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| "Coup d'Etat" | |||
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.jpg) Cover ofCoup d'Etat 2004,trade paperback collected edition, art byJim Lee | |||
| Publisher | Wildstorm Comics | ||
| Publication date | April – May2004 | ||
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| 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 a2004 comic bookcrossover storyline published by American imprintWildStorm Comics.
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 andThe Authority. Each issue of the overarching storyline, whichJim Lee described as a "stand alone 4 partmini-series event", is aone-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 ofSleeper and a preview to the second volume ofWetworks, which was launched in mid-2006 by creatorWhilce Portacio and writerMike Carey.
InCoup d'Etat, Tao places a device in the hands of theU.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.
ForStormwatch: Team Achilles andWildcats 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 ofThe Authority: Revolution.
Both the "Sleeper" and "Afterword" issues sold out, despite what DC described as "generous overprints".[2]
The story was collected into atrade paperback: