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Dv8DV8 is a comic book published by Wildstorm. The premise is similar to Gen13, also published by Wildstorm. It revolves around the lives of a group of Gen-Active people (Called DV8, or referred to as "The Deviants"), living in New York under the supervision of Ivana Baiul. Rather than saving the world, the use their powers for other demoralizing reasons: to please themselves; Unlike Gen13, however, 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 series lasted 32 issues, and was a best seller, until later issues in the second half lagged in sales. Because of this, Wildstorm cancelled DV8, but allowed the creative team to bring a proper end to the comic, instead of ending the comic and leaving many questions unanswered. Creative Teams Warren Ellis (Writer, #1-8) Mike Heisler (Writer, #9-32) Humberto Ramos (Art, #1-2, #4-7) Michael Lopez (Art, #3, Part of #8) Juvaun Kirby (Art, #Part of #8, #9-13) Tom Raney (Art, #14-16) Jason Johnson (Art, Part of #11, #17-18) Al Rio (Art, #0, #19-30) Trevor Scott (Art, #31-32) Characters Ivana Baiul - Leader of the anti-hero group. She is not fully human, due to the fact that cybernetic technology had been integrated into certain parts of her body. Generally, she is amoral and very evil. She is the head of International Operations. Threshold (Matthew Callahan) - Field commander of the Deviants until he betrayed the team and went rogue. Has psionic powers, is very powerful and very psychotic. Until going rogue, he was Ivana's sex toy. He is also the older brother of Bliss (Nicole Callahan). Sublime (Rachel Goldman) - Has the ability to alter the molecular density of her body from invisible to rock hard. Generally, she is tough, and she does not take any crap from anybody. Frostbite (Leon Carver) - Has the ability to absorb heat from any source and leave it ice cold. Generally, he is the least screwed-up member of the Deviants. After Threshold went rogue, Frostbite was appointed as the team leader, until he was let go by Ivana after losing his powers. Later, he faked his death to get out of Ivana's radar. Powerhaus (Hector Morales) - Has the ability to convert emotional energy into raw power, which increases his muscle mass as well. He was killed in the "DV8 Slipstream Annual". Copycat (Gem Antonelli) - Has the ability to take control of a person's mind and make him/her do whatever she wants them to do. Generally, she is a insane. Through an earlier incident, she has four spilt personalities in addition to her normal persona, as evidenced by a change in the word balloon typecast: - Soldier (Tough)
- Nihilist (Methodical)
- Spy (Disobedient)
- Little Gemma (Cowardly and sweet)
When ex-team leader Threshold betrayed the Deviants, he altered Gem's mind and isolated Gem's main personality, preventing the real Gem Antonelli to ever speak, leaving Gem's mind to be occupied only to her other split personalities. Evo (Michael Heller) - Has the ability to change into a wolf, bat, or amphibian. Generally, he is very insensitive, comedic and sometimes dark. Bliss (Nicole Callahan) - Has the ability to stimulate human senses to the point of cardiac arrest and some psychic abilities. Generally, she is amoral and very capable of getting men to give her what she wants (Sex). She even attempted to seduce her older brother, Threshold (Matthew Callahan). She may be very dangerous, though the Deviants are very unaware of that. Freestyle (Jocelyn Davis) - Has the ability to affect probability by psionically choosing the most favorable course of action based on a number of timelines. She is also very acrobatic and flexible. Originally frozen in a cryogenic tube for the first few issues. Generally, she is upbeat and not unstable like the others. Sideways Bob - Guardian of the group. He has no powers, but is generally psycho and dangerous. He's missing an eye and his hair, and he carries around a decapitated mannequin head he calls Lucille.
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