The Department of Truth Volume 1
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Image Comics
Published:2nd Mar '21
Should be back in stock very soon
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OUTSTANDING COMIC SERIES FOR ADULTS HONOR BOOK 2025
A twisty, paranoid series following a secret government organization dedicated to making sure conspiracy theories stay conspiracy theories.
COLE TURNER has studied conspiracy theories all his life, but he isn't prepared for what happens when he discovers that all of them are true, from the JFK Assassination to Flat Earth Theory and Reptilian Shapeshifters. One organization has been covering them up for generations. What is the deep, dark secret behind the Department of Truth?
From bestselling writer JAMES TYNION IV (BATMAN, SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN) and breakout artist MARTIN SIMMONDS (DYING IS EASY)!
Collects DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #1-5
Best of 2021 Lists:
New York Public Library
Entertainment Weekly
Indigo
And more...
"In the age of QAnon, a thriller about cultlike thinking feels exceedingly relevant." * Publishers Weekly *
"A wonderfully dizzy mixture of Men in Black, John Carpenter, Stephen King, The Matrix, and 1970s conspiracy thrillers." * Forbes *
“A story for our zeitgeist.” * Entertainment Weekly *
“Hickmanian conspiracy games, Burroughsian crime, Sienkiewiczian style. The Truth: you want it.” -- Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, The Power Fantasy)
"It is FANTASTIC. Can't wait to read the whole series!" -- Patton Oswalt
"A new conspiracy thriller comic that should appeal to anyone with a fondness for The X-Files." * IGN *
"The hype on this is real." -- Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate Spider-Man)
ISBN: 9781534318335
Dimensions: 259mm x 168mm x 10mm
Weight: 318g
144 pages