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WildCATs – Definitive Collecting Guide & Reading Order

The definitive issue-by-issue comic book collecting guide and reading order for WildCATs in omnibus, hardcover, trade paperback, and digital comics. Find every issue and appearance! Part of Crushing Krisis’s Crushing Comics Guide to Collecting Indie & Licensed Comics. Last updated April 2023 with titles scheduled for release through August 2023.

In 1992 there was no hotter artist in comics than Jim Lee. That meant his Image Comics flagship title WildCATs launched to immediate and massive popularity – maybe even before Lee and his creations were ready for it.

Jim Lee pencilled his first issue of X-Men with writer Chris Claremont in May of 1989 with Uncanny X-Men (1963) #248. X-Men was already one of the most-popular comic books in America, but Lee’s gradually takeover as the primary artist from fellow Image founder Marc Silvestri elevated its popularity into the stratosphere. That popularity climax  two years later in August 1991 when the launch of X-Men (1991) #1 became the highest-selling modern comic, selling millions of copies driven largely by Lee’s complete redesign of the cast as splayed across four covers.

WildCATs: Covert Action Teams (1992) #1 textless

Lee’s final work on X-Men arrived just a year later on X-Men (1991) #11 in August 1992 – the same month he launched WildC.A.T.s (1992) #1 at Image Comics with childhood friend Brandon Choi on scripting duties. In the interim, Lee’s character designs started pop up everywhere – from merchandise, to toys, to the revered X-Men: The Animated Series – which debuted in October 31, 1992. No other comic artist had more visibility for their work than Lee in the early 90s.

While WildCATs is often labeled as an off-brand X-Men, Lee’s concept for the series is closer to Marvel’s Inhumans and Eternals than their X-Men. The members of his team were all descendants of a pair of warring alien races who crashed to Earth millennia ago. The Kheribum seemed brave and majestic while the Daemonites in their truest form resembled Aliens or The Brood. The team payed out that ancient conflict in the modern day, making peace between Kheribum factions and hunting rogue Daemonites. (Over the course of the series, we learned that those first impressions weren’t the whole truth).

Lee had proven to be a fast penciller on X-Men, but he was now penciler, plotter, and co-founder of what was suddenly the most-popular comic company in America. The entire Image Comics line was hit by delays, including WildCATs. Lee was determined to pencil every issue of his pet creations, but filled in the gaps between his issues with a Special and a three-issue limited series penciled by Jae Lee. The book was always gorgeous, especially in a marquee crossover with Marc Silvestri’s Cyberforce. However, the plot and script never quite stood up to the majestic pencils. This is where the book slipped into X-Men comparisons, with familiar character archetypes that felt a lot like Cyclops, Jean, Wolverine, and more.

Lee lasted just two more issues on WildCATs than he did on his X-Men relaunch, bowing out of regular penciling duties with issue #13 in September 1994. Scripter Brandon Choi departed the title with Lee, turning it over first to James Robinson with Travis Charest through issue #20, and later to the grand wizard himself, Alan Moore in July 1995. While Robinson hewed close to Lee & Choi’s original concept, Moore exploded the cast and concept to focus on societal conflicts within both alien factions.

While Robinson and Moore were ultimately good for the growing lore of the team, that meant that the “classic” WildCATs line-up only had a year of surface-level stories for fans to enjoy. Meanwhile, that initial cast (along with Lee’s designs) were featured in an animated series that launched in 1994 with an accompanying toy line. As the comic grew increasingly intellectual and far less toyetic through the 90s and into the early 2000s, many fans still had an expectation that it would “play the hits” of its first two years of issues (when really there weren’t many “hits” in that run).

WildCats has been revived several times over after Lee sold his WildStorm creations to DC Comics in 1998 and joined the company as an executive. However, Stormwatch’s transformation into the mega-popular The Authority took the spotlight off of WildCats as the marquee team of the WildStorm universe. It was Stormwatch and Authority that continued to generate higher-selling series with more spinoffs. Meanwhile, a fourth WildCATs volume meant to be scripted by Grant Morrison and pencilled by Lee fizzled after just one issue in 2006.

