Haven: The Broken City
DC · 2002 · 9 issues
About the series
Set in a gritty, rain-slicked metropolis, Haven: The Broken City is a nine-issue DC series from 2002 that follows a displaced community struggling to survive in a lawless urban enclave. With a core creative team of writers Ashley-Jane Nicolaus and Matthew P. Schuster, and the consistently moody, painted artwork of Ariel Olivetti, the series explores themes of resilience and corruption in a city that has literally been broken apart. It stands as a distinctive, self-contained DC project from the early 2000s, offering a focused, character-driven story outside the publisher’s usual superhero fare.