New Releases by Matt Kindt

From New York Times bestselling Mind MGMT creator Matt Kindt comes an exciting undersea sci-fi mystery. With the deep-sea base on the brink of destruction, Mia is getting closer and closer to discovering the culprit behind the murder of her father. However, as the crew struggles to survive, revelations of the Dept. H project comes to light that will alter the lives of the crew, if they survive. Life on the surface hangs in the balance as Mia races against time. This Omnibus Edition collects Issues #13-24 of Dept. H, as well as a sketchbook section and bonus material!

From New York Times bestselling and Harvey award-winning graphic novelist Matt Kindt comes a globe-spanning tale of espionage, top-secret government programs, conspiracy, and weaponized amnesia. Reeling from her confrontation with The Eraser, Meru is trapped in a world of rogue Mind Managers. Meru decides that in order to save the world, she''ll need the help of the elusive First Immortal. However, it remains to be seen if Meru and her allies will be able to stop The Eraser''s new Mind Management before time runs out! Collects volumes 5 and 6 of the Mind MGMT series.

Matt Kindt! David Rubín! From New York Times–bestselling Mind MGMT creator Matt Kindt and Black Hammer''s David Rubín comes the third installment of this fantasy adventure thats Sherlock Holmes meets Dr. Seuss. The Faerie King''s daughter is missing, and only portal jumper Boone Dias can track her down. Jumping from one magical crime scene to another, he uncovers a bizarre plot featuring assassin eggs, weird pirates, ice deserts, and more noir absurdities. Pinups by Gabriel Walta, Kevin Nowlan, Paul Azaceta, and more!

The Black Badges are a top-secret branch of boy scouts, tasked with covert missions that no adult could ever undertake. But little do they know, their troop is not alone... sent to a private island off the north shore of Oahu, the team must battle against other elite scouts in a grueling, dangerous competition that will test their skills like never before, all the while investigating the disappearance of their former friend. The Eisner Award-nominated creative team behind Grass Kings reunites for Black Badge Volume Two, as New York Times bestseller Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and illustrators Tyler Jenkins (Peter Panzerfaust) and Hilary Jenkins filter a sobering tale of societal decay through the eyes of the children tasked with cleaning up the mess. Collects issues #5-8.

From New York Times bestselling and Harvey award-winning graphic novelist Matt Kindt comes a globe-spanning tale of espionage, top-secret government programs, conspiracy, and weaponized amnesia. Meru''s hunt for answers about the dismantled government Mind MGMT program and its rogue agent Henry Lyme lead her to confront super spies, the competing mission of the deadly agent \"The Eraser\

From New York Times bestselling Mind MGMT creator Matt Kindt comes an exciting undersea sci-fi mystery. Mia is a special investigator hired to uncover possible sabotage taking place at a deep-sea research station, where a bitter and paranoid crew try to keep the base functional. What she uncovers is a mind-blowing crime scene filled with suspects with terrible secrets, strange deep-sea creatures, and an impending flood! This Omnibus Edition collects Issues #1-12 of Dept. H!

This globe-spanning tale of espionage explores the adventures of a journalist investigating the mystery of a commercial flight where everyone aboard loses their memories Meru''s obsession with Flight 815 leads her to a much bigger story of a top-secret government Mind MGMT program. Her ensuing journey involves weaponized psychics, hypnotic advertising, talking dolphins, and seemingly immortal pursuers, as she hunts down the flight''s missing passenger, the man who was Mind MGMT''s greatest success--and its most devastating failure. But in a world where people can rewrite reality itself, can she trust anything she sees? Collects the first two volumes of the Mind MGMT series from New York Times bestselling and Eisner-nominated creator Matt Kindt--a story that''s optioned for film by Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner).

THEIR WORLD BECAME HIS WAR! New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (DIVINITY, Mind MGMT) is joined by master storytellers Tom?s Giorello (BLOODSHOT REBORN), Doug Braithwaite (ARMOR HUNTERS), Clayton Crain (RAI), Ryan Bodenheim (The Dying & The Dead), and more, in a deluxe edition hardcover of the Eisner Award-nominated first year of the series named one of the year''s best by SYFY Wire, ComicBook.com, IGN, and many more! Deep within the far reaches of space, the dogs of war have found Aric of Dacia. Conscripted into an alien army and forced into combat, Aric must enter an alien battlefield unlike any he?s faced before. His only hope for survival is also the source of his greatest rage ? the living suit of armor known as X-O Manowar. With it, he will decimate armies, topple empires, and incite interplanetary warfare as he rises from soldier? to general? to emperor! They wanted a weapon. He will give them war! Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) #1?14, along with more than 20 pages of rarely seen art and extras for a complete, definitive edition of the ultimate X-O Manowar tale!

