Velvet Vol 1 Before the Living End Author:Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting, Bettie Breitweiser. Collects Velvet (2013 Image) #1-5. — Written by Ed Brubaker. Art by Steve Epting and Bettie Breitweiser. Cover by Steve Epting. — From the bestselling creators of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" comes this smash-hit spy thriller with a unique new twist! When the world's greatest secret agent is killed, all evidence points... more » to Velvet Templeton, the personal secretary to the Director of the Agency. But Velvet's got a dark secret buried in her past... because she's also the most dangerous woman alive.« less