Aces and Jokers Wild! In 1945, an alien virus released over Manhattan changed the world forever. Ninety percent of the people exposed to the Wild Card virus died, and some say they were the lucky ones. Of the survivors, ninety percent were mutated into the hideous freaks known as "Jokers." Only a rare one percent became "Aces," people gifted with superhuman powers. In 1985 George R.R. Martin and a...