Department of Truth, Volume 3: Free Country
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- Author：James Tynion IV
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Hunter
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“…about [me] being some kind of… I don’t know…some kind of walking idea？”“What the fuck do you even think America is？ You think it had the name carved into the fucking bedrock？ Nothing about this place is real。 It’s all just people。”This volume was essentially two side stories， with three chapters happening after Vol 1， and three after Vol 2。 （If I’d been paying any attention to the comic numbering I would’ve know that， but whatever） It filled in a lot of the past stories around Lee， Hawk， and D “…about [me] being some kind of… I don’t know…some kind of walking idea？”“What the fuck do you even think America is？ You think it had the name carved into the fucking bedrock？ Nothing about this place is real。 It’s all just people。”This volume was essentially two side stories， with three chapters happening after Vol 1， and three after Vol 2。 （If I’d been paying any attention to the comic numbering I would’ve know that， but whatever） It filled in a lot of the past stories around Lee， Hawk， and Doc。 I definitely appreciated the background info， but it would’ve been nice to have read the first half when it was published， between Vols 1/2。I think my biggest complaint is an okay one to have: I thought this was gonna be more story， and now I have to wait so long for the next book！ 。。。more
Aidan
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Another epic， disturbing installment in the series。 Branching off the main plot can sometimes feel like filler but this really added a great amount of lore to the world in a thrilling backstory narrative。
Clint
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3。5 starsVolume 3 turns out to be an expositional diversion with some neat highlights， but also some indulgent wheel-spinning and franchise-building。 Some of the Lee backstory is interesting， and the colorful UltraMK issue is visually a trip。 The final issue with Nixon is the sort of audacious inclusion this series has a lot of fun with。 On the other hand， the Doc Hynes backstory feels unnecessary and ultimately not that enlightening， and the UFO and Mothman issues feel like a launchpad for Tyni 3。5 starsVolume 3 turns out to be an expositional diversion with some neat highlights， but also some indulgent wheel-spinning and franchise-building。 Some of the Lee backstory is interesting， and the colorful UltraMK issue is visually a trip。 The final issue with Nixon is the sort of audacious inclusion this series has a lot of fun with。 On the other hand， the Doc Hynes backstory feels unnecessary and ultimately not that enlightening， and the UFO and Mothman issues feel like a launchpad for Tynion’s Substack work that I found overly verbose and kind of boring。 Simmonds’s distinctive panel art is missing， but the mix of guest artists works well and bring a variety of fun new styles to this paranoid series。 。。。more
Skylar Primm
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We take a bit of a break from the main plot to fill in some backstory， and it adds a lot of texture to Director Oswald and the overarching mystery of the woman in red。 I especially liked the variation in art and prose styles in this volume。
Bradley
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I have the same issues with this as volume 2。 I loved the first collection， but I wish Tynion would just quit it with the expository monologues and actually tell a story。 It seems like he hasn't figured out how to continue it yet so we just get what reads like notes for a story that say the same thing over and over again in different ways。 I have the same issues with this as volume 2。 I loved the first collection， but I wish Tynion would just quit it with the expository monologues and actually tell a story。 It seems like he hasn't figured out how to continue it yet so we just get what reads like notes for a story that say the same thing over and over again in different ways。 。。。more
Kylesnooze
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This volume was fucking awesome。 Loved the guest artists， every section featured amazing art
Martijn Van
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Didn't expect much of this volume， being an interlude/filler volume after all。 But man was it another braintickling expercience。 Not as good as the first two volumes but still a must read。 Didn't expect much of this volume， being an interlude/filler volume after all。 But man was it another braintickling expercience。 Not as good as the first two volumes but still a must read。 。。。more
Bryan
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Tynion has gone 3 for 3 on this series so far。 Absolutely amazing， and legitimately chilling。
Joshua Lawson
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I am out of accolades to heap on this series。
Luke
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A lot of comics have their bottle episodes and I think this one did an excellent job of supporting the main narrative while also answering some fun “what about…？” questions。 There wasn’t anything wasted or extra， it was all good storytelling。
Shaun Stanley
