Wild Cards

Based on the shared-world anthology created by George R.R. Martin, Wild Cards brings the acclaimed book series to Marvel Comics in a single 1991 issue. This one-shot features a lineup of prose writers including Howard Waldrop, Lewis Shiner, and Melinda Snodgrass, with art by a trio of top-tier talents—Barry Kitson, Jackson Guice, and Marshall Rogers. It offers a snapshot of the alternate history where an alien virus created super-powered Aces and monstrous Jokers, distilling the series' gritty, character-driven superheroics into a single, standalone comic.