The super hero shared universe of sci-fi anthology Wild Cards is given the mighty Marvel treatment! Beginning with an adaptation of the first two stories in the inaugural “mosaic novel” edited by acclaimed fantasy author George R.R. Martin, brace yourself for an alternate history in which a devastating alien weapon detonated on Earth in the 1940s. Now, when a human is infected with the alien “Wild Card” virus, the odds are that they will be killed…which is referred to as “drawing the black queen.” Of those who survive, the bulk of them become “jokers,” left with some strange mutated form. A lucky few are called “aces,” those gifted with super-powers they can put to use toward heroic goals…or villainous ones. Prepare to enter a world where you have to play the cards you are dealt — and the implications are wild!
COLLECTING: Wild Cards (2022) 1-4
Über den Autor Paul Cornell
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Paul Cornell is a writer of science fiction and fantasy in prose, comics and TV, one of only two people to be Hugo Award-nominated for all three media. He's written Doctor Who for the BBC, Action Comics for DC, and Wolverine for Marvel. He's won the BSFA Award for his short fiction, an Eagle Award for his comics, and shares in a Writer's Guild Award for his television writing. His latest urban fantasy novel is The Severed Streets at Tor. He lives in Buckinghamshire with his wife and son. Neil Edwards is a British comics artist whose skillful pencils have enlivened Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Justice League United, Legion of Superheroes, Dark Avengers, Iron Man, and many more! Ivan Nunes is a Brazilian colorist whose past works have included Marvel's New Avengers and Thor, Game of Thrones and The Bionic Man.