In 2008 Christos Gage relaunched WildCATs (alongside an Authority relaunch) with an all-inclusive, fan-pleasing cast alongside an equally-massive, world-ending plot. In a way, this volume felt the closest to Lee, Choi, and Robinson’s original 20 issues, even though it took advantage of the swell of characters and concepts that had been introduced in the intervening 15 years.

Unfortunately, the run was cut off by DC’s Flashpoint. While individual team members like Grifter and Voodoo graduated into New 52 with their own ongoing titles, New 52 never once brought together the full team, with Warren Ellis launching a completely separate universe of The Wild Storm to reimagine the core of the team.

After a full decade of clamoring from fans, finally DC began to introduce WildStorm characters into their main continuity – including the emergence of Grifter in Gotham City under the pens of James Tynion and Matthew Rosenberg. After much teasing, that lead to WildCats relaunch at the end of 2022. Shortly after, DC announced plans for The Authority to be one of the anchors of their new cinematic universe. After years on the margins of DC Comics, 2023 finally found Jim Lee’s WildCats and Stormwatch back in the spotlight in the DC Universe.


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WildCats Reading Order

WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #1-50, 0, Special, & Annual 1 (Aug 1992 – Feb 1998)
+ WildC.A.T.s Trilogy (1993) #1-3, WildC.A.T.s Sourcebook (1993) #1-2,
Team One: WildC.A.T.s (1995) #1-2, & WildC.A.T.s/Aliens (1998) #1

WildC.A.T.s was one of the seven launch books of Image Comics, and the debut book of WildStorm Studios. It was launched by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi. [DC Universe Infinite: main series & Trilogy, Special, Team One, JLA/WildCATs]

in oversize hardcover format…WildCATs: Covert Action Teams (1992) #5

#1-13 & 50: Absolute WildC.A.T.S by Jim Lee (2018 hardcover, ISBN 978-1401274955)
This collect omits any issues not penciled by Jim Lee unless they were part of a direct crossover with WildCATs. Collects WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #1-13 & 50, Cyberforce (1993) #1-3, WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Silver Age (1997) #1, and WildCats (2006) #1

per single issue or storyline in reading order…

Team One: WildC.A.T.s (1995) #1-2: Collected below in James Robinson’s The Complete WildC.A.T.s. This story details an earlier iteration of the WildCATs team. However, in terms of a first time reading order, it reveals many details that will change your reading of issues #1-20, like Marlowe’s memory and the existence of characters who debut later in the run. As such, I recommend reading it in publishing order, below.

#0: Not collected. This issue with art from Brett Booth and Alex Garner leads directly to the opening scenes of #1. [Single Issue: eBay]

#1-4: WildC.A.T.s: Compendium (1993 limited hardcover, ISBN ? / 1993 paperback, ISBN ? / 1999 paperback, ISBN 978-1563895876)
Original editions of this volume were packaged with a floppy #0 issue. [Single Issues: eBay]

Issue #0 also available as a yellow ashcan version. The newsstand, non-holographic cover of issue #2 is now the much rarer version to find. Lynch is briefly introduced in the opening arc.

#1: [WildStorm Archives] Genesis: The #1 Collection (1998 paperback, ISBN ?)
Collects The Art of Homage Studios (1993) #1, Backlash (1994) #1, Deathblow (1993) #1, DV8 (1996) #1, Gen13 (1994) #1, Grifter (1995) #1, Stormwatch (1993) #1, Union (1993) #1, Wetworks (1994) #1, and WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #1

#1: Wildstorm: A Celebration of 25 Years (2017 hardcover, ISBN 978-1401276522)
Collects The Authority (1999) #13-14, Coup D’Etat: Afterword (2004) #1, Eye of the Storm (2003) Annual 1, WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #1, WildCats (2006) #1, and sketches and unreleased material.

