POINT BLANK is the gritty prequel to the critically acclaimed SLEEPER graphic novel series written by Eisner Award-winner Ed Brubaker (Criminal, Captain America) and stylishly rendered by legendary artist Colin Wilson. Ex-Black Ops soldier Cole Cash is caught in a whirlpool of secrets, lies, manipulation, and murder. But before he goes down for the last time, he's going to get some answers. No matter whom he has to kill along the way. As Cole investigates a brutal attempt that has left his one-time commander and legendary spy-master, John Lynch, at the brink of death, he maneuvers through the labyrinthian byways of intrigue that are the favored routes of men like Lynch. But to find the answers he seeks, Cash will have to discover the key to one of his old Team 7 comrade's greatest achievements - and his greatest shame. But can he bring this dirty little secret in to the light of day? And what other secrets of his own will he discover along the way?

As an undercover agent in a complex super-villain organization, Holden Carver has become caught in a web of moral uncertainty. With the world believing him to be a traitor, Carver must find a way to survive and regain his identity.

Through acts of violence and murder against his friends and his country, Holden Carver has infiltrated the world's most dangerous super-powered criminal organization. But with the one man who is aware of Carver's true assignment and allegiance in a coma, the undercover operative finds himself trapped with no one he can trust. Now after being captured by his own government, Carver must find a way to prove the existence and validity of his mission or before he is forced to answer for his treasonous crime. Suggested for Mature Readers.

VOL 03: A Crooked Line

Collecting the final chapter of the 'Sleeper' saga, Vol. 2 #7-12! The endgame is in play and the fates of Carver, Lynch and the mysterious Tao are all up for grabs. It's winner take all - and the stakes are deadly!

SLEEPER is the critically acclaimed series written by Eisner Award winner Ed Brubaker (AUTHORITY, BATMAN: WAR GAMES) and stylishly presented by legendary artist Sean Phillips (Marvel Zombies) and is now collected in a new format with SLEEPER BOOK ONE. From Eisner Awardwinning author Ed Brubaker comes two thrilling stories collected together for the first time in SLEEPER BOOK ONE. POINT BLANK, a fiveissue comic book limited series published by WildStorm, stars the popular character Grifter from the Wildcats, who is investigating an attempted murder of his friend John Lynch. Meanwhile, Holden Carver, a covert operative, has been placed undercover in a villainous organization led by TAO. As Holden and Grifter cross paths, will cooler heads prevail? The answer? Hell no. Riddled with noir undertones and the action of a spy thriller, SLEEPER BOOK ONE highlights all the attributes that have made writer Ed Brubaker one of the most soughtafter writers in all of comics! Join the wild ride in SLEEPER BOOK ONE. Collects POINT BLANK #1-5, SLEEPER #1-12.

Holden Carver is 'the Conductor', a super-powered agent of the nameless global crime syndicate run by the terrifying Tao. Holden Carver is also an agent of global spy group International Operations, working in deep cover. But the only person who knows his secret is lying in a coma.

Sleeper is the critically acclaimed graphic novel series written Ed Brubaker and illustrated by Sean Philips, the Eisner Award\-winning creative team of Criminal, which tells the story of agent Holden Carver, a reluctant double agent without hope of rescue. Tao—the criminal mastermind whose organization Carver has infiltrated—had Carver's only lifeline, spymaster John Lynch shot, leaving him in a coma. Tao's cut off every means of escape, and he's persuaded Carver to join him...for real this time. Collecting Point Blank #1-5, Sleeper Season One #1-12, Sleeper Season Two #1-12, Coup D’Etat: Sleeper #1 and material from Coup D’Etat: Afterward #1,

It's the final SLEEPER collection from the team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Criminal). While spymaster John Lynch slept in a coma, his protégé Holden Carver was trapped undercover. Now that his star has risen in criminal mastermind Tao's organization, Carver is shocked by the news that Lynch is awake. Torn between new loyalties and his original mission, Carver must decide whose side he's really on – and if they're on his. This collection features SLEEPER SEASON TWO #1-12, the full second year of the critically acclaimed series by Brubaker and Phillips, plus the never-before-collected prequel story from COUP D' AFTERWORD. "SLEEPER could hold its own against any noir, from any medium...Brubaker is without a doubt the best crime fiction writer in comics today."—AIN'T IT COOL NEWS