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6. Matty Roth
(DMZ, Vertigo)
DMZ is a pretty good comic book.
In the story, a second Civil War broke out in the United States (the secession kind, not the superheroes punching each other kind). The war came to a head in New York City, eventually turning the bombed-out Big Apple into a demilitarized zone (or DMZ). Matt “Matty†Roth was a photography intern for the Liberty News Network, and was sent into the DMZ as part of reporter Viktor Ferguson’s crew.
When they landed in New York, however, their helicopter was blown up, and everyone except Matty appeared to die. Matty became LNN’s on-the-ground reporter, navigating the American and Free States armies with only his press jacket and cunning keeping him alive. Matty was depicted as someone facing a serious upgrade in responsibilities as he frantically tried to get out of the city. Dealing with strange and interesting characters like Zee the Medic and the illusive Central Park Ghosts, Matty came to shape the world he saw through his reporting.
He was a wonderful journalist from a wonderful comic book.
