''Jericho Season 3: Civil War'' is a
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*Limited series, individual storylines within an anthology series
*Limited series, a particular run of collectables, usually individually numbered
*Limited series (comics), a comics series with a predetermined number of ...
of six issues that continues the storyline of the
CBS television show ''
Jericho
Jericho ( ; ar, أريحا ; he, יְרִיחוֹ ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank. It is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west. It is the administrative seat of the Jericho Gove ...
''. It was written by Jason M. Burns and the ''Jericho'' writing team.
On March 12, 2009,
Devil's Due Publishing announced that all storylines from the TV series will be continued in a comic book series.
[Devil's Due press release]
[Jericho Continues As Comic]
". DWSciFi.com, March 10, 2009. Retrieved on March 10, 2009. On November 25, 2009, Devil's Due Publishing released the first issue of the six-issue continuation of the ''Jericho'' saga. As of May 29, 2011,
IDW Publishing
IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW), itself formed in 1999, and is regularly recog ...
has re-released the first 3 comics as ''Jericho: Redux'', as well as issues 4, 5 and 6, thus completing its publication.
In August 2011, IDW collected all 6 comics into a 144-page graphic novel entitled ''Jericho Season 3: Civil War''.
Plot synopsis
At the conclusion of the TV series, the new
Cheyenne-based Allied States of America governs the former United States
west of the Mississippi River
Trans-Mississippi was a common name of the geographic area west of the Mississippi River during the 19th century. The area included Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Texas, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), and many other territories.
The term "Tr ...
, with the exception of
Texas. The
eastern United States are governed by a rival remnant of the old United States constitutional government, based in
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...
. Texas was about to form an alliance with the ASA. To prevent this,
Jake Green and
Robert Hawkins have delivered the last nuclear bomb – which was intended to destroy Columbus, Ohio – to the Independent Republic of Texas. Analysis of the bomb will demonstrate that the ASA lied about the origin of the 23 bombs used in the September Attacks on 23 U.S. cities, falsely blaming them on the
Iranian and
North Korean governments. Texas now sides with Columbus rather than Cheyenne, and the Second American Civil War is at hand.
Hawkins and the Texas leadership know they need something more to help win the war. Hawkins gets a message from an old enemy who just might be able to help, if Hawkins can help him first. This sends Jake Green and Robert Hawkins back into the hostile Allied States where they are wanted for acts of terrorism.
Issues
References
Further reading
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External links
Interview with Dan Shotz and Cody DeMatteis about ''Jericho Season 3''
{{Jericho (2006 TV series)
Comics based on television series
Jericho (2006 TV series)
Post-apocalyptic comics