(W) Paul Cornell (A/CA) Mike Hawthorne. THE LEGENDARY GEORGE R.R. MARTIN SUPER HERO SERIES COMES TO MARVEL! Spanning more than 25 novels* more than 20 short stories* released over three decades and written by more than 40 authors* the Wild Cards series tells the story of an alternate history in which the Earth is home to super-powered individuals. 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 heroes goals...or villainous ones. Now* for the first time in comic book form* see how the Wild Cards universe began with an adaptation of the very first stories in the original Wild Cards novel. Based on stories by Harold Waldrop* Roger Zelazny and series mastermind and editor* George R.R. Martin* Wild Cards is a stellar introduction to a whole new world reshaped by the emergence of superpowers. RATED T+