the same plane as Watchmen or V for Vendetta. I would suggest looking elsewhere. From Hell and Swamp Thing are also both supposed to be very good

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Summary: "But that was back on Khera."
Review: Before asking Alan Moore to write your comic book, make sure you are not at all attached to the premise or any of the characters. The WildC.A.T.s started off a mostly alien super-team stranded far from their homeworld with a very simple mission: fight the Daemonites. In his first few issues, Moore splits the group in half, sends part of the team home to Khera, introduces some very strange new characters, and reveals that the war they've been fighting has been over for centuries. Oops.

Stripped of their motivation, the characters end up having to face down a more insidious threat on Khera, and the double-blinds and manipulations of fellow superheroes on earth. The quantum leap from cookie-cutter fistfights to hard, character-driven sci-fi is a bit of a jolt, but it's a welcome one, and Moore uses it to serve the characters as they find new ways to work and fight together. The central question of the series ceases to be, "How do we win this war?" and becomes, "What do we do now that the war is over?"

Travis Charest does the bulk of the pencils on this storyline, and they're terrific.

Rating:
Summary: Just what you'd expect from the Master
Review: Fans of Moore's will not be dissappointed. Terrific dialogue, mood-setting art like no other -- He truly set the standard for comics.

Rating:
Summary: Just what you'd expect from the Master
Review: Fans of Moore's will not be dissappointed. Terrific dialogue, mood-setting art like no other -- He truly set the standard for comics.

Rating:
Summary: Brings depth to standard costumed-hero books
Review: If you're like me, standard superhero comics where characters just beat up on each other are pretty boring. So what happens when one of the greatest comics writers takes on mindless violence? Sheer brilliance. Moore brings much-needed depth to the characters which up until this point had just been two-dimensional cardboard cutouts. He adds social commentary, ingenious plot twists, and layers of meaning.

No, it's not as great as Watchmen, or From Hell, or any title where he created the characters/world, but working within the confines of what he's been given, Moore creates a superhero story that deviates from the norm and is well worth reading.

Rating:
Summary: Good Intergalactic Fun!
Review: This book (or these books, as this is a collected edition) are great stuff - Alan Moore crafts a wickedly poignant tale around the return of the original C.A.T.s from their homeworld of Khera. While they originally went to Khera thinking it a utopia of paradise, they leave when events turn bitter. Arriving home on Earth, they find themselves right in the middle of the crime war the new WildC.A.T.S. have started. The conclusion is classic Moore, and the art (a mix of Travis Charest and Kevin Maguire) is top notch, Charest's in paticular. If you are a fan of Alan Moore, WildC.A.T.s, or just good old fashion intergalactic superhero action, this book's for you.