Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin is bringing his Wild Cards stories to Marvel Comics. Marvel is adapting Martin’s 1987 first Wild Cards book, which continued as a three decade-long anthology series with stories by over forty contributors.

Spanning more than 25 novels and 20 short stories, the Wild Card series is set in an alternate history of post-World War II United States and follows humans who contracted the alien Wild Card virus, one that rewrites DNA and mutates survivors. Of those that survive, many acquire crippling or repulsive physical mutations and are thereby known as “Jokers”. Meanwhile, a minority of survivors acquire superpowered abilities and become known as “Aces” – of those, the people who acquire powers deemed trivial or useless are known as “Deuces”.

“As my fans may already know, the Wild Cards World holds a special place in my heart,” the author stated. “So to have the privilege of announcing that an industry titan like Marvel is going to produce the narrative from the beginning as a comic book brings me no end of joy.”

Paul Cornell and Mike Hawthorne have signed on as writer and artist, respectively, to create the limited comics series for Marvel. “Wild Cards is still a unique take on super heroes, a creation story that’s influenced everything since, but still maintains its power,” Cornell said. “It’s an honor and a pleasure to bring all these wonderful stories to their natural home at Marvel, and I hope to give George, Melinda and the rest of the Wild Cards Collective the credit they deserve for making the super hero myth new again.”

There have also been previous attempts to adapt Wild Cards to television, most recently at Peacock.

Marvel’s Wild Cards: The Drawing of the Cards #1 hits stands June 1st. Check out the full cover art by Steve Morris below: