Okay, I got the 6 issue trade of Majestic way back when. I really liked the stories in that book. He's basically Wildstorm's Superman, but a smarter than John Henry Irons (Steel) and Ray Palmer (Atome) combined. Then he showed up in a 3 part Superman arc, Strange New Visitor after Superman vanished. He didn't exactly make friends with Superman's team: John Henry, Superboy, Eradicator, Steel (Natasha Irons, John's niece). Then he got his own 4 issue mini, by the end of which him and Eradicator patched things up. We also learned how he came to end up in the DC universe, and more about his origins. Now he's got his own montly title, and in the first issue he returns to his universe with Superman and Eradicator. But everyone's gone, there's no sign of human and/or animal life. But they do get attacked by a buncha robot drones. Superman and Eradicator eventually have to leave otherwise they'll be stuck there. So Majestic now has to find out what happened to everyone, on his own.

issue #2 came out this week, buy it already. Majestic. Kicks. Ass.

you guys really should be reading this book. After spending some time in the DC universe, Majestic returns to the Wildstorm universe only to find that a year has passed. It is now the year 2006, and the planet has been conquered by a race of Daemonites (his mortal enemies). All the other heroes, even the Wildcats, are all dead. He's the only one left. At the end of issue #5, Majestic is ambushed by a squad of Spartan series robots, led none other by the original Spartan, Hadrian: one of the few people that is a match for Majestic's power. Cept they're supposed to be friends, so why is he working for the Daemonites? Did he get reprogrammed, or has he gone rogue? Only time will tell...

looks like Hadrian is hosting a Daemonite within him, and they tried to possess Majestic but for some reason it didn't work.  He must be stronger than even he thought.  Turns out these Daemonites are from another dimention, and they entered through the gate that sent Majestic into the DC Universe.  Hadrian and Majestic continued to duke it out throughout the book, but Hadrian just wouldn't stay down.  He's tough for a synthetic lifeform.  He ended up tossing Majestic into what looked like a pool of molten metal.  If he is in fact stronger than Superman, then that shouldn't stop him.  But we'll find out next month.

I got him on my subscription list

More Wildstorm goodness, Grant Morrison and Jim Lee will start a new WildC.A.T.S. series next summer, and DC's Captain Atom pops up in the Wildstorm universe.  That mini, along with the WildC.A.T.S.: Nemesis mini and the Majestic ongoing are planting the seeds for a revitalization of the Wildstorm universe. Hope it plays out well.

offtopic, but was the WildC.A.T.S. comic anything like the cartoon? the cartoon was an animated soap opera.

no, it was excellent. That's where Majestic first popped up since they're from Khera as well. WildCats 3.0 was really awesome. I hope Majestic will be in the new line up. I don't know if the Nemesis mini will be any good, but pick up the Captain Atom mini. And if you like that, get the new WildCats ongoing next summer. By the way, do you read Majestic? What do you think of it? I love how Desmond is back, and how they first showed Ladytron and Hadrian, and now Zealot too. Wildstorm is back, baby 

No, i'm not much of a comic reader... i tend ot read the occasional TPB, lurk at comic sites, etc. don't think Wildstorm is sold in my area, i'll have to look.

not liek the cartoon, eh.... sounds good to me.

well Majestic's back, and trying to figure out where all the Kherubim tech has come from.  He then gets attacked by some Sisters of the Coda (female amazon assasins) but easily kills them.  Zealot shows up, the best in the Coda there is, only it wasn't her group.  It was a more extreme version, and there were sent from their homeworld.  Apparently, the homeworld is after Majestic and possibly the rest of the WildCATS.

holy crap, Helspot returns! If you ever read WildCats, then you know this guy is bad news. Man, I am so psyched, ever since this comic hit the shelves they've been gradually bringing back Wildstorm Universe characters. Can't wait til the Captain Atom mini gets going.

If you are a DC fan and wondered what happened to your fave silver skinned atom blasting hero from Batman/Superman...read this book...

If you are a fan of the aingsty Wildstorm Universe...read this book.

Just a perfect balace. I'm not too familiar with the writer's previous work, but he does justice for both attitudes!

Funny thing is, this ties into a new WildC.A.T.S. series by Grant Morrison and Jim Lee next year.