Special #1: Not collected. Written by Steve Gerber with art by Travis Charest. This is the next in-continuity story after issues #0-4 and could have easily been numbered as #5 at the time (or, in a modern trend, #4.1), but initially Jim Lee intended to draw every issue of the ongoing title. [Single Issues: eBay]

WildC.A.T.s Trilogy (1993) #1-3: Not collected. Released June – December 1993. This immediately follows Special in story order. A mini-series illustrated by Jae Lee that extend the adventures of the team prior to the title’s return with issue #5. If the Special could have bee issue #5, this arc would have been #6-8 (or, #4.2 – 4.4). [Single Issues: eBay]

#5-7: WildC.A.T.s/Cyberforce: Killer Instinct (2004 paperback, ISBN 978-1401203221)
The Killer Instinct Crossover with the launch of Marc Silvestri’s Cyberforce as an ongoing series. Reading order is WC5, CF1, WC6, CF2, WC7, CF3. Also, see Guide to Cyberforce. CyberForce #1 is not officially part of the crossover, but gives background information for Ripclaw and his relationship to Warblade. [Single Issues: eBay]

Optionally, add Misery (1995) Special either prior to or after your read of Killer Instinct; it is Misery’s origin. Killer Instinct Tour (1993) #1 included behind-the-scenes content and art.

#8-9: Not collected, except for in Absolute. A standalone adventure about a cruise ship waylaid by a former ally of Emp, Lord Entropy – he does not appear again. Each issue contained a backup story. The issue #8 Voodoo backup is set after Trilogy and explains her costume change prior to issue #5. The issue #9 Warblade backup does not specify its placement and could easily be read as following this brief arc. [Single Issues: eBay]

WildCATs next appear in Wetworks #4-5. Then, Maul appears in “Maul: Thinking Big” in Wildstorm Rarities (1994) #1.

Savage Dragon (1993) #13 (Jim Lee Version): Savage Dragon: Team-Ups (1998 paperback, ISBN 978-1582400471)
Savage Dragon (1993) #13 was a part of the Image X-Over month, where all of the creators swapped their primary titles, with Brandon Choi and Jim Lee on this Grifter solo story that would fit better with his solo title than with his status quo in WildC.A.Ts (for instance, we never see him as a federal agent in WC, just a merc). It looks great, but it’s a bit impenetrable to read. It fits here because Savage Dragon’s creator Erik Larsen references Grifter’s meeting with Dragon in WildC.A.T.s #14. Note that there are two different versions of issue #13 – the one by Lee has Dragon on the cover in tactical gear wielding a gun. This issue is never collected with Savage Dragon, as Erik Larsen does not consider it to be canonical. See Guide to WildStorm Events – Image X-Month for more information. [Single Issues: eBay]

#10-13: A Gathering of Eagles (1997 paperback, ISBN 978-1563895852)
These issues were written by Jim Lee’s famous X-Men collaborator, Chris Claremont. They were a big deal at the time not only because of the reunion of the pair of creators, but because Claremont ostensibly ending his 16-year run as X-Men scripter because editorial decided to grant more control over the title to Lee. [Single Issues: eBay]

Note that Grifter does not appear in the first half of the story in issues #10-13, indicating he was away on his own adventure at the time. Back-up stories in these issues occur in the past, but are specifically informed by events in the issues – I would not recommend reading them separately.

WildC.A.T.s Sourcebook (1993) #1-2: Not collected. These handbook style issues include information through the end of Brandon Choi’s tenure as plotter with issue #13, so if you read them here you won’t be spoiled on anything. [Single Issues: eBay]

After #13, Voodoo / Zealot: Skin Trade (1995) OGN. Though published later in August 1995 alongside issue #22, this fits best here in story order due to the rapid order of events following this issue through WildStorm Rising. Then, “Voodoo: Skin Game” in Overstreet’s Fan (199) #3 and “Zealot: Portrait” in Overstreet’s Fan (1995) #4. Then, Savage Dragon #13 (Larsen Version), and a team story in WildStorm: Chamber of Horrors (1995) #1.

