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The Department of Truth: The Complete Conspiracy Deluxe Hardcover Book 1

Published by Image Comics
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

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

The first three arcs of the critically acclaimed series that explores in-world case file reports of unexplained phenomena are collected here for the first time in a deluxe hardcover.


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: the JFK Assassination, Flat Earth Theory, Bigfoot, Mothman, and so much worse. One organization has been covering them up for generations, controlling the narrative for what they claim is the greater good.

What is the deep, dark secret behind the Department of Truth—and will learning it destroy Cole’s life from the inside out?

Experience…THE COMPLETE CONSPIRACY by Eisner Award-winning writer JAMES TYNION IV (Something is Killing the Children, The Nice House on the Lake) and ART MARTIN SIMMONDS (Dying is Easy).

Collects THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #1-#17

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.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Image Comics (May 9, 2023)
  • Length: 520 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781534399723
  • Ages: 16 - 99

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Raves and Reviews

“Hickmanian conspiracy games, Burroughsian crime, Sienkiewiczian style. The Truth: you want it.”

– Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine)

"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

“A story for our zeitgeist. SIMMONDS' art invokes Bill Sienkiewicz.”

– Entertainment Weekly

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