X 3 ─ Siege

Paroled mobster Carmine Tango returns to Arcadia, plunging the stagnant city into darkness and chaos! Meanwhile, a suicidal enforcer turned suicidal maniac is picking off X's targets before he can get to them. While X furiously battles maniacs in the streets, Leigh Ferguson uncovers a crucial piece of the masked vigilante's mysterious past - and a possible link to the very criminals he's fighting! Duane Swierczynski (Bloodshot, Godzilla) and Eric Nguyen (Batwing) push the action to insane new levels! Collects issues #9 through #12 of the gritty superhero series.

Duane Swierczynski is the author of several crime thrillers, including the the Shamus Award-winning Fun and Games, the first in the Charlie Hardie series published by Mulholland Books, as well as the Edgar-nominated and Anthony Award-winning Expiration Date. Many of these books are currently in development for film and TV. He currently writes the IDW series Judge Dredd, the Valiant Comics series Bloodshot, the Dark Horse series X, and has written about the Punisher, Birds of Prey, Godzilla, Cable, The Immortal Iron Fist, Werewolf By Night, Black Widow, and Deadpool.
In a previous life, Duane was the editor-in-chief of The Philadelphia City Paper, and has worked as an editor and writer at Men's Health, Details, and Philadelphia magazines. In a previous, previous life, Duane, then known as "Cliff Dohower," died of tuberculosis in Wisconsin in 1957. The author lives in Philadelphia, PA.