Worldstorm #1
	Cover by: Art Adams Published by: Wildstorm Productions
	Reviewed by: Bruce Logan

And this, child, is a lesson in making (near) free money. Starting with a cover with *well developed/endowed* characters, especially the fair female kind, plunk in a couple of previews, a few pin-up ads and oh, do remember to keep the biggest breasts in the Wildstorm universe (not to mentioned a pair of the newest ones) in the foreground with a literal, ‘in your face’ presence. Do that, plaster a four dollars an issue charge (for them Canucks), and voila, free money with a capital M, not to mention a big-honking F (for F**K You) to the unsuspecting idiot naïve enough to actually put down the money for it.

If that introductory passage seemed a tad too crass to you, how about this, counting the front and the back/message from Jim Lee, there are twelve glorified-ad pages in this read of twenty-four. From Tranquility to Stormwatch P.H.D., all get (at least) a page of showing off, leaving an equal number i.e. twelve pages to preview the above two mentioned titles.

It is clear that this 1-shot special is/was meant to launch the new Wildstorm Universe, lead the charge if you will. Taken that way it works…sorry, would have worked, had it not been so delayed that not only did it come out in the same week as a title it was supposed to announce (Gen13) but also after one of them had already started (Wetworks). Its like DC (Wildstorm’s Parent Company) started with any of the Infinite Crisis Prelude tie-in minis (OMAC Projkect, DoV, VU, R/T War) and then came out with the Preview 1-shot special for them.

Conclusion: Except for the art, especially Ms. Fairchild and her assets (which had their ‘covering’ change from the green of preview art to plain white), I cannot think of a single reason as to why I’d suggest this 1-shot to anyone.

RATING: 6.5/10 (Good Eye Candy, inside and out)