MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1, by Matt Kindt, launches on June 24th with exclusive variant covers and a unique blind bag experience designed to enhance the comic reading experience.

The press release follows:

Media Release – If you are reading this, you have been invited to participate in a very special program designed to entertain, enlighten, and enhance your perception of MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1 – the “first issue” of the brand-new beginning for New York Times best-selling writer/artist Matt Kindt’s groundbreaking comic masterpiece arriving on June 24th from Oni Press and Flux House.

When MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1 arrives on shelves – featuring a die-cut standard cover by Matt Kindt himself – it will also be accompanied by a mystifying token of the ongoing war for the psychic control of America’s heart and mind. Enter: MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1 – OPERATION: BLIND BAG – a fin-sealed, metallic silver “blind bag” containing everything you need to know to escape the reach of the subliminal surveillance agency called “Mind Management."

On the outside: a new training protocol designed and written by Matt Kindt with instructions on how to deploy the “blind bag” in your possession to withstand psychic attack by the forces of paranoia and control.

And on the inside – OPERATION: BLIND BAG commences with an artistic assault on the senses as each blind bag reveals one of 15 exclusive, chase, or rare variant covers spanning four distinct subsets with strictly limited print runs in a manner of aesthetically pleasing alternatives to stimulate your third eye:

ARTIST VARIANT SUBSET

A curated line of artistic interpretations heralding Mind MGMT’s return, featuring Jenna Cha (The Sickness), Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, Black Hammer), Jesse Lonergan (Drome, Man’s Best), Fábio Moon (Archie, Daytripper), and David Rubