(W) Brian Wood (A) Riccardo Burchielli & Various (CA) Brian Wood Welcome to the second Civil War. Manhattan is now a demilitarized zone, separating the United States of America and the Free States of America. Five years into the war, journalist Matty Roth arrives in Manhattan as an intern photographer-and soon becomes the only source of news from the DMZ. DMZ Compendium Vol. 1 collects DMZ #1-36.