Wildcats: Street Smart - Volume 1
Bringing interplanetary war to the streets,Wildcats: Street  Smartcollects the first six issues of Volume 2, reconvening the team in the  face of a new threat. Fans of the series will appreciate Travis Charest's take  on the characters and his stunning, obsessive attention to detail. Readers  unfamiliar with Volume 1 might want to backtrack first--the characters and  machinations are complex and not easily synopsized. Writer Scott Lobdell  launches the plot quickly and powerfully with little time for traditional  superheroic narration. Lord Emp learns of evidence of a powerful weapon in the  hands of his nemesis, Kenyan, and assembles our heroes to stop him from using  it. The story arc combines small-scale interpersonal development, well-built  tension and suspense, and, inevitably, the dramatic fighting and explosions we  expect and love from our superheroes. An interesting new addition to the  Wildcats is Noir, a mysterious French techie who seems to represent a fin-de- siècle trend in comics toward strong, nonstereotypical gay characters.  His clever banter, representative of Lobdell's ear for dialogue, sets the pace  ofStreet Smartand whets the reader's appetite for the next collection.--Rob Lightner--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.