Coup d'etat (comics)

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"Coup d'Etat"
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Cover of Coup d'Etat 2004, trade paperback collected edition, art by Jim Lee
Publisher Wildstorm Comics
Publication dateApril – May 2004
Genre
Title(s)
The Authority: Coup D'Etat
Coup D'etat: Sleeper
Coup D'etat: StormWatch: Team Achilles
Coup D'Etat: Wildcats Version 3.0
Coup D'etat Afterword
Creative team
Writer(s)(The Authority)
Robbie Morrison
(Sleeper)
Ed Brubaker
(Stormwatch)
Micah Wright
(Wildcats)
Joe Casey
Artist(s)(Sleeper)
Jim Lee
(Stormwatch)
Carlos D'Anda
Penciller(s)(The Authority)
Whilce Portacio
(Wildcats)
Alé Garza
Inker(s)(Wildcats & The Authority)
Trevor Scott
Coup d'Etat ISBN   1-4012-0570-4

"Coup d'Etat" was a 2004 comic book crossover storyline published by Wildstorm Comics.

Contents

Publication history

The story ran across 4 issues, each featuring one of the major titles in the Wildstorm Universe at that time: Sleeper, Stormwatch: Team Achilles, Wildcats 3.0 and The Authority . Each issue of the overarching storyline, which Jim Lee described as a "stand alone 4 part mini-series event", is a one-shot focusing on one of the four different groups and created by their respective writers and artists. [1]

There was also an "Afterword" issue including a preview to the second volume of Sleeper and a preview to the second volume of Wetworks , which was launched in mid-2006 by creator Whilce Portacio and writer Mike Carey.

Plot

In Coup d'Etat, Tao places a device in the hands of the U.S. Government that allows them to enter the Bleed, where it exploded, damaging a vessel of an alien race and starting an interdimensional war. The crossover had important consequences for the Wildstorm Universe with the Authority taking control over the U.S. Government and Stormwatch: Team Achilles being forced underground.

For Stormwatch: Team Achilles and Wildcats 3.0, most of these consequences could not be explored as both series were cancelled shortly afterwards. The Authority taking control of the U.S. Government led into the events of The Authority: Revolution.

Reception

Both the "Sleeper" and "Afterword" issues sold out, despite what DC described as "generous overprints". [2]

Collected editions

The story was collected into a trade paperback:

See also

Notes

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