Wildstorm: Michael Cray #1 Review

Here I am diving into the world of DC Comics, and you would think I’d at least know a bit from TV shows and movies, but this comic is tied with Arrow’s Oliver Queen and, hate me if you will, I do not watch Arrow on the CW. Still, I review this Wildstorm: Michael Cray #1 on character development and the strong storylines I live for. Editor’s note: There are some spoilers in this review, so we recommend reading the issue before you dive in. Wildstorm gets off to a great start, as this issue has the best character intro for readers like me. We see a side by side of our main character, Michael Cray – and can we talk about his last name being Cray? Cray Cra (sorry I couldn’t resist). We see Cray as a young child learning the harshness of the world, paired with the visual evolution of his adulthood adjacent to it, with Cray living in the harshness of it all. A quick and dirty way to introduce the experience that has made this character who he is today. We also see Michael talking to himself in a specific way, like someone else is there with him. Oh… he is living with a sentient alien being inside him. We can expect an interesting adventure on how this alien force and Michael came to be together, but for now we have scenes like Michael innocently killing a mouse, suggesting he may not have complete control of his abilities.

So Michael is an assassin of some sort, or special agent, who from what it seems is generally asked to kill people most the time. There is a weird dynamic bet…