In the 90s, WildC.A.T.s represented a new mode of comic creation: a vehicle for giant splash pages and Barbie-tised women. The plot was similarly simple - sexy assassins versus blood-soaked aliens. Flash forward to Joe Casey's run in the amazing second volume of the series and suddenly, that war's over and the formerly one-dimensional members of the covert operations team have to find meaning and, fortunately, find some depth to their characters. (See all 4 volumes of that series for more.) But aside from those characters putting their lives back together (or further apart, depending on your view), what the second series was really all about was a build-up, a build-up to something a little more real and a lot more immediate than aliens from another galaxy honing in on our tiny blue orb; it became about saving the world from the biggest enemy it has - the almighty corporation.
One of the major differences between this incarnation of the Wildcats and the previous two is that this simply isn't a team comic book. Instead, we're left with the perspectives of two main characters - Jack Marlow (formerly Spartan), who leads a one-man war to overtake the corporate machine with the advent of an everlasting battery and Grifter, who links us to the espionage roots of the book (and pays for it.) The chemistry created between these former knock-offs of Cyclops and Wolverine carry the book on both a theological level, as well as a pure can't-put-it-down, laugh-out-loud entertainment aspect. The rest of the characters merely add to that chemistry while also adding their own unique voices, but I won't give anything away there.
The best way I can sum up this series is by saying this: Wildcats 3.0 isn't set in the future or a simplistic present, it's set in today, in the real world, where the sponsors of our favorite TV shows have a say in how we inevitably live our lives. It's about the price of greed and hypocrisy of Capitalism. Sound a little lofty for a comic book? Well, that's probably why it didn't last, though there are a lot of elements of violence, whether it's by pen or sword (or gun or grenade or whatever Grifter may be holding.) Don't worry, though - a second volume containing the remainder of the series has finally been released and wraps up the story arc, though a bit hurriedly as the creative team surely felt the hammer ready to drop on them. Despite this minor drawback, if you love your comics in the same thoughtful vein of Ex Machina or are just looking for a branch off the super hero genre to sink your teeth into, then I highly recommend Wildcats 3.0.
And please - tell your friends! Don't let this series be secret, anymore!
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