#14: See Guide to Savage Dragon or Guide to WildStorm Events – Image X-Month. This issue was written and illustrated by Erik Larsen as a part of Image X-Month and is effectively an issue of Savage Dragon starring Grifter. It is not likely to be reprinted with WildCats material, as it is owned by Larsen. [Single Issues: eBay]

Spawn/WildCATS (1996) #1-4: Alan Moore: Wild Worlds (1997 paperback, ISBN 978-1401213794
Released Jan – April 1996 alongside issues #26-28. Since this includes the “classic” team line-up from prior to WildStorm Rising, it must fit here. In total, this collects Deathblow: Byblows (1999) #1-3, Spawn / WildC.A.T.s (1996) #1-4, Voodoo (1997) #1-4, and material from Wildstorm Spotlight (1997) #1. [Single Issues: eBay]

After #14 but before Spawn, you should read Zealot (1995) #1-3 released from August to November 1995 alongside issues #22-24. Because of the continuing surrounding the story, it must occur prior to WildStorm Rising. Then, After #14 but also after Spawn, read Spartan: Warrior Spirit (1995) #1-4 releases from July to November 1995 alongside issues #21-24.

WildCATs: Covert Action Teams (1992) #17#15-20: James Robinson’s The Complete WildC.A.T.s (2009 paperback, ISBN 978-1401222048)
Collects WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #15-20, Annual 1, & 50, Wildstorm Rising (1995) #1, & Team One: WildC.A.T.s (1995) #1-2. WildStorm Rising continues directly from #19. I would recommend reading Team One after the conclusion of Wildstorm Rising. Issue #50 and Annual 1 occur at the end of this run. [Single Issues: eBay]

After #16, read Warblade: Endangered Species (1995) #1-4, released January to April 1995 alongside issues #17-19

Issue #19 continues directly to Wildstorm Rising (1995) #1.

#20: WildStorm Rising (1995 paperback, ISBN 978-1887279239)
Also includes excerpts of #17 & 19. [Single Issue: eBay]

WildStorm Rising: See Guide WildStorm Events – WildStorm Rising. Issue #20 continues directly from Wildstorm Rising (1995) #1 and continues to Union (1995) #4. [Single Issues: eBay]

Team One: WildC.A.T.s (1995) #1-2: In James Robinson’s The Complete WildC.A.T.s (2009 paperback, ISBN 978-1401222048), above. Released in July and September 1995 alongside issues #21-23 and alternating with Team One: StormWatch (1995) #1-2 in June and August. Both series tell the story of the same events, but from the perspective of each team. These events are set long before the start of this series. [Single Issues: eBay]

After #20, members of the team appear in Shadowhawk 13 and Stormwatch 18.

Wildcats: Ladytron OGN (2000 comic)
Though written much later by Joe Casey, this is explicitly set just prior to issue #21. [Single Issue: eBay]

#21-34: Alan Moore’s The Complete WildC.A.T.s (2007 paperback, ISBN 978-1401215453)
Also collects issue #50 and Annual 1. [Single Issues: eBay]

#21-27: Homecoming (1999 paperback, ISBN 978-1563895821)
[Single Issues: eBay]

#28-34: Gang War (1998 paperback, ISBN 978-1582400372 / 1999 paperback, ISBN 978-1563895609)
[Single Issues: eBay]

#29-30: See Guide to WildStorm Events – Fire From Heaven. [Single Issues: eBay]

After #34, a Maul story in Big Bruisers #1

#35-36: Not collected [Single Issues: eBay]

JLA/WildC.A.T.s: Crime Machine (1997) OGN (1997 paperback, ISBN ‎ 978-1563893667)
Released in July 1997 alongside issue #40, but bets fits slightly ahead of that between #36-37. Written by Grant Morrison, unlike other cross-property crossovers, we could consider this to be in-continuity since DC now owns all WildStorm characters! This has been recollected many times over with Morrison’s run on JLA – see Guide to Justice League for more information. [Single Issue: eBay]

Voodoo (1997) #1-4 by Alan Moore is best read prior to #37. It was originally collected as Voodoo: Dancing in the Dark (1999 paperback, ISBN 978-1563895333), and later recollected in Alan Moore: Wild Worlds and in DC Universe By Alan Moore.

