Today’s Super-Analogue is another one I really know little
about: Apollo from Stormwatch and the Authority. He first appeared during
Warren Ellis’s run on Stormwatch back in the 1998 for Wildstorm. He’s known for
being one of the more prominent gay superheroes in comics. He was in a long
relationship with Midnighter, a Batman homage. If you’re one of those
Superman/Batman shippers, this might be for you, I don’t know. When Jim Lee
came to DC, his characters came along with them and existed in their own
separate universe.
When DC decided to reboot in 2011, they brought along a lot
of the Wildstorm characters into the main universe. We had Grifter, Voodoo, and
Stormwatch, a team that Apollo is known to associate with. Since I really
didn’t know where to start with this character, I picked up the first issue to
Stormwatch. Stormwatch #1 was written by Paul Cornell, a guy who I should
probably read more of. I enjoyed his time on Demon Knights, another New 52
title. Miguel Sepulveda handled the pencils and inks to the issue.
Stormwatch #1
Writer: Paul Cornell
Artist: Miguel Sepulveda
Colors: Allen Passalaqua
Letters: Rob Leigh
Assistant Editor: Sean Mackiewicz
Editor: Pat McCallum