DMZ #45 begins a five part arc full of nuclear weapons, Parco Delgado and Matty Roth's own agenda. Following the tumultuous events of the past year, Matty Roth is redefining his role in the DMZ. No longer content to be merely a citizen journalist or a mouthpiece for Parco Delgado's struggling city government, he now rolls with his own private security force and self-defined mandate to heal the city.