Mind MGMT #0

Matt Kindt's Mind MGMT #0 announces itself with a cover that plays two visual worlds against each other: a weathered, vintage-style war comic — featuring a rifle-toting soldier mid-stride against a backdrop of billowing explosions — is literally being peeled back to reveal the cool, watchful face of a green-eyed woman beneath, her gaze calm and knowing. The tagline "The Genre Bender!" says it plainly, and the design earns it, teasing a series willing to upend expectations before you've read a single page. A $2.99 Dark Horse Originals release from 2012, this zero issue is a smart, visually inventive entry point into Kindt's world of espionage and hidden layers.