This weekend word got out that DC Comics' Wildstorm division was going to be doing a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 mini-series. Now the comics publisher has revealed more info about the comic, confirming that the first issue will indeed ship to stores in November, around the time the Infinity Ward-Activision first person shooter will be released.

The six-issue mini-series will tell some of the back story behind "Ghost", one of the characters in the game, in a storyline that heads for the "United Kingdom to war-torn Afghanistan to the drug war in Mexico." David Lapham will write the series with interior artwork by Kevin West and covers by Federico Dallocchio (there's also plans to offer a "video game art" varient cover for the first issue. Meanwhile, Infinity Ward's community manager Robert Browning has "Twittered" an image of the second issue's cover.