Livewire Vol 1

Livewire is an ongoing series published by Valiant Entertainment, written by newcomer Vita Ayala with illustrations by Raul Allen and Patricia Martin. It is the first series starring Livewire as the main protagonist. The series was initially announced as a four-issue limited series, but was extended to an ongoing.^[1]

Once, Amanda McKee, the technopathic psiot known as Livewire, knew her purpose. She wielded her machine-manipulating powers to benefit the HARBINGER Foundation…until the true depths of her mentor’s cruelty were revealed. She brought UNITY to the world’s most formidable superpowered beings…until a battle between team members dissolved the group for good. She gave hope and guidance to a ragtag band of SECRET WEAPONS…until the U.S. government marked them for death and set her down a path of no return. Now, in the wake of the worst disaster the country’s ever faced – one that was directly caused by her hand – Livewire must decide for herself what kind of hero she will be…if she’ll be one at all.

The series is the second Valiant series to get a Glass Cover variant for its first issue. The glass cover is illustrated by artist Doug Braithwaite and printed on tempered glass with ultra-violet ink letting Livewire glow under black light (see here).^[2]