Bacuit Bay, Palawan Island, Philippines, 1944. Imelda Hernandez, nicknamed “The Viper” is a schoolteacher turned guerrilla-commander intent on annihilating the Japanese invasion with her bolo knife and lightning-fast strikes. When deserters of her guerrilla group are captured by the Japanese, Imelda must decide whether to continue on her warpath toward the Japanese soldiers who killed her friends or risk it all to save the men who wouldn’t follow a vengeful woman.

Story: Hailey Austin

Art: Paolo Ongaro

Cover: Anna Morozova