Did you read The Wild Storm #1 this week? If not, go buy the comic as soon as you can. Check out the variant covers for the second issue by Jim Lee and Afu Richardson and be amazed.

THE WILD STORM #2 Jim Lee Variant

(W) Warren Ellis (A) Jon Davis-Hunt (CA) Jim Lee, Scott Williams

All Angela Spica did was save someone's life. And now hers is over. The rogue engineer lies bleeding in a place she hopes nobody will find - but she's wrong. The people embedded in the secret power structures of the world are tracking her. Skywatch. Halo. International Operations. A covert operative called Grifter. If only she hadn't unknowingly foiled an assassination planned by her boss. If only her boss wasn't the one person more interested in the Engineer's transhuman implants than in her life. It's all going very wrong, very quickly. There's going to be more blood.

JAN170322 In Shops: Mar 15, 2017 SRP: $3.99

THE WILD STORM #2 Afu Richardson Variant

JAN170321 In Shops: Mar 15, 2017 SRP: $3.99

Can't wait

BC pointed yesterday that cover with grifter was based on Justin Bieber underwear shot and there spot on so ill pass on that one.

Grifter is always worth reading not Richardsons best work but looks ok..Jim Lee is always better

Cool

Was the first issue any good?

There is good 90's and bad 90's. WildStorm is bad 90's.

I'll never get how Lee is one of comics biggest artist.

This is already looking to be DC's series of the year. I even forgot I was reading something from the company because it feels so Image.

You haven't been reading much Wildstorm then because Ellis's work began in the 90s.

Lee became so lazy

So they have sexualizated a male character on a cover and no one starting complain on the web? O_O

@earthsmightiest said:

BC pointed yesterday that cover with grifter was based on Justin Bieber underwear shot and there spot on so ill pass on that one.

@earthsmightiest: Why even cover face, if you are going to show your tattoos. Also once you see comparation, you can´t unseen it.

Team 7 tattoos, baybeh!

Exactly. The Authority pretty much set the tone for modern comics. If it wasn't for that book there probably wouldn't be an Ultimate Marvel line. DV8 was way ahead of its time.

Oh man, DV8. That was Secret Six before there was Secret Six. They need to come back and they fit current times better than Gen13.

@earthsmightiest said:

BC pointed yesterday that cover with grifter was based on Justin Bieber underwear shot and there spot on so ill pass on that one.

...Interesting.

I love Afua Richardson's art so freaking much. Also, @gmanfromheck, you spelled her name wrong twice in the article.

I love me some Grifter, though a part of me wishes his series was still going in the mainstream DCU. I enjoyed seeing Grifter, Team 7, and Stormwatch, as well as Midnighter all getting retrofitted into the New52 DC.

This looks good though. Lee's cover isn't note for note like the image of JB. I hate Beiber as much as any man, but Cole has more of his stomach showing and has pants on. Since when do people hate on artists for using reference pics? Granted Lee shouldn't use something as mainstream as that [I always go back a few decades at least] for reference, you guys are making mountains out of ant hills. A better question would be why does it have such a bland background? Let Brett Booth come back to Wildstorm and do a cover or two for this.

@earthsmightiest: @vitalius: @jesusdisciple001:

Also, it's not like heDC are hiding it at all:

@jonny_anonymous: I didn't think it was bad, I was actually thinking it was interesting because I was trying to figure out what he was going for which your video of course answered, it's pretty cool in fact.

@ms-lola >:3

I always thought Grifter's name was Spartan.

Spartan was the red, white, and blue clad leader of W.I.L.D.Cats.

Fantastic setup for an espionage story. Ellis knows exactly what he's doing.

@earthsmightiest said:

BC pointed yesterday that cover with grifter was based on Justin Bieber underwear shot and there spot on so ill pass on that one.

is this the best they could come up with xD? Also Grifter looks ridiculous with that mask on

First issue was the good so I'm on board.

I wished that Jim Lee NEVER sold Wildstorm to DC Comics in the first place.

1/10

@darthfury78: Trust me, things MIGHT be worse, there's little ripples we don't see.

If they bring DV8 back, I'm onboard!