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The Department of Truth Vol。 3 Free Country collects issues 6-7， 14-17 of the Image Comics series written by James Tynion with art by Elsa Charretier， Tyler Ross， John J。 Pearson， David Romero， Alison Sampson， and Jorge Fornes。 We get flashbacks of Lee Harvey Oswald's early days in the Department of Truth and learning about how this world works。 I loved this volume where we got extremely interesting backstory involving UFOs， the Men in Black， Mothman， and the moon landing。 Tynion is creating an The Department of Truth Vol。 3 Free Country collects issues 6-7， 14-17 of the Image Comics series written by James Tynion with art by Elsa Charretier， Tyler Ross， John J。 Pearson， David Romero， Alison Sampson， and Jorge Fornes。 We get flashbacks of Lee Harvey Oswald's early days in the Department of Truth and learning about how this world works。 I loved this volume where we got extremely interesting backstory involving UFOs， the Men in Black， Mothman， and the moon landing。 Tynion is creating an extremely unique book with a lot of rich history。 The really interesting part of the book is that the history and backstory can change at any given time so the reader is left questioning everything they read。 Each story in this volume is by a different artist and I liked each more than the series regular's sketchy， hard-to-decipher style。 。。。more
Rob
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This volume is a tad more fragmented than the first couple of volumes。 We get some further revelations about the role of “enemy” and Lee’s relationship to it。 But you can’t escape the feeling this is filler material that setting up something bigger。
Stefan Fergus
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3。5*
Chris Lemmerman
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Department Of Truth's third volume is basically a collection of one-off stories that examine different parts of the American psyche under the usual DoT lens。 There's nothing wrong with this in theory， but it does kill some of the momentum that the series has been building。Since these are six one and dones， they vary in quality。 The Mothman story is probably the best， followed closely by the Moon landing story at end of the collection。 The Men In Black issue is actually pretty terrifying as well， Department Of Truth's third volume is basically a collection of one-off stories that examine different parts of the American psyche under the usual DoT lens。 There's nothing wrong with this in theory， but it does kill some of the momentum that the series has been building。Since these are six one and dones， they vary in quality。 The Mothman story is probably the best， followed closely by the Moon landing story at end of the collection。 The Men In Black issue is actually pretty terrifying as well， come to think of it。 On the opposite end of the spectrum is the drug-induced hallucination issue， which has something interesting to say somewhere but it takes a lot of digging to find it。Each of these issues is a good think piece on its own， and it's clear that Tynion IV has a lot to say on a lot of subjects， and almost all of his thoughts are interesting （once you can parse them）。 If we'd launched the series on a premise like this， then I'd probably rank this higher， but as it is， to stop the main story in favour of all of these stories feels like a misstep。 They could have been peppered between arcs instead of all thrown together。 （Granted， 2 of these issues actually came between issues 5 and 8， while the other four are the latest issues， but the fact remains that they're slowing the pace）。Tynion IV does attract a high caliber of artists however - there are contributions from Jorge Fornes， Elsa Charretier， Tyler Boss， John J。 Pearson， David Romero， and Alison Sampson throughout the volume。 Some of them are more straight forward artists compared to series artist Martin Simmonds， like Fornes， but that's sometimes more unnerving than when things get really crazy on the art front。Taken on its own， this volume's intriguing as hell。 But as part of DoT's larger storyline， it's a bit of a stall。 。。。more
Alex Sarll
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Given the claustrophobic layers of Martin Simmonds' art on the main story， it makes sense to buy him more time by interspersing the core story's arcs with issues of background， side characters， other times and places where guest artists can step in。 And not just any old fill-in bod， either， but the likes of Elsa Charretier and Tyler Boss。 From hippy Haight-Ashbury to mediaeval Europe， Mothman to the phantom time hypothesis， these issues do an excellent job of varying and expanding the series' ra Given the claustrophobic layers of Martin Simmonds' art on the main story， it makes sense to buy him more time by interspersing the core story's arcs with issues of background， side characters， other times and places where guest artists can step in。 And not just any old fill-in bod， either， but the likes of Elsa Charretier and Tyler Boss。 From hippy Haight-Ashbury to mediaeval Europe， Mothman to the phantom time hypothesis， these issues do an excellent job of varying and expanding the series' rabbit hole without ever feeling like any kind of escape。 I remain very impressed that， in a moment when I thought conspiracy theories weren't going to work as a basis for entertainment for a long time， Tynion et al are pulling this off - especially in the last issue here， which brings in one of the more pernicious real world lies but gives it enough of a spin to make the story audacious instead of annoying。 。。。more
Alex McCullough
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