#37-40: Not collected, “Survival of the Species” [Single Issues: eBay]

#41-42: Not collected, “Endangered Species” [Single Issues: eBay]

#43-47: Not collected [Single Issues: eBay]

#48-49: Not collected, “When Worlds Collide” [Single Issues: eBay]

#50: Contained three stories – one by Robinson with Jim Lee pencils (collected in Absolute and Robinson Complete, above), one by Brandon Choi & Jordan Peterson with Ed Benes pencils (to my knowledge, this is not collected), and one by Alan Moore with Travis Charest pencils (in Wild Worlds, above, and DC Universe by Alan Moore (2012 hardcover, ISBN 978-1401233396 / 2013 paperback, ISBN 978-1401209278)) [Single Issue: eBay]

Annual 1: in James Robinson, above. Released between issues #46-47, but best read after the conclusion of the series. [Single Issue: eBay]

WildC.A.T.s/Aliens (1998) #1: See Guide to Stormwatch or Guide to Alien (eventually). Though titled as WildC.A.T.s, this is really a Stormwatch issue with more of an impact on that series than on this title’s transition from Volume 1 to Volume 2. [Single Issues: eBay]

Continue from to either the X-Men crossover or the 1999 series, below.

WildCats/X-Men (1998) [various]

This is not in continuity, but you can read it between Aliens and Mosiac prior to the launch of the 1999 series. It’s actually a series of four one-shots.

WildC.A.T.s/X-Men (1998 paperback, ISBN 978-1582400228)
Collects WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Golden Age (1997), WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Silver Age (1997), WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Modern Age (1997), and X-Men/WildC.A.T.s: The Dark Age (1998). The Silver Age issue is also collected in Absolute, above.

Wildcats (1999) #1-28, 0 [AKA Wild Times], & Annual 1 (Mar 1999 – Dec 2001),
Divine Intervention/WildCats (1999) #1, WildCats: Mosaic (2000) Special,
& Wildcats: Ladytron (2000) OGN

Launched by Scott Lobdell with a rotation of artists, then taken over by Joe Casey from issues #6 & 8. [DC Universe Infinite: main series]

WildCats (1999) #1

#1-6: Vol. 1: Street Smart (2000 hardcover, ISBN 978-1563896859 / 2002 paperback, ISBN 978-1563896583)
[Single Issues: eBay]

Material from #1 also collected in Absolute WildCATS, above. Wildcats San Diego Preview (1998) #1 included pencils from the first 8 pages of issue #1

Wildcats: Mosaic (2000) Special: Not collected. Released in February 2000 between issues #6-7. This issue is written by Scott Lobdell and can be read directly prior to the start of his run on this series, but it will spoil some aspects of the story. I think it is best to read it here in story order. [Single Issues: eBay]

#7: Not collected. A self-contained Warblade issue that follows up on the longrunning Pike plot. [Single Issues: eBay]

Divine Intervention/WildCats (1999) #1: See WildStorm Universe Events – Divine Intervention. Released November 1999, alongside issue #5, but best read here prior to the second full arc. [Single Issues: eBay]

#8-13: Vol. 2: Vicious Circles (2001 paperback, ISBN 978-1563897610)
[Single Issues: eBay]

Wildcats: Ladytron OGN (2000 comic): Released October 2000 alongside the start of the Serial Boxes arc, but this issue is set entirely prior to WildC.A.T.s (1992) issue #20, above. [Single Issue: eBay]

