DC Preview, Waller vs. Wildstorm #1 – Amanda Waller Heats Up the 1980’s Cold War in An All-New DC Black Label Limited Series!
Four-Issue Series Co-Written by Spencer Ackerman and Evan Narcisse, With Art by Jesús Meriño
Available For Pre-Order Now, On Sale Tuesday, March 21
Amanda Waller has proven time and time again that she is the most focused and ruthless person in the DC Universe, stopping at nothing and for no one to achieve her goals. But she’ll have her hands full when she squares off against the heroes (and villains) of the Wildstorm Universe in Waller vs. Wildstorm, a four-issue DC Black Label limited series.
In the late 1980s, as the Cold War stubbornly refuses to thaw, a new battle heats up, this time for the soul of the intelligence agency Checkmate. As the agency’s super-heroic public face, Jackson King—a.k.a. Battalion, the former leader of Stormwatch and the symbol of American might—has long suspected that Adeline Kane is up to dirty tricks overseas, engineering horrors that betray everything he believes about service to one’s country.
But King doesn’t know that Kane has a clever new ally—an ambitious young woman named Amanda Waller. She has her own ideas about how metahumans can serve their country. And honor, dignity, and long lives don’t factor into them.
Co-written by author and national security reporter Spencer Ackerman (Reign of Terror, Daily Beast), and Evan Narcisse (DC Power: A Celebration, Batman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City, Marvel’s Rise of the Black Panther and Waller vs. Wildstorm celebrates WildStorm’s legacy of espionage-flavored superhero morality plays, pitting Stormwatch against Amanda Waller and the deadliest people in the DCU – including, its most lethal assassin, Slade Wilson, a.k.a. Deathstroke!
This can’t-miss debut issue is available for pre-order now, and features art by fan-favorite artist Jesús Meriño (Wonder Woman, The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox, Infinite Frontier), with a main cover by Rorschach and current Danger Street artist Jorge Fornés. Issue #1 also features a main variant cover by Eric Battle, with a 1 in 25 “ratio” variant cover by Mike Norton. Visit your local comic book shop for details and pre-ordering. Waller vs. Wildstorm #1 arrives in comic book shops and participating digital platforms on Tuesday, March 21.
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