Wanted is a comic book limited series created by writer Mark Millar and artist J. G. Jones.
[1] It features an amoral protagonist who discovers he is the heir to a career as a supervillain assassin in a world where such villains have secretly taken control of the planet.
All this changes when he is visited by the Fox, an assassin who shoots everyone in a sandwich shop before revealing herself to be a member of the Fraternity, a powerful organization of supervillains that rules the world.
The Fox introduces Wesley to Professor Solomon Selzer, a brilliant mad scientist and leader of the North and South American chapter of the Fraternity.
Using magic and advanced technology, the newly formed Fraternity was able to erase the world's memories of superheroes and supervillains.
Here, he learns that Rictus and the Future had long wanted to end the Fraternity's policy of secrecy and rule the world openly.
The Professor, Adam-One, and the Emperor favored secrecy for supervillains in order to get "the loot without the leg-breaking" and avoid gaining the attention of the larger multiverse, and have always managed to outvote Rictus and the Future.
The Killer reveals that he and Fox left Rictus's chapter not because they objected to harming children but because they knew of his planned revolt.
The comic ends with Wesley calling out the audience about their "pathetic" lives, and stating: "This is my face while I'm fucking you in the ass."
Mark Millar himself hinted at a sequel closer to the plot of the original comic and featuring The Killer's costume.
[5] In May 2023, it was revealed that Big Game, a crossover events that united all the Millarworld characters, was actually a sequel to Wanted and followed Wesley Gibson and the Fraternity teaming up with Matthew Anderson / Nemesis to take down the latest wave of superheroes that have popped back up in the world following the actions of Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass.