NAMES (2014)

"New York City. Forty-year-old Kevin Walker is a successful trader. He's incredibly rich. He has a young, sexy wife and a son he adores. He has everything. Until The mysterious man known as the Surgeon walks into Kevin's office. He takes a seat and tells Kevin to write a suicide note. Trembling but obedient, Kevin does what the Surgeon says. Then, at a word from this well-dressed figure, Kevin jumps out his window and falls fifty stories to his death. Thus begins THE NAMES, an 8-issue miniseries by writer Peter Milligan (HELLBLAZER, SKREEMER) and artist Leandro Fernandez (Wolverine, Punisher: Max). THE NAMES is a dark, contemporary thriller set in the world of Big Money: hedge funds, leveraged buyouts, market raids, flash crashes. High-end finance that can ruin entire economies, run by a cabal of the world's richest (and sickest) people. Now, it's up to Katya Walker - the beautiful and deadly wife of the late Kevin - to take on this hidden power structure and find out who killed her husband, and why. No matter what it takes. No matter who she has to kill. It's The Wolf of Wall Street meets Kill Bill. And heaven help the 1%."

"Searching for the truth behind the mysterious death of her husband, Katya Walker is drawn into the dangerous, nightmarish world of the Names. Meanwhile, the psychopathic killer known as the Surgeon makes a new move, and we learn more about the bizarre creatures know as the Dark Loops."

"While the psychopath known as The Surgeon hunts down brilliant misfit Philip, Katya follows a trail of clues left by her late husband, which leads to Amsterdam and a bizarre sect known as The Tulips. The unlikely partnership of mother and stepson arrive in the heart of the financial district, where it seems that Katya's late husband is about to speak."

"Things seemed to be looking up for Katya and her stepson Philip's quest to discover who killed Katya's husband - but now the arrival of the Surgeon complicates matters. Katya discovers the truth about the Surgeon's origins, Philip reveals he's never seen a woman naked, and the Dark Loops make a move."

"Now a 9-issue miniseries! Flaherty's brain has been destroyed by The Surgeon's scalpel - and Philip's brain is just as blitzed by the sight of Katya's naked body - as the psychopath called The Surgeon closes in. Sex, violence, enigmatic Dark Loops, dark hearts and a devastating twist turn everything on its head in this issue!"

"Katya's relentless search to find her husband's killer shifts into a different gear. Philip comes face-to-face with the mother - who should be dead! - and the Dark Loops expand their bizarre and bloody campaign! Twists, turns, mother-and-child reunions and a shockingly explosive climax await! "

"The Names' kingpin, Stoker, reveals what might have compelled Katya's husband to throw himself out a high window. Meanwhile, Katya continues her quest and gets tantalizingly closer to knowing who made her a widow. Secret love, violence, insanity, and intrigue Katya's problems are only beginning "

"Becoming more embroiled in the strange organization known as The Names, Katya is handed over to the psychopathic Tara - and her genius stepson Philip is too engrossed in the mystery of the Dark Loops to save her! Evil alien machinations, the brutal murder of innocents, an unexpected liaison, and a strange seduction all await in the penultimate episode of THE NAMES."

"Philip's new girlfriend Cassandra is a lot more - or less - than she seems, but what does the shapeshifting beauty and her Dark Loop comrades want with him? Mysteries, monsters and mayhem in the furious final episode of The Names, as Philip learns who and what the Dark Loops are and the Names director Stoker tells Katya who threw her husband to his death from a skyscraper window..."