The American Way (comics)

The American Way
The American Way #1, artist Georges Jeanty.
Publication information
Publisher	WildStorm: The American Way Vertigo: The American Way: Those Above and Those Below
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Limited series
Publication date	The American Way: April to September 2006 The American Way: Those Above and Those Below: July to February 2017
No. of issues	The American Way: 8 The American Way: Those Above and Those Below: 6
Creative team
Created by	John Ridley Georges Jeanty
Written by	John Ridley
Artist(s)	Georges Jeanty
Inker(s)	Karl Story
Colorist(s)	Mayor & Rench of WSFX

The American Way is an American comic book series produced under DC Comics' Wildstorm and Vertigo imprints. The series is an alternate history retelling of the 1960s and 1970s, featuring a team of government-sponsored heroes named the Civil Defense Corps. Much of the series revolves around the introduction of an African American superhero to the team and the responses of the team, government, and public. The series debuted with an eight-issue limited series published by WildStorm and was written by John Ridley with art from Georges Jeanty. The original series ran for eight issues, from April to September 2006. A follow-up series to the original, The American Way: Those Above and Those Below ran six issues, from July to February 2017 with Ridley and Jeanty returning as the creative team.