I think it's a perfect seque series...I love Atom's "Don't worry, I'm a Superhero" attitude while the Wildstorm people are like "yeah...we know...please don't hurt us!"

both this mini and Majestic are laying the groundwork for reestablishing the Wildstorm Universe

my only prob with this issue is how does Grifter know about Hadrian dying in an alternate future? The scene where Majestic kills him is from Majestic #7, in #8 the blast returns Majestic to the present. Hadrian should still be alive and Grifter should not be down in the dumps over a death that took place in an alternate future. He wasn't even around for that. Other than that, this mini is awesome!

interview with Will Pfeifer. What's great about will is one of my buds from my LCS (local comic shop) is friends with him.

http://www.newsarama.com/images/interviews...PfeifferCap.htm

I love this comic, we get to see the real friggin WildCATS: Grifter, Maul, Warblade, Voodoo, and Zealot.  Plus more appearances by Majestic and even hints about the new Void.  I wonder if Spartan will make an appearance in this mini. Oh, and the Authority show up in issue #5. That should be interesting.

poor poor Captain Atom...he and Wildstorm just are not compatable...

I actually think it'd be cool if he ended up staying. And I love how Majestic is being prominently featured.

Well was more refering to how he seems to be the catalyst to it being destroyed...I do like how the president was such a puss, and the Captain's reaction.

Loved the way they CATS decided on who would fight Captain Atom. This is a fun book to read, and next month he encounters the Authority. 

Majestic's storyline is getting more and more interesting.  Too bad Hadrian went down too easily, he's one of my favs. And I didn't know Savant was really the daughter of Majestic and Zealot?  Shocking.

Gran Morrison recently confirmed in Wizard that the 2006 revamp of Wildcats will consist of Spartan, Voodoo, Grifter, Ladytron, Mr. Majestic, Zealot and Savant. Warblade will be absent cuz he's on a secret mission, and Maul it seems has retired to his civilian identity.  I would have liked to have seen Maul and Warblade in it, but I'm just glad Majestic and Spartan are gonna be around. I wonder if the new Void will join as well.  I also think it'd be neat if Captain Atom would stick around and join.

lol Ladytron? Why am I not surprised...Moore made her...now is this book going to be all existential like morrisons others?

probably, and I like Ladytron. I thought it was great when she made an appearance in the original Mr Majestic comic (the two of them went to the movies, hilarity ensued) and when they brought her back in issue #5 of this series.

NYCC update

looks like Captain Atom's getting his freak on in teh Wildstorm universe. But wasn't he supposed to be married to Plastique back in the DC universe.

maybe they got divorced/he's cheating on her?

ok, I don't know about you guys, but Apollo and Midnighter (of the Authority) really creap me out. I can't believe they killed Grifter. Anyway, Captain Atom only has one issue left in this mini. I hear he's been spotted in Bludhaven back in the DCU you, I'll have to pick up the Battle for Bludhaven comic then. If it's good.

Majestic's series has come to and end, and I loved the ending. If you've been reading this since day one, you'll either crack up or be pissed off. I hope other events that took place in the series come up in the new WildCATS comic this fall.

Captain Atom's back in teh DCU, Void is whole once more, let teh Worldstorm begin.

Atom aparently was the WS big bang...

actually Void carried it out. The chain reaction started with Atom, and that's only cuz of the Void fragment within him.

I would have liked Captain Atom to have stayed in the Wildstorm Universe for a bit, as his reactions to most of the "heroes" were about right for a guy who still feels human  ( despite having  near infinite power at his disposal  ) .
That and the fact that now he's back in DC he's going to wind up being ignored again SIGH 
I also would have liked Majestic to stay in DC for a bit longer, he was much more interesting than i realised, although i have become puzzled as to why he never tried to do anything about The Authority ( the most hypocritical group of heroes ever ) It was as though they were in seperate universes ( lazy writers ).

you shoulda read Majestic's book, it was awesome. As for Captain Atom, check out Battle for Bludhaven.

is BfB any good? I may pick up the trade

wait for the trade and flip through it before you buy it. Seems to be an ok story, most the new Freedom Fighters are in it. It's got Major Force going all ape-s*** as always.

Major Force is alive? AGAIN? I wish Captain Atom would do something cool like cut off the Majors link to the Quantum Field, making the guy human again and then give him a good kicking ( i never liked him, nor his habit of shoving women into fridges, sicko villian territory and he never gets his comuppence ). Heck, Cap should be able to give the Major a kicking anyway ( it's not as though he's Majestic, who Cap pretty much drew even with )

Did they explain how he came back from this...

Nope, since i dont think they explained how he came back after Captain Atom had to absorb the loon, completely coverting him into energy to stop him blowing up Tokyo ( i think it was Tokyo but i could be wrong )

Major Force eventually reconstituted himself following the events with Captain Atom. A portion of him remained in Atom when he absorbed the Kryptonite, creating a new Kryptonite Man. Major Force eventually reconstituted himself to plague Kyle. After that who knows. It's been a year, there's been time for someone to come along and allow him to explode so he can reconstitute himself again. But yeah, I'm sick of Major Force. Hopefully Atom will wake up and kick his ass.

