"A great #$%^ed up blend of James Bond and Tintin."--Keanu ReevesFrom New York Times bestselling Mind MGMT creator MATT KINDT and Quantum Age's WILFREDO TORRES comes a brand-new pulp-inspired tale of action, mystery, and altered reality.A best-of the-best secret agent with memories he couldn't possibly possess, a mystery writer in her 80s who spends her retirement solving crimes, a man of action with mysterious drugs that keep him ahead of a constant string of targeted disasters, a seemingly omnipotent terrorist organization that might be behind it all . . .And they're all connected to one man: a science-fiction author with more information than seems possible, whose books may hold the key to either saving reality or destroying it.Collects BANG! #1-#5, along with all covers, a sketchbook section, and pinups by Matt Kindt.What Knives Out did for whodunits Bang! does for 007-style spy adventures by flipping sexist and culturally condescending tropes on their head."--DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD"I will literally read anything by Matt Kindt or Wilfredo Torres. Put them together and it's magic. Skip dinner and buy this book"--Mark Millar"A top secret agent, an elderly crime fiction writer who also solves crimes, members of a sprawling terrorist organization, and a drug-fueled action hero find themselves inexplicably linked to a sci-fi author whose novels could hold the key to saving all of reality...or destroying it."--io9"I #$%^ing love this comic! it's literally everything I want out of one of my favorite creators!! Congrats to the entire team. This is how you make comics!!"--Brian Michael Bendis "What does a secret agent with false memories, a sci-fi author who knows more than he should, and a global secret organization have in common? They're the opening threads to what Matt Kindt and Wilfredo Torres have in store with their first collaboration from Dark Horse Comics, BANG!"--NEWSARAMA "BANG is a fun, twisty spy thriller with a great meta-twist."--Jay Faerber "Matt Kindt has demonstrated his skill at trippy genre storytelling in past work like Ether and Mind MGMT, while Wilfredo Torres' dynamic art is perfectly suited for both spy action and meta-fictive revelations.... Fascinating."--ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY"I love Matt Kindt and I love Wilfredo Torres, so it's no surprise that I loved BANG! It's like the weirdo, mind-bending James Bond story I didn't know I wanted."--Jeff Lemire"Thanks to Kindt and Torres we finally have our Idris Elba - James Bond, and it's exactly as cool as you imagined."--Jeff Parker "Imagine James Bond being abducted by David Lynch and forced into a maze that shifts with every step forward. The ground is unsteady. The walls of reality move. This is the world of Bang!, a spy thriller expertly conducted by Kindt and Torres, a mystery box that truly starts off with a... Well. You know." --Van Jensen
About Artists & Writers:
Matt Kindt is the Harvey Award-winning writer and artist of the comics and graphic novels MIND MGMT, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Revolver, 3 Story, Super Spy, 2 Sisters, and Pistolwhip. He has been nominated for four Eisner Awards and three Harvey Awards (and won once). His work has been published in French, Spanish, Italian, and German. The author lives in St. Louis, Missouri.