Written by ROBERT PLACE NAPTON & JAMIE NASH
Story by GREGG HALE & EDUARDO SANCHEZ
Art by MARIO GUEVERA
Cover by LUCIO PARRILLO

Lt. Maynard has been sanctioned by the Governor of Virginia to bring him the head of the Pyrate King. Armed with his floating fortress of a ship, The Queen Anne's Revenge, Blackbeard faces off against his mostly deadly foe in a fierce battle for survival! This is the climatic issue of Blackbeard's origin!