The Middle Man  from Viper Comics

Your reality is a sham. Your way of life is constantly under attack by monsters, aliens and talking primates - and the reason you and the rest of the pink-skinned normal world don’t know it? THE MIDDLEMAN. Working in absurd secrecy, aided by talented amateur Wendy Watson, the Middleman stares down threats extra- infra- and juxta-terrestrial with a big gun and a have-a-nice-day grin. The Middleman: he fights evil, so you don't have to!

Issue 01 (of 04)
Written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Illustrated by Les McClaine

Cover colored by Dean Trippe

32 pages, B&W
Diamond Previews item code: MAY05 3063

The Temporary Employment Sanction
Wendy Watson thought she had it tough as a struggling young artist working a string of meaningless McJobs... until she met The Middleman. Now her life is filled with monsters, mindless destruction and one life-altering choice: to join or not to join the never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the other thing!

Issue 02 (of 04)
Written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Illustrated by Les McClaine
Cover colored by Dean Trippe

32 pages, B&W
Diamond Previews item code: JUN05 3288

The Secret Recruitment Ultimatum
Wendy Watson leads a secret double life: apprentice monster smasher for a ridiculously secret organization by day, struggling bohemian artist by night... and with her first big case - the murder of mobsters by a ruthless assassin who may not be entirely human - Wendy must decide between a life of unbridled normalcy and the neverending conflict between the good, the bad, and the simply repulsive!

Javier Grillo-Marxuach is currently a writer and Supervising Producer on the hit ABC Network series "Lost."

He has written and produced episodes of "Boomtown," "The Pretender," "Jake 2.0," "The Chronicle," "Charmed," "Three" and "seaQuest."

Grillo-Marxuach has also sold and produced several network pilots, written and directed an award-winning short film, created a number of works for the stage and contributed freelance scripts and stories to "The Dead Zone," "Dark Skies," "Strange Frequency" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."

Javier Grillo-Marxuach was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His name is pronounced “Ha-vee-air Gree-joe Mark’s-watch.”

Les McClaine is a cartoonist living in Waltham, Massachusetts. He is currently working on several print and web comics projects, including "The Middleman," "Jonny Crossbones," and "Highway 13." He has been a librarian, a record shop clerk, an usher, and a Santa wrangler. He is twelve feet tall.