Anyways, let's stay on topic now. We can discuss all of this in teh DCU thread.

Ok, back to Wildstorm, then. I want them to bring back Hellstrike, he was a great character killed off to bring in the Authority, who he would most likely have opposed ( he was too decent a guy to behave as they did ) if he had survived that Alien story ( although as a sentient gas he could have hitched a ride in the lungs of Grifter or one of the other Wildcats until they got back to Earth and tried to find a way of reforming himself ). A much missed Wildstorm character in my opinion.

never heard of that guy before, sounds interesting though. I personally can't wait til Morrison relaunches WildCATs this September. Anyone here ever read his JLA/WildCATs crossover way back when he was writing JLA?

Yeah i remember that story it had Superman Blue in it, that was the first comic i saw Majestic in, i liked Grifters confrontation/non fight with Batman as well as Batman taking out Maul ( classic moments all ).
Hellstrike was a former Irish detective, when i was reading Stormwatch he was a green skinned guy with a leather jacket composed of sentient gas held by a forcefield but he got killed off when they were preparing to introduce the Authority which was made up of former Stormwatch "heros" Jenny Sparks, Jack Hawksmoor, Apollo, and Midnighter who were introduced in the run up to the then new series.
I recommend the Stormwatch books to any Wildstorm fan, although it made me really dislike the Authority and Jenny Sparks was a massive hypocrite who complained about Henry Bendix killing one dangerous Meta-human despite winding up a self rightous mass-murderer times ten herself.
As you can tell i'm not a big fan of the Authority   the books are good, but the group sure aren't.

yeah, I've never really liked the Authority. And Captain Atom: Armageddon clearly illustrates why. They were prepared to take out Atom just cuz a computer said so. Engineer wouldn't even listen to Atom, despite what they shared.

Problems I had with continuity in this story.
-Maul attacked like he wasn't that familiar with Majestic, when we've seen them fight side by side before.
-Spartan's death took place in an alternate future, so Grifter shouldn't have known anything about it. And as we saw in Majestic, Spartan is alive and well in the present.
-Majestic appeared to imperialistic, when he is not. He wasn't in his own series, and his experience in the DCU only improved his personality.
-and the people of earth are not afraid of Majestic. As we saw in Majestic #8, he's very much loved by the people.

Bunch of minor errors though. My guess is Will Pfeifer isn't as familiar with Wildstorm continuity as he is with DC. Anyway, all this stuff is moot now since the universe has been rebooted. I wonder how the events in Majestic will play out in the Worldstorm. I loved how issue #17 came full circle with issue #1. Too bad those jerks cancelled it. It was one of my favorite comics.

I'm really looking forward to a new Stormwatch, while it had the aformentinoed Hellstrike...it also had Winter, one of the cooler character concepts in a while, plus Backlash I liked Wildstorm when it started...and yes it had evolved...but it became a totally different creature.

Wildstorm was never that great on continuity any more than DC, most of the world-shaking stories of the Authority never seemed to attract the attention of Majestic, the Wildcats, etc.
I think they were trying to portray Majestic as more arrogant than Imperialistic, and people seemed more afraid of Captain Atom ( and Super types fighting in populated areas in general ) than Majestic due to the mass carnage the Authority routinely kicked up. ( man i just can't stop having a go at them   )
Hope the new Stormwatch is good

which is pretty much what Void said at the end of Captain Atom. This miniseries was probably one of the most necessary reboots, even more so than Infinite Crisis. The heroes like the Authority had lost their way to the point of people being afraid of them. Now I very much doubt that we'll see a kinder, gentler Stormwatch this fall though.

Kinder and gentler would be a bit dull but then the original Stormwatch weren't exactly a bunch of New Age hippy types. I also miss Fuji from stormwatch ( another Gas entity, this time in a massive robot containment suit, died with the others ages ago )

you know, Captain Atom was pretty much the center of the DCU cuz it was connected to so many books. He disappeared in Superman/Batman #6 and briefly reappeared in Superman/Batman #20 before ending up in the Wildstorm universe. And the events at the end of Majestic #7 lead to him coming into contact with the Void signature. We caught a glimpse of him in the Wildstorm U during Infinite Crisis #3 and reappeared in Infinite Crisis #7. So Superman/Batman, Majestic, and Infinite Crisis tied into Captain Atom in one way or another.

I just liked how Atom was just "WTF, I'm here?"