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"Coup d'Etat"

Cover of Coup d'Etat 2004, trade paperback collected edition, art by Jim Lee

Publisher

Wildstorm Comics

Publication date

April – 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 American imprint WildStorm Comics.

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:

Coup d'Etat (collects "Sleeper", "Stormwatch: Team Achilles", "Wildcats 3.0" and "The Authority" in that order, 112 pages, November 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0570-4)

Notes

^ Jim Lee: Coup D'Etat and an Internet Event^{[permanent dead link‍]}, Newsarama, December 19, 2003
^ "Coup D'etat - Sleeper" and "Afterword" sold out at DC (press release), Comic Book Resources, March 23, 2004

References

Coup d'Etat at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
Coup d'Etat: "Sleeper" at the Grand Comics Database
Coup d'Etat: "Stormwatch: Team Achilles" at the Grand Comics Database
Coup d'Etat: "Wildcats" at the Grand Comics Database
Coup d'Etat: "The Authority" at the Grand Comics Database
Coup d'Etat: "Afterword" at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
Coup d'Etat: "Afterword" at the Grand Comics Database

External links

Review of "Afterword" Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine, Comics Bulletin

WildCATs

Titles

Main continuity	WildC.A.T.s
Crossover	WildC.A.T.s/Cyberforce: Killer Instinct Spawn/WildC.A.T.S. WildC.A.T.s/Aliens WildC.A.T.s/X-Men Deathmate Team One Fire from Heaven Wildstorm Rising WildC.A.T.s.:Armageddon Coup d'etat World's End

Characters

Protagonists	Grifter Zealot Mr. Majestic Voodoo Warblade
Antagonists	Helspont

Other media

TV series

The Authority

Creators

Members

Founding members	Apollo The Engineer Jack Hawksmoor Jenny Sparks Midnighter Swift
Extended members	Enchantress Lightray Manchester Black OMAC Steel Superman

Enemies

Storylines

v t e Stormwatch
Creators	Jim Lee Brandon Choi Scott Clark Warren Ellis Micah Wright
Characters	Deathblow Hellstrike Backlash List of Stormwatch members
Main titles	Stormwatch: Team Achilles Stormwatch: Post Human Division Team One
Crossover titles	WildC.A.T.s/Aliens Wildstorm: Armageddon Wildstorm Rising Fire from Heaven World's End Coup d'etat
Related articles	The Monarchy The Authority

v t e Jim Lee
Wildstorm Productions / Image Comics	Wildcats Grifter Zealot Voodoo Warblade Void Mr. Majestic Gen¹³ Helspont Darker Image Deathblow Hellstrike Divine Right: The Adventures of Max Faraday Deathmate Wildstorm Rising Stormwatch Kindred
DC Comics	Hush Batman: Hush Batman Black and White Superman: For Tomorrow Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder Equus David Graves Scooby Apocalypse Superman Unchained
Marvel Comics	X-Men: Legacy Gambit Bella Donna Boudreaux Omega Red Shinobi Shaw Fabian Cortez Trevor Fitzroy Damage David North Sniper Outsider Dreamqueen

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