WARBIRD #3 (OF 4)

Blockbuster screenwriter Derek Kolstad, creator and writer of the internationally acclaimed, box office dominating motion picture franchise JOHN WICK, New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (SUPERMAN ‘78), and Eisner Award-winning illustrator Alex Maleev (DAREDEVIL), tighten the screws in the penultimate issue of their white-knuckle, globe-spanning action/spy thrill ride. After a daring highspeed rail heist, Cole Norton has escaped the clutches of the Russian FSB welcoming brigade and infiltrated the city of Vorkuta. Now, deep in the arctic circle, Cole’s left hunting down the only lead Cole’s murdered friend Breck left behind: a single name stashed inside a bottle of bourbon – Valia Petrov – Breck’s mysterious in-country CIA contact and former flame. Together, they may be the only ones who can pull off Breck's unfinished mission — seize one of Russia's devastating Spearhead jets for the United States and reduce the remaining fleet to ash. But the treacherous Kovalev won’t let Cole slip through his fingers again. This time he’s brought back-up – a fully-armed squadron of Spetsnaz soldiers with orders to bring Cole down…no matter the cost.

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