From New York Times bestselling Mind MGMT creator MATT KINDT and Black Hammer''s DAVID RUBÍN comes this fantasy adventure about a science-minded hero intent on keeping the balance between Earth and a magic world! Portals between Earth and the Ether begin to crack open unleashing devastating magical fury on our planet and only adventurer Boone Dias can seal the breaches. In order to put an end to this chaos, Boone recruits a powerful team of mystical beings including a grumpy, spell-writing fairy; a bickering, lavender gorilla; and a bull-headed, motorcycling, spell-hacker. These heroes set off on a journey taking the reader through the center of volcanoes, deserts full of living mummies and sphinxes, and a bizarre fairy forest in an effort to save both worlds from complete destruction! Collecting issues #1-5 of Ether series II and featuring a sketchbook section with bonus art from PAUL POPE, MIKE ALLRED, BILL SIENKIEWICZ, MARCOS MARTÍN and JEN BARTEL!

From New York Times bestselling and Harvey award-winning Mind MGMT graphic novelist Matt Kindt comes a decades-spanning tale of love, secrets, aging, espionage, and family. Craig Pressgang''s life is well documented in his official CIA biography, Giant Man: Pillar of America, but the heroic picture it paints is only half the story. The continuous growth caused by Craig''s strange gigantism brings a variety of problems as he becomes more isolated and unknowable. Told during three eras by three different women with unique relationships with nearly three story tall Craig, 3 Story follows his sad life from his birth to the present.

Matt Kindt! David Rubin! From New York Times bestselling Mind MGMT creator Matt Kindt and _Black Hammer_s David Rubin comes this fantasy adventure about a science-minded hero intent on keeping the balance between Earth and a magic world! As Boone Dias and his team get closer to closing the breaches between Ether and Earth, they find themselves pitted against terrifying Spider Golems, AT- AT-sized sphinxes, and living anthropomorphic monster-mummies!

THE SEISMIC COMICS EVENT OF 2018 STARTS HERE! From New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (X-O MANOWAR. DIVINITY, Mind MGMT) and superstar artist Tom?s Giorello (X-O MANOWAR), the most powerful Valiant event ever attempted erupts in full force as X-O Manowar, Livewire, the Harbinger Renegades, Bloodshot, the Secret Weapons, Ninjak, and a cast of thousands draw their battle lines in HARBINGER WARS 2! For the rare and immensely powerful subset of humanity known as psiots, their unique abilities have come with an enormous cost. Once, their existence was known only to a select few. Now, the revelation that thousands of these latent telekinetic ?harbingers? secretly live among us?with the potential to be activated at any moment?has led the American government to a dramatic tipping point? Armed with new extra-governmental authority, the deep-black military contractor known as Omen has been authorized to identify, evaluate, and, if need be, eliminate all super-normal threats to the homeland. H.A.R.D. Corps units have been deployed into cities and towns across the United States to enforce their orders. In the East, one of the most powerful minds on Earth, Peter Stanchek, is leading his band of Renegades across the country, activating any potential psiots willing to join them, and building an insurrection force of ultra-powerful and unwieldy new abilities that will soon bring war to Omen?s doorstep?and the unstoppable force known as X-O Manowar raging back to Earth? In the West, Livewire ? the telekinetic technopath with the ability to bend machines and computers to her will ? will be forced to choose between her former allies?or her newfound team of Secret Weapons. As the situation escalates beyond human control, the United States will be plunged into darkness from coast to coast, launching Bloodshot and Ninjak into a dangerous mission to neutralize their one-time teammate ? and setting the stage for the most shocking, most violent, and most consequential clash of powers ever witnessed in the history of the Valiant Universe!

War returns to the Grass Kingdom.

