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When the world’s top covert operative is killed, investigators find the fingerprints of Velvet Templeton—the agency’s tireless secretary—deadeningly close to the crime scene. Shifting from ordinary to extraordinary, Velvet’s own concealed history emerges, forcing her to confront a dangerous secret that could shatter her identity and those she protects.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels/Graphic Fiction
Authors: Ed Brubaker
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