FIRST LOOK: DABEL BROTHERS WILD CARDS – NEWSARAMA
This is great news! I have been reading the Wild Cards books since I was in high school and it is great to see these characters again. I am looking forward to this.
FIRST LOOK: DABEL BROTHERS WILD CARDS
Inspired by the comics fondly remembered from their respective youths, a group of science fiction authors all based in New Mexico created “Wild Cards.” The shared universe with superhero echoes that is fondly viewed by many science fiction fans has seen comic book adaptations, and in April, the Dabel Brothers take the property in a new direction with The Hard Call.
A touch of backstory – in the world of Wild Cards exists in an alternate timeline to ours, with the point of divergence occurring in 1946 when an alien virus was released over New York City. The virus kills 90% of those who come in contact with it, while the lucky (?) ten percent who come in contact with the virus are deformed into monsters (“Jokers”) or, rarer yet gain superhuman abilities (“Aces”). The virus eventually sweeps over the entire world, resulting in tens of thousands of “Aces,” and even more “Jokers.”
Over the course of its 20+ year long history, acclaimed science fiction author George R.R. Martin has been the editorial hand behind the world, steering it through some seventeen anthology collections, novels, comics and RPGs.
George R. R. Martin’s Wild Cards: The Hard Call is a six issue miniseries launching in April, which will tell an entirely new story set in the Wild Cards universe. The story is set in the present day and begins when the Wild Card virus strikes again at a high school in Colorado. Dabel Brothers description for the story reads:
The survivors are rushed to New York City’s clinic for those affected by the virus. And while one student has drawn the joker, two more have discovered that they are Aces – one with the power to release electricity from his body, and another with the ability to travel through mirrors. Meanwhile, Croyd Crenson, the ace known as "The Sleeper," has been framed for murder in the New York City slum known as Jokertown… and he’s not going to rest until he clears his name.
FIRST LOOK: DABEL BROTHERS WILD CARDS – NEWSARAMA
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