STORMWATCH TP (2025)

"by Warren Ellis; art by Tom Raney & Randy Elliott; cover by Raney & Sandra Hope Seminal Warren Ellis-scripted tales of the team that would become the stars of The Authority are collected in Stormwatch: Force of Nature, a Wildstorm Productions trade paperback reprinting Ellis's first Stormwatch issues, Stormwatch Volume 1 #37-42. Written by Ellis (Transmetropolitan, Planetary), with art by Stormwatch: Change or Die's Tom Raney - who also provides a new cover (inked by CRIMSON's Sandra Hope) - and Randy Elliott, Force of Nature includes the stories that introduced The Authority's Jenny Sparks and Jack Hawksmoor, as well as WildStorm's most infamous villainess, Rose Tattoo. The companion volume to Stormwatch: A Finer World, the new collection begins with StormWatch Weatherman Henry Bendix planning big changes for the group, beginning with a total reorganization of the team. Gathering new StormWatch operatives - including Jack Hawksmoor and 'woman of the century' Jenny Sparks - the Weatherman positions himself as an international superpower, setting in motion the events that would cause the 'Watch's final demise. SC, 7x10, 160pg, FC"

"by Ellis, Raney, Lee, & Elliott Completing writer Warren Ellis' Stormwatch run, this exciting collection reprints Stormwatch #43-47. Featuring art by the team of Tom Raney and Randy Elliott, Lightning Strikes includes Jack Hawksmoor's encounter with a grisly murder; Battalion's fight against a racist militia group; Jenny Sparks' battles against evil across the generations through which she has lived (each rendered in a style reminiscent of comics from that period). Rounding out the volume are the special all-splash-page issue drawn by Jim Lee and Richard Bennett, in which the entire team assembles against a deadly being of Daemonite origin; and a cover gallery that includes issue #44's variant covers by Raney and Elliott and Gil Kane and Tom Palmer. SC, 7x10, FC"

"by Ellis, Raney, Elliott, Jimenez, & various An exciting trade paperback reprinting issues from writer Warren Ellis' run on StormWatch collects two classic adventures of the team that would evolve into The Authority! Reprinting StormWatch #48-50 and StormWatch Volume 2 #1-3, Change or Die includes the compelling story of a legendary 1930s hero who emerges from solitude with a plan to start civilization anew with the help of a cadre of super-human idealists, and the thrilling 'Strange Weather,' in which the 'Watch - now under the command of a new, saner Weatherman - can only save the world from a bizarre mutanegenic threat if it disobeys an edict that forbids the team from operating on U.S. soil. SC, 7x10, 160pg, FC"

"by Ellis, Hitch, Neary, Ryan, & Rizzo A trade paperback collecting two classic tales of StormWatch, written by The Authority's Warren Ellis and featuring art by the Authority's team of Bryan Hitch and Paul Neary! Reprinting StormWatch Volume 2 #4-9, A Finer World includes the first appearance of Apollo and the Midnighter and the parallel-world adventure 'Bleed,' two stories that sowed the seeds of the StormWatch's destruction and rebirth as the Authority. SC, 7x10, FC"