Dv8

For the theatre company, see DV8 Physical Theatre.
Dv8
Group publication information
Publisher Wildstorm (DC Comics)
First appearance Gen13 #6 (November 1995)
Created by J. Scott Campbell
Brandon Choi
Warren Ellis
Humberto Ramos
In-story information
Type of organization Team
DV8
Series publication information
Schedule Monthly
Format (vol. 1)
Ongoing series
(DV8 Vs. Black Ops)
(Gods and Monsters)
Limited series
Genre
Publication date (vol. 1)
August 1996 – November 1999
(Gods and Monsters)
June 2010 – January 2011
Number of issues (vol. 1)
32
(DV8 Vs. Black Ops)
3
(Gods and Monsters)
8
Main character(s) Ivana Baiul (director)
Threshold (field leader)
Bliss
Frostbite (field leader)
Copycat
Sublime
Evo
Powerhaus
Freestyle
Creative team
Writer(s) (vol. 1)
Warren Ellis (1-8)
Shon Bury (7-8)
Michael Heisler (9-32)
(Gods and Monsters)
Brian Wood
Penciller(s) (vol. 1)
Humberto Ramos (#1-2, 4-7)
Michael Lopez (#3, 8)
Juvaun Kirby (#8-13)
Tom Raney (#14-16)
Jason Johnson (#11, 17-18)
Al Rio (#19-30)
Trevor Scott (#31-32)
(Gods and Monsters)
Rebekah Isaacs
Creator(s) J. Scott Campbell
Brandon Choi
Warren Ellis
Humberto Ramos
Collected editions
Neighborhood Threat ISBN 1-56389-927-2
Gods And Monsters ISBN 978-1401229733

DV8 is a comic book published by Wildstorm. The series revolves around the lives of a group of Gen-Active people (Called DV8, or referred to as "The Deviants"), initially living in New York under the supervision of Ivana Baiul, who sends them on life-threatening black ops assignments.

Publication history

The series lasted 32 issues. The story of most DV8 members continued in the pages of Gen-Active, an anthology-series featuring various Wildstorm characters. Gen-Active lasted 6 issues.

Writer, Micah Wright, pitched a relaunch to WildStorm in 2003, but it was not picked up by the publisher. The artist on the book would have been Mark Robinson (Codename: Knockout).[1]

The title returned in June 2010 as an eight-issue limited series called DV8: Gods and Monsters, written by Brian Wood with art by Rebekah Isaacs.[2] The project is something Wood had been trying to get commissioned for years:

I've pitched DV8 to WildStorm easily a half-dozen times over the last decade, and even this version now wasn't the easiest sell in the world. I like to think it speaks to the quality of my story that it convinced WildStorm to re-launch this book despite not having any previous plans to do so.[3]

Fictional team history

Rather than saving the world, they use their powers for selfish reasons: to please themselves, indulge in any fancy that comes their way, uncaring about anybody else, and to forget that they are all just pawns to Ivana, expendable to her needs and desires. The members don't like each other, but are soon banding together for survival. This is what stands this book apart from most other superhero teams: they aren't heroes, they are not nice people, don't even like each other and can't even save themselves, let alone the world.

Later on in the series, Baiul becomes director of International Operations and the team become agents of I.O. as well, at this point some of the members start to develop a conscience about their actions, especially Frostbite.

Unlike Gen¹³, the overall nature of the comic was often very violent and extreme (even more so in the first few issues), with sexual themes, graphic violence, mild language and dialogue (especially between the team members), and general recklessness. The character Sideways Bob brought an especially dark, over the top, sense of humor to the series.

Creative teams

Characters

Collected editions

Some of the issues have been collected into a trade paperback:

Merchandise

A series of trading cards was released in 1996 to coincide with the launch of the comic book series. The base set contained 90 trading cards and included two chase sets; acetate and oversized cards.

A set of 8 mugs were released in 1997. There was a mug for each of the main characters and featured the art of Humberto Ramos.

Notes

  1. "DV-8 The Failed Pitch". [Micah Wright]. February 2003. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  2. Arrant, Chris (September 15, 2009). "BRIAN WOOD DV8s Back to Super-hero Comics With WildStorm". Newsarama. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
  3. Khouri, Andy (July 17, 2009). "Brian Wood to DV8 at WildStorm". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved July 18, 2009.

References

  • DV8 at the International Catalogue of Superheroes
  • DV8 at the Comic Book DB


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