DV8 is a comic book published by Wildstorm. The series revolves around the lives of a group of Gen-Active people (Called DV8, or referred to as "The Deviants"), initially living in New York City under the supervision of Ivana Baiul, who sends them on life-threatening black ops assignments. Publication history The series lasted 32 issues. The story including most DV8 members continued in the pages of Gen-Active, a anthology series featuring various Wildstorm characters. Gen-Active, lasted 6 issues. Writer Micah Ian Wright pitched a relaunch to WildStorm in 2003, but it was not picked up by the publisher. The artist in the book would have been Mark Robinson. The title returned in June 2010 as an eight-issue limited series called DV8: Gods and Monsters, written by Brian Wood with art by Rebekah Isaacs. The project is something Wood had been trying to get commissioned for years: Fictional team history Rather than saving the world, they use their powers for selfish reasons, such as pleasing themselves, indulging in any fancy that comes their way, and not caring about anybody else. They forget that they are all just pawns to Ivana, at the expense of her needs and desires. The members don't like each other, but soon band together for need of survival. This is what stands these rougues apart from most other superhero teams; they aren't heroes, they are not nice people, don't even like each other, and can't even save themselves, let alone the world. Later on in the series, Baiul becomes director of International Operations and the team becomes agents of the I.O. as well. At this point some of the members start to develop a conscience about their actions, especially Frostbite. Unlike Gen¹³, the overall nature of the comic was often very violent and extreme, (even more so in the first few issues), with sexual themes, graphic violence, mild language and dialogue, (especially between the team members), and general recklessness. The character Sideways Bob brought an especially dark, over the top sense of humor to the series. Creative teams Warren Ellis (Writer, #1-8) Mike Heisler (Writer, #9-32) Brian Wood (Writer, Gods and Monsters #1-8) Humberto Ramos (Art, #1-2, #4-7) Michael Lopez (Art, #3, Part of #8) Juvaun Kirby (Art, Part of #8, #9-13) Tom Raney (Art, #14-16) Jason Johnson (Art, Part of #11, #17-18) Al Rio (Art, #0, #19-30) Trevor Scott (Art, #31-32) Rebekah Isaacs (Art, Gods and