The Razor’s Edge (2004) #1-5: Not collected. This is a Warblade series. Though released later from December 2004 – April 2005, this directly follows the events of issue #7 for Warblade. [Single Issues: eBay]

Annual 2000: Devil’s Night, part 3. See Guide to WildStorm Events – Devil’s Night. Released December 2000 between #16-17, but best read between #13-14 prior to the start of a third arc. [Single Issue: eBay]

#0 [AKA “Wild Times”]: Not collected. This special Wizard Magazine issue is effectively an “Elseworlds” story and can be read anytime in this volume, but words fine here as an act break. See Guide to WildStorm Events – Wild Times. [Single Issue: eBay]

#14-19: Vol. 3: Serial Boxes (2001 paperback, ISBN 978-1563897665)
[Single Issues: eBay]

#20-28: Vol. 4: Battery Park (2003 paperback, ISBN 978-1401200350)
For reasons I cannot explain, Amazon US does not list this volume, though other countries do – see Canada & UK. [Single Issues: eBay]

Wildcats Version 3.0 (2002) #1-24 (Oct 2002 – Oct 2004)
& Coup d’Etat: Wildcats Version 3.0 (2004) #1WildCats Version 3.0 (2002) #1

Joe Casey continues scripting WildCATs into a relaunched third volume that ran for two years. [DC Universe Infinite: main series]

as recollected in a pair of paperbacks…

#1-12: Version 3.0: Year One (2010 paperback, ISBN 978-1401228569)

#13-24: Version 3.0: Year Two (2011 paperback, ISBN 978-1401230500)

as originally collected…

#1-6: Version 3.0: Brand Building (2003 paperback, ISBN 978-1401201197)
[Single Issues: eBay]

#7-12: Version 3.0: Full Disclosure (2004 paperback, ISBN 978-1401202767)
[Single Issues: eBay]

#13-18: Not collected in this format. [Single Issues: eBay]

Coup d’Etat: Wildcats Version 3.0 (2004) #1: See Guide to WildStorm Events – Coup d’Etat. This was released in April 2004 during a skip month between issues #18-19, and it fits there in continuity. [Single Issues: eBay]

#19-24: Not collected in this format. [Single Issues: eBay]

The Razor’s Edge (2004) #1-5: This Warblade series was released after the end of Version 3.0 in December 2004 – April 2005. However, the story occurs much earlier, directly follows the events of (1999) #7 for Warblade. [Single Issues: eBay]

WildCATs Nemesis (2005) #1-9 (Nov 2005 – Jul 2006)

This series written by Robbie Morrison focuses on a Coda warrior who has ben disavowed by both Kheribum and Daemonites as she forges a reluctant alliance with a team that includes Majestic, Savant, Grifter, and Zealot. [DC Universe Infinite]

After this series, the team next appears throughout the Captain Atom: Armageddon mini-event. See Guide to WildStorm Events – Captain Atom: Armageddon.

#1-9: Nemesis (2006 paperback, ISBN 978-1401211059)
[Single Issues: eBay]

WildCATs (2006) #1 (Dec 2006)

A single issue with a wild pedigree – this was written by Grant Morrison with art by Jim Lee and was meant to lead to a series relaunch in September 2006 that never arrived! This issue relies on a status quo set up by Captain Atom: Armageddon (2006) #1-9 and Worldstorm (2006) #1.

After the abrupt cancellation of this series, most characters don’t appear again until Wildcats: Armageddon (2008) #1. The exception is Grifter, next in Grifter & Midnighter (2007) #1  – see Guide to Grifter (eventually).

#1: Wildstorm: A Celebration of 25 Years (2017 hardcover, ISBN 978-1401276522)
Collects The Authority (1999) #13-14, Coup D’Etat: Afterword (2004) #1, Eye of the Storm (2003) Annual 1, WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams (1992) #1, WildCats (2006) #1, and sketches and unreleased material. [Single Issue: eBay]

Wildcats: Armageddon (2008) #1 (Jan 2008)

This is the final issue in a sequence of Armageddon one-shots. It continues directly to Wildstorm Revelations (2008) #1.

Wildcats: Armageddon (2008) #1: See Guide to WildStorm Events – WildStorm Armageddon. [Single Issue: eBay]

Wildstorm Fine Arts: Spotlight on WildCats (2008) #1, released March 2008, contained artwork from throughout the history of the title.

WildCats (2008) #1-30 (Sep 2008 – Feb 2011)

This continues directly from the sequence of events from Armageddon to Revelations to Number of the Beast. The entire run is part of the “World’s End” status quo across WildStorm titles, with the solicit text for issues as late as #18 still referring to that title even after the banner had long been dropped from the covers.

Starting with issue #19, covers formed a diptych with issues of The Authority (2008) starting with #18. This continues through the final issues of #30 and 29, respectively. [DC Universe Infinite]

WildCats (2008) #5

#1-7: Wildcats: World’s End, Book One (2009 paperback, ISBN 978-1401223632)
Collects the “After the End of the World,” “Eden,” and “Promised Land” two-issue arcs, plus a one-shot in issue #5 [Single Issues: eBay]

#8-12: Wildcats: Family Secrets (2010 paperback, ISBN 978-1401226688)
Also collects Worldstorm (2006) #2. Issues #8-9 contained a two-part Defile back-up. [Single Issues: eBay]

#1-11 (back-ups only): Wildstorm: After the Fall (2010 paperback, ISBN 978-1401226695)

WildStorm Universe (2009) #0 was a convention special one-shot with brief stories about WildCats, Authority, Gen13, Stormwatch, and DV8.

#13-18: Not collected. A team-up with Team 7. [Single Issues: eBay]

#19-21: Not collected, “Red Blade” [Single Issues: eBay]

#22: Not collected [Single Issues: eBay]

#23-25: Not collected, “The Protectorate” [Single Issues: eBay]

#26: Not collected [Single Issues: eBay]

#27-30: Not collected; “Bad Medicine” [Single Issues: eBay]

In Flashpoint (2011) #5, Grifter appears leading the resistant. Then, as Flash merges the many timelines, we glimpse the assembled team as part of one of the fractured worlds of heroes (as well as seeing the New 52 style Justice League with Grifter as a member).

WildC.A.T.s (2022) #1-(ongoing)

Starting in 202, author James Tynion began to use Grifter in his Batman run, followed by Matthew Rosenberg began to slowly tease the eventual reveal of an assembled WildCATs in his serialized Grifter stories in Batman: Urban Legends (2021). This lead up to a Rosenberg-penned Wonder Woman versus Zealot fight in issue #6 that ends with Zealot calling in her mission success to someone who will report it to “Marlowe.” Those stories are collected in Batman: Urban Legends Vol. 1 (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1779512178 / digital)

[DC Universe Infinite: Batman Urban Legends, main series]

#1-6: Vol. 1: Better Living Through Violence (2023 hardcover, ISBN 978-1779518347 / digital TBA)
Also collects material from Batman: Urban Legends (2021) #6 and Wildstorm 30th Anniversary Special (2022) #1

#7-(TBA): Pending solicitation

WildCats Adventures

“Adventures” is the title given to any stories set in the WildCats Animated Series universe, which are not all in strict continuity to each other.

WildCats Season 1 (DVD / digital): A 10-episode season that launched in 1994

WildC.A.T.s Adventures (1994) #1-10 & WildC.A.T.S Adventures Sourcebook (1995): Not collected. WildStorm also released a WildC.A.T.s: San Diego Police Department Special (1994), plus two special issue enclosed with toys: WildC.A.T.s – Grifter vs. Daemonite Special Edition (1995) and WildC.A.T.s – Spartan vs. Helspont Special Edition (1995) [Single Issues: eBay]

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