“light years ahead of most other Image books”- true observation Brian.

also very recently, while doin a lil research thru Wikipedia, i found some intriguing info related to this run and the music i mentioned.

a few of the members from the bands that i mentioned (particularly Joy Division and The Smiths) come from or have very strong important punk historical ties to where James Robinson is from: Manchester.

“Manchester” also happens to be the last name of one of the WildC.A.T.s characters: Ladytron (her first name: Maxine, a cyberpunk debuting during Alan Moore’s run, which followed right after Robinson’s)

back in the mid-90s, when Maxine Manchester/Ladytron debuted in issue 21 of that series, her unusual appearance, rock attitude, and non-superhero name immediately made me think of Marilyn Manson. but now after just learning more about the Manchester music scene. wow. and also i noticed how there’s a character named Smith who appears later throughout Joe Casey’s Wildcats run. and if i remember correctly i think it was Robinson who wrote a character named Slaugherhouse Smith for a very short series called Team One: WildC.A.T.s.

coincidence? maybe, but i dont think so.

i feel like moron for just discovering these Manchester connections just now, over a decade later after this run. which only emphasizes Brian’s “light years ahead” comment.

rocking:)

At the time, it was just light years ahead of most other Image books, so it looked a lot better than it actually was. It is still a good run, but a lot of the stuff Robinson did there was unusual for the time, but not standard fare nowadays.

This is in the wrong section, though.