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by Nicole Maines (Author), Stephen Segovia (Illustrator)
Six misfits. One impossible mission. Endless secrets that could change the DC Universe forever.
Amanda Waller has vanished without a trace, and with her goes a vault of classified secrets powerful enough to reshape the world. To track her down, Dreamer, Jon Kent, and Jay Nakamura must form an uneasy alliance with some of DC's most ruthless antiheroes--Catman, Deadshot, and Black Alice. But trust is in short supply, and when hidden agendas collide, the real danger might come from within. As they race against Checkmate for control of Waller's secrets, the fate of heroes, villains, and everything in between hangs in the balance. Nicole Maines and Stephen Segovia deliver a high-stakes, action-packed thriller where survival means keeping your enemies close--and your allies even closer. Collects Secret Six #1-6.Author Biography
Nicole Maines is an actress, activist, and writer paving the way for LGBTQ+ youth on and off the screen. Maines's breakout role came on The CW's Supergirl, where she starred as Nia Nal, a.k.a. Dreamer, making her TV's first transgender super-hero. She wrote Dreamer's comic book debut in DC's 2021 Pride anthology and has since gone on to pen numerous other comics for DC, including Superman: Son of Kal-El #13 with Tom Taylor, Lazarus Planet: Assault on Krypton #1, Harley Quinn, and Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story. Maines has been nominated for a GLAAD Media Award and was a Variety Power of Young Hollywood and Power of Pride honoree. She was also a 2020 Human Rights Campaign Upstander Award honoree for her activism and continues to be a tireless champion for trans rights. Her biography, Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family, was a Stonewall Honor Book in nonfiction, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for transgender nonfiction, and a New York Times bestseller.
