VGLosers delivers an overview of the current Resident Evil miniseries from DC/Wildstorm, that was supposed to be a prequel to the Resident Evil videogame.

News broke last year that Wildstorm, the former Image Comics home of comic book superstar Jim Lee and now an imprint of DC Comics, had made a deal to create a new Resident Evil comic book series that would be a prequel to Resident Evil 5... Fans were excited, and why not? RE5 was poised to be a great game and a solid backstory from Jim Lee's guys would only make it that much better. Right? Instead of a great comic, readers found a story about Agent Mina Gere in a space station full of zombies and Agent Holiday Sugarman going after T-Virus samples that crashed to Earth on a satellite in the nation of Grezbekistan. It's not sounding too good, is it? On top of that, Chris Redfield doesn't even make an appearance.

What is the secret Marc Deering project the Daily Press is referring to?

Right now, Deering is working on a prequel series that will complement one of this summer's major movies — he's not allowed to announce which one, yet. His portfolio also includes titles such as "Resident Evil" and "Supergirl," both published by DC Comics.

It's only been a few years since the 36-year-old has been working among the comic world's elite, although he's been drawing and inking the fanciful pages for decades.

"Something just switched in 2004, and everything got better," he says. "It wasn't a conscious thing, but something happened. And after that, I started to get noticed."

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