Dark Horse has just announced Matt Kindt’s newest series, Spy Superb, and like much of his other work, it puts some novel new twists on the standard espionage story. Jay has been trained to be the perfect spy, and part of what makes him so perfect is that he doesn’t even know he’s a spy. His handlers regard him as a “useful idiot,” but when he accidentally learns the truth, he is convinced he is actually a sleeper agent, and he remains oblivious to the assassins and other dangers surrounding him. Kindt is collaborating with colorist Sharlene Kindt on the series, which Dark Horse is publishing under its Flux House imprint (see “Matt Kindt to Launch Boutique Imprint at Dark Horse”). The first issue is slated for January 2023 and will have a main cover by Kindt and variant covers by Martin Simmonds, Tula Lotay, and Christian Ward.

“In Spy Superb I wanted to explore a character, the idea of a very average person who is under the belief that he is utterly exceptional,” said Kindt in a statement accompanying the announcement. “There is a scientific term for this--The Dunning-Kruger effect--a person who insists they possess knowledge and skills that they obviously do not. What if a super spy was suffering from this? Well…they would of course be a…SPY SUPERB. It was actually really hard for me to keep this character alive past issue #1… there are hit men after him…a super assassin who kills only with rock, paper, and scissors… and a real super spy working in the shadows of our ‘hero’ who may actually be the real spy superb.”

“If you close your eyes and imagine John Wick being dropped into a Wes Anderson film, you’ll have a sense of the world of Spy Superb, “said Dark Horse Publisher Mike Richardson. “It’s unconventional, unusual and the kind of smart action comic book you expect from Matt Kindt.”

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