The Department of Truth Volume 1 - by James Tynion IV (Paperback)

About the Book

"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?"--Publisher's description.

Book Synopsis

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

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Review Quotes

"A new conspiracy thriller comic that should appeal to anyone with a fondness for The X-Files."-- "IGN"

"A story for our zeitgeist."-- "Entertainment Weekly"

"A wonderfully dizzy mixture of Men in Black, John Carpenter, Stephen King, The Matrix, and 1970s conspiracy thrillers."-- "Forbes"

"Hickmanian conspiracy games, Burroughsian crime, Sienkiewiczian style. The Truth: you want it."--Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, The Power Fantasy)

"In the age of QAnon, a thriller about cultlike thinking feels exceedingly relevant."-- "Publishers Weekly"

"It is FANTASTIC. Can't wait to read the whole series!"--Patton Oswalt

"The hype on this is real."--Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate Spider-Man)

About the Author

JAMES TYNION IV is the writer of Batman, and many other titles for DC Comics, including Detective Comics, Justice League Dark, and the New York Times best selling Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trilogy. He is the co-creator of Wynd, Something is Killing the Children, Memetic, and the GLAAD award winning series, The Woods. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY with his partner and their nice old dog.

Martin Simmonds is a comic artist, and co-creator of Dying is Easy (with Joe Hill) for IDW, Punks Not Dead (with David Barnett) for Black Crown, and Friendo (with Alex Paknadel) for Vault Comics.He is also a contributing artist to Marvel's The Immortal Hulk by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett, and series cover artist for Marvel's Quicksilver: No Surrender, and Jessica Jones.Martin currently lives in Surrey, UK with his partner and their two year old son.