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John F. Kennedy ’s character assassination weighs heavily on the American Consciousness , and no more so than inThe Department of Truth- a serial in which all conspiracies can become reality if enough the great unwashed trust them . In its rattling return after a lengthy hiatus , Department of Trurhis now revealing what really happen on November 22 , 1963 . With Lee Harvey Oswald a major fiber , the series has dangle hint about what really happened since the showtime , but only now are readers getting the full ikon of one of America ’s defining moments of the modern era .
PerImage Comics , withThe Department of Truth # 23the serial publication will in conclusion delve into exactly what happened the day JFK was assassinate . Issue 22 - released November 2022 - end with the shock absorber revelation that Lee Harvey Oswald , capitulum of the Department of Truth , would at last divulge the existence and history of the Department to the encompassing world , include what happened to JFK . Writer James Tynion IV say :
Since our first issue , the very darkest mysteries have seemed to zero in around Lee Harvey Oswald and one fateful twenty-four hours in Dealey Plaza in 1963 . These next issues ofThe Department of Truthwill answer once and for all : who really shot JFK ?
The Department of Truth # 23(2024 )
Release Date :
June 26
Writer :
James Tynion IV
Artist :
Martin Simmonds
Cover Artist :
face with an enemy intent on unwrap their secret to the humankind , the DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH makes a scandalous selection - go public first . But to understand LEE HARVEY OSWALD ’s risky ploy , we have to return to where it all commence : Dallas , 1963 , as President John F. Kennedy ’s motorcade passed the grassy knoll … Multiple Eisner - winning writer JAMES TYNION IV and applaud artist MARTIN SIMMONDS impart their celebrated series back from hiatus with the bang heard around the world !
Cover art by Martin Simmonds
Along with artist andseries co - Maker Martin Simmonds , Tynion is in conclusion lay out all the visiting card as the serial publication barrels towards its finish after going on hiatus for all of 2022.Fans can check out the issue ’s variant covers by Alex Eckman - Lawn and Sebastián Fiumara , as well as a abbreviated preview of the way out , below :
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The Department of TruthReveals the Truth Behind America’s Greatest Conspiracy Theory
In the World ofDepartment of Truth, Collective Belief Warps Reality
The burden conceit ofThe Department of Truthis that if the world think something strongly enough , it manifests in world . The titular Department ’s task is to limit and control manifested conspiracy theories - or , according to their enemies , to manage conspiracy theory in the interest of American hegemony . In the series so far , theDepartment has been fight a cold-blooded waragainst Black Hat , a group ostensibly dedicated to have realness do what it will , regardless of the moment . Now , with Black Hat on the face of it oblige all the cards , Oswald is finally revealing the Department , the one matter Black Hat wo n’t expect .
Like Tynion says , the question of JFK ’s assassination has been a major chemical element ofThe Department of Truthfrom the series ' origin . outlet 1 opens with Oswald ’s debriefing with Department members after the assassination , which reveals he was already a member . However , Hawk Harrison , an apparent Department traitor , believes that this is n’t the ‘ real ’ Oswald , but his ‘ tulpa ’ - a young being that ’s an merger of all the populace ’s conspiracy theories about the JFK assassination . Issue 14 created another wrinkle , reveal that holding the rifle was the ‘ Red Woman , ’ a cryptical entity follow her own agenda throughout some of history ’s large outcome .
The Department of TruthHas a Lot to Say About the Nature of ‘Truth’ in American Politics
Tynion and Simmonds' World Explores How Lies Can Reshape Traditional Power Structures
The Department of Truthis ultimately about the part that conspirative thinking sport - and has always played - in American government , and how grouping consensus can change how we understand reality , even if it ’s built on false foundations . The serial traces its conspiracies throughout history , tying the Red Woman to the Illuminati , to ‘ magician ’ Aleister Crowley and to the Nazis . AsThe Department of Truthfinally start the doors on its heavy mystery story , readers will in conclusion learn how JFK ’s death changed the earth … and was changed by it .
The Department of Truth # 23releases June 26 from Image Comics
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