Tokyo Storm Warning

Tokyo Storm Warning

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caption =
schedule =Monthly
format =Mini-series
publisher =Cliffhanger/Wildstorm
date =August-December 2003
issues =3
main_char_team =
writers =Warren Ellis
artists =
pencillers =James Raiz
inkers =Andrew Currie
colorists =Wildstorm FX
creative_team_month =
creative_team_year =
creators =
TPB = Red/Tokyo Storm Warning
ISBN = 1401202837

"Tokyo Storm Warning" is a three-issue comic book mini-series published in 2003 by WildStorm imprint Cliffhanger. It was written by Warren Ellis, with art by James Raiz and Andrew Currie.

Publication history

The series (named after an Elvis Costello songFact|date=June 2008) was published between August and December 2003 and later collected into a trade paperback with "Red"

The book was written during a period of Ellis' output, when he mostly produced books in three-issue bursts for independent DC imprints (like Wildstorm's Homage Comics and Cliffhanger), such as "Red" and "Reload", because he had reached the end of his exclusive contract with DC and was reassessing his next steps. [ [http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/tommy67c.html Waiting for Tommy: Warren Ellis] , interview with Rich Johnston, December 2003] [ [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=7029 Warren Ellis: Free Agent Again] , Newsarama, December 5, 2003]

Plot

The comic takes place in an alternate time line where after the capture of u-234 on 14 May 1945 and the discovery of it's nuclear cargo (intended for the Japanese atomic program in Tokyo) the US decides to use it's first A-Bomb on Tokyo to prevent the Japanese developing their own device. Following this Japan finds itself plagued by giant monsters and the appearance of giant battle robots within the city of Tokyo, over the next sixty years.

It followed the exploits of the pilots of the ARCangels - gigantic robotic constructs used by the Japanese government to battle fantastic creatures hell-bent on penetrating the defenses of a secret installation in the heart of modern Tokyo.

Reception

Criticised for its depiction of the Japanese, and a first issue that was little more than an English-language comic version of Neon Genesis Evangelion,Fact|date=June 2008 Tokyo Storm Warning is mostly dismissive of the 'giant robot' genre as seen by the west, despite using it as its main selling point. Several of the creatures depicted also bear a resemblance to famous movie monsters, such as the Americanised Godzilla, and King Ghidorah, while the ARCangels have several surface details similar to robots from the Gundam franchise.Fact|date=June 2008

Collected editions

The series was collected into a trade paperback with "Red":

*"Red/Tokyo Storm Warning" {144 pages, June 2004, ISBN 1401202837) [ [http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=1319 Trade details at DC] ]

Notes

References

*gcdb series|id=23193|title="Tokyo Storm Warning"
*comicbookdb|type=title|id=3419|title="Tokyo Storm Warning"

External links

* [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/10594037385013.htm Review of "Tokyo Storm Warning" #2] , [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/105940384969648.htm 2] and [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/106577948776268.htm 3] , Comics Bulletin


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