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MEET THE TEAM
PREVIOUSLY
RENAE GEERLINGS (Editor) After getting a degree in
theatre and moving to Los Angeles, Renae was hired by David Wohl at
Top Cow Productions as a lowly editorial assistant in 1997. In 2006, after
almost 10 years of climbing the ranks, she ended her tenure there as
Editor in Chief. She has continued to freelance as a comic book editor/
consultant with many companies, including Spark Unlimited, IP Factory
and Radical Publishing, and is very happy to have come full circle and be
working with David Wohl again at Darby Pop!
She is married to actor Tyler Mane (X-MEN) whom she met at ChicagoCon and they share a
house with his two children and her menagerie of animals.
Ben Fischer helped build the worlds greatest surveillance system -- utilizing every camera, cell
phone, and computer in the Bay Area to battle crime. There were only two problems: Golden
Shield wouldnt work without a more instinctual control mechanism, and Homeland Security
was about to pull its funding.
So when a terrorist attack took Bens sight, his friend/boss, Owen, replaced Bens eyes
with optical cameras and neuro-hardware which allowed Ben to integrate with Golden Shield
itself. Integrate he did, much more quickly and completely than anyone could have imagined. And
now, with almost complete control over San Franciscos network of systems, Ben is zeroing in on
the terrorist cell responsible for his disgurement.
Unfortunately, doing so has made Ben the primary target of Someone who wants to use Golden
Shield, and Ben, to further his own agenda. And Someone doesnt like anyone asking the wrong
questions. When Ben goes to Owen with his suspicions, Owen ends up between Ben and the bullets
meant to silence his questions permanently.
Created and Written by
ERIC GARCIA
Pencils and Inks by
MICHAEL MONTENAT
Colors by
DOUGLAS A. SIROIS &
MARK ENGLERT
Letters by
TROY PETERI
Story Edited by
RENAE GEERLINGS
Design by
STEVE BLACKWELL
IDW Publishing Edits by
SARAH GAYDOS
President
JEFF KLINE
Editor In Chief
DAVID WOHL
Managing Editor
RENAE GEERLINGS
VP of Business Development
MARK WHEELER
Marketing Director
JASON ENRIGHT
Legal Counsel
TOM COLLIER
Comptroller
LOIS M. BOTCHETT
Editorial Assistant
JOSHUA COZINE
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