Behold the untamed fury of Earth?s last Visigoth! Left for dead by a mercenary band of bounty hunters far more twisted and devious than any enemy he?s faced before, Aric of Dacia has managed to cling to life?and a thirst for revenge. Now, his campaign of retribution against those who have wronged him can begin in full force?and, when the dust settles, the alien world of Gorin will rue the day it ever brought the savage sword of X-O Manowar crashing down upon it... From the minds of master storyteller Matt Kindt (ETERNITY,?Dept. H) and astonishing artist Ryan Bodenheim (The Dying & The Dead), the sci-fi comics juggernaut of 2018 reaches a pounding crescendo as ?VISIGOTH? launches Valiant?s iconic hero into an intergalactic battle of will and wanton ferocity!

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ALL-NEW ARC! ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! ?EMPEROR? ? PART ONE! The ultimate turning point! A war has been won, a victory has been decided?and, now, an entire alien world kneels before the throne of their new leader: the unstoppable X-O MANOWAR! He has traded his armor for a crown and a new age now begins?even as an extraterrestrial invader readies an interplanetary attack that could pull Aric of Dacia from the newfound safety of his imperial palace and back into the blood-sodden battlefields where his conquest began. Comics superstar Clayton Crain (4001 A.D., RAI) joins New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (RAPTURE, Mind MGMT) to summit the next pinnacle of 2017?s best-selling independent superhero series ? and unleash a blistering, new interstellar opus chronicling the most powerful moment yet in the history of Valiant?s unrelenting icon!

The price of victory! From the bloodied battlefields to the highest seat of imperial power, there is something rotten in Aric of Dacia?s new home? With an entire planet in turmoil, the mighty warrior once known as X-O Manowar can trust no one, especially those he holds dearest. But will the former hero of Earth rise and become the champion of his adopted planet...or will his growing horde of enemies crush him where he stands? ?GENERAL? comes to its unrelenting finale here as New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (DIVINITY, Mind MGMT) and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite (BLOODSHOT U.S.A.) ready Valiant?s unstoppable hero for his greatest challenge to power yet!

A science-minded adventurer gets mixed up in the mysteries of a fantasy world in this charming new adventure from an award-winning creative team. Boone Dias is an interdimensional explorer, a scientist from Earth who has stumbled into great responsibility. He''s got an explanation for everything, so of course the Ether''s magical residents turn to him to solve their toughest crimes. But maybe keeping the Real and the Abstract separate is too big a job for just one man. From New York Times bestselling author Matt Kindt: an inter-dimensional, genre-bending, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, mystery adventure! From New York Times bestselling author Matt Kindt (MIND MGMT, PastAways, Superspy, Dept. H) Stunning artwork from David Rubín brings a magical world to life. Collects Issues #1-5 of Matt Kindt and David Rubín''s Ether

Beware the lords of the Deadside! Ninjak and Shadowman have launched an all-out assault against Babel ? the ancient being determined to breach heaven ? on the dark and decaying battlefields of the Deadside. But are the combined might of sword and shadow enough to stop this biblical force of nature?or will they need the help of an ancient and weary warrior whose power transcends their understanding? And as oblivion inches ever closer to Earth, Tama the Geomancer and Punk Mambo must step out of the darkness and halt Babel?s forces from infiltrating the land of the living as Valiant?s Shadowman-driven standalone event fight on!

Six miles below the surface of the ocean, Mia has to solve a locked-room murder mystery before the crime scene is completely flooded. As the crew tries to save the Dept. H base from destruction, some of them start to take matters into their own hands. But the bottom of the ocean is full of unknown dangers, and with time running out, rescue is almost impossible. From New York Times bestselling author Matt Kindt (MIND MGMT, PastAways, Superspy)! Written and Drawn by Matt Kindt, with colors by Sharlene Kindt. Intricate mystery stories perfect for any fan of crime and sci-fi fiction! A complete arc: a perfect jumping-on point for new readers! "Kindt is a storyteller so fully in control of his gifts that his graphic novels read like quietly compelling arguments for the comics medium''s narrative potential."--NPR "Kindt has developed into one of the most exciting and original talents in the business" --The LA Times "Kindt breaks all pre-conceived notions of what comic books are."--IGN

On a scarred landscape, two otherworldly armies prepare to battle one last time, vying for control of a massive tower named from an ancient language no longer permitted to be spoken. One army is led by a primeval force named Babel, whose goal is singular: to breach ?Heaven? no matter the cost. The only thing standing in his way is a gray-haired barbaric warrior, filled with rage and regret, a man who sees this battle as his last chance for redemption. But he knows his depleted forces have little chance of victory unless aid comes. Enter Tama: A 12-year old girl on the crest of a hill overlooking the battle, who has just become humanity?s only hope. The last in an ancient line of mystics who protect the Earth, she has foreseen this battle and knows millions will perish if she?s unable to stop it. Now Tama and her ragtag team of malcontents ? Ninjak, Shadowman and Punk Mambo ? must somehow defeat an elder god hell bent on piercing the heavens. This summer, New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (X-O Manowar) and artistic sensation CAFU (Rai) lead a Tolkien-esque journey into the space between life and death?through the Deadside?and into the many worlds that lie beyond right here with a spellbinding and horrific standalone event!

Battle royale! The moment you?ve been waiting for is here?the final, steel-splintering showdown between Ninjak and Master Darque! But when Valiant?s top assassin and lord of death come to blows, you can bet there?s going to be serious collateral. What will become of the deadly crime cartel known as the Shadow Seven? What final fate awaits the life of Ninjak?s former lover and most hated enemy, Roku? All will be revealed as Ninjak enters a blistering barrage of revelations and revenge?and exits with a brand-new place in the Valiant Universe!

At the dawn of the 41st century, the future of Earth will be decided in the stars? New York Times best-selling writers Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT), Robert Venditti (X-O Manowar), Jeff Lemire (Descender), and Fred Van Lente (Ivar, Timewalker) and powerhouse artists Clayton Crain (Rai), CAFU (Action Comics), Clayton Henry (Harbinger Wars), and Doug Braithwaite (Armor Hunters) join a cast of comics'' finest for Valiant''s most ambitious crossover event yet ? now in deluxe oversized hardcover format! One hundred years from today, Father ? the benevolent artificial intelligence that governs the island nation of Japan ? will gain sentience. To defend its borders, Father will take drastic action by launching Japan into space?where its people will thrive in isolation, away from the overpopulated and resource-deprived planet below. Over the centuries, as New Japan orbits our increasingly unstable world, it will become a model society ? one built on peace, prosperity? and Father?s control. A thousand years from today, Father will create the first Rai, founding a lineage of technologically enhanced heroes engineered to defend New Japan and sworn to protect it from all enemies. For hundreds of years into the future, the Rai will single-handedly enforce New Japan?s justice well?and serve Father without question. Now, at the dawn of 4001 A.D., the latest Rai is about to inherit the dark truth behind the origin of his kind?and discover the sinister secret at the heart of Father?s existence. For New Japan to live, Earth must die?and as Rai challenges his former master for the first time in more than a millennium, the lone guardian of New Japan will be cast out of his own Father?s kingdom? Exiled from the only realm he?s ever known, Rai now walks the ravaged world of 4001 A.D. in search of forgotten heroes like himself? on a mission to collect the last surviving legends of a broken planet?and to forge a rebellion with the power to bring the most advanced civilization in history crashing back down to Earth. Collecting 4001 A.D. #1?4, RAI #13?16, 4001 A.D.: X-O MANOWAR #1, 4001 A.D.: BLOODSHOT #1, 4001 A.D.: SHADOWMAN #1, and 4001 A.D.: WAR MOTHER #1.

From The New York Times bestselling writer Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and Peter Panzerfaust artist Tyler Jenkins comes a rural mystery series chronicling the tragic lives of the Grass Kings, three brothers and rulers of a trailer park kingdom, a fiefdom of the hopeless and lost, of the desperate poor seeking a promised land. Eldest brother Robert leads a grief-stricken life, having lost his daughter to a tragic accident, followed by his wife disappearing one morning never to return. When an enigmatic young woman named Maria flees to their community in search of safe haven, Robert takes her in. Will his decision lead to ruin and retribution dooming the Kingdom? Perfect for fans of Justified or The Fade Out. Oversized first issue featuring 30 pages of story!

At the mercy of Sandria Darque! As Master Darque fights to return to the land of the living, his former disciple ? the deadly assassin Roku ? will build an army to put him down for good. But not even the Shadow Seven ? the underworld?s deadliest cabal of murderers and mercenaries ? will be enough to assure victory. To truly defeat an undead lord of death and resurrection, she?ll need the complete and unquestioning allegiance of Ninjak...who isn?t interested. But when Darque?s long-missing sister Sandria returns with a gambit that could reveal his greatest weakness, an unholy alliance of light and darkness will be forged that could upset the balance of good and evil once and for all time? ?THE SEVEN BLADES OF MASTER DARQUE? strikes again as New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (DIVINITY III: STALINVERSE) and acclaimed artist Marc Laming (Planet Hulk) bring the biggest Ninjak story ever to a dark and terrible boiling point?and reveal the ultimate secret behind his greatest foes!

MARS REBORN! He was the last son of a dead world. But now that world lives again. Mars has risen from the ashes, and JÕonn JÕonzz, the Martian Manhunter, has returned to a life he never thought heÕd lead. But even though his world and his people have come back from the dead, theyÕve brought nothing but trouble with them. Somehow alive on this strange new world, the disparate aspects of JÕonnÕs fractured personality are not all on board with his plan to forsake his adopted home. Meanwhile, a tyrant rules the Red Planet with an iron fist. And for Mars to live, Earth needs to die. ItÕs up to the Martian Manhunter and his motley crew of allies to save two races and two worlds from annihilation. While the war rages from planet to planet, who will win the war withinÑthe Martian, or the man? Find out in MARTIAN MANHUNTER VOL. 2, the explosive next chapter in the acclaimed series from red-hot writer Rob Williams (SUICIDE SQUAD) and acclaimed illustrator Eddy Barrows (DETECTIVE COMICS)! Collects MARTIAN MANHUNTER #7-12 and JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #5.

The most ambitious comics event of 2016 brings war to the 41st century - with Rai leading the charge!? One hundred years from today, Father - the benevolent artificial intelligence that governs the island nation of Japan - will gain sentience. To defend its borders, Father will take drastic action by launching Japan into space...where its people will thrive in isolation, away from the overpopulated and resource-deprived planet below. Over the centuries, as New Japan orbits our increasingly unstable world, it will become a model society - one built on peace, prosperity... and Father?s control. A thousand years from today, Father will create the first Rai, founding a lineage of technologically enhanced heroes engineered to defend New Japan and sworn to protect it from all enemies. For hundreds of years into the future, the Rai will single-handedly enforce New Japan?s justice well...and serve Father without question. Now, at the dawn of 4001 A.D., the latest Rai is about to inherit the dark truth behind the origin of his kind...and discover the sinister secret at the heart of Father?s existence. For New Japan to live, Earth must die...and as Rai challenges his former master for the first time in more than a millennium, the lone guardian of New Japan will be cast out of his own Father?s kingdom... Exiled from the only realm he?s ever known, Rai now walks the ravaged world of 4001 A.D. in search of forgotten heroes like himself... on a mission to collect the last surviving legends of a broken planet...and to forge a rebellion with the power to bring the most advanced civilization in history crashing back down to Earth. New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (DIVINITY II) and superstar artist Clayton Crain (X-Force) bring their startling vision of the year 4001 A.D. to new heights...with the fate of New Japan floating in the balance! Collecting?4001 A.D. #1?4.?

When five deep-time explorers find themselves stranded in the distant past of 2015, they''re forced to adapt to a primitive world of iPhone 6s''s and cars that can''t even drive themselves. But when a rift in space-time starts spitting out dinosaurs, giant robots, and other strange phenomena, only the marooned \"PastAways\" can defend the twenty-first century from the terrors of the timestream! Collects issues #1-#6 of the Dark Horse original series, plus a short story from Dark Horse Presents all in full-color!

Reunion! The war against Father turns in favor of the 41st century?s revolutionary heroes as Rai finds his long-lost friends aboard the monstrosity that has become New Japan. But even together, can Rai and his allies stand against Father?s defenses? And can they rescue what remains of New Japan before it crashes down to Earth and destroys everything?and everyone? New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (DIVINITY) and superstar artist Clayton Crain (RAI) continue the summer?s blockbuster event in the year 4001 A.D.!

Adventure runs in Poppy Pepperton''s family! At the age of ten, Poppy is the greatest explorer since her grandfather Pappy Pepperton, traveling the globe with her trusty sidekick/legal guardian Colt Winchester. When a shrunken mummy head gives a series of clues to discover an exotic fish no one''s seen in years, adventure calls, and Poppy and Colt find themselves in the strange city of Old Macadamia, swimming alongside the gigantipus, trailed by a strange robot, and end up uncovering clues to the greater mystery of what happened to Pappy all those years ago! From New York Times bestselling creators Matt Kindt (MIND MGMT) and Brian Hurtt (The Sixth Gun) comes the first story in a new generation of adventure!