Great art and great promise
So I'll admit it now: I was waiting for this comic almost entirely because of the Ian Churchill artwork. Aside from some covers, he really has been out of action since 2011's Marineman! Yes, this comic pays off in that regard - Churchill's art has a beautiful, neat, clean look to it. It's just a very attractive comic. OK, and Fairchild is on the cover in a swimsuit.
So about that cover... a major typo (Lightning and Thunder are the wrong way around!! I mean, come on, Lightning should be throwing lightning, right??), and Fairchild's costume. It makes her look like she's ready for the beach, and she totally doesn't wear anything like that in the story! Perhaps this was a creative change made a while back, but as we've seen with Wonder Woman, covers can easily be changed. Well, sex sells.
Story-wise, I managed to completely avoid The Culling, so I'm totally a fresh pair of eyes on this story to see if it makes sense, and I have to say I'm okay with not knowing what came before. There's enough in what the characters say to each other, and I kind of like the premise. For me there's no sense of exhaustion from having had too much of NOWHERE as the bad guys as they're totally new to me! I like the mix of Wildstorm and DC characters here too - this is the potential of the new DC to mix and match in new creative ways and I'm all for it. Howard Mackie's writing is good, so I'm definitely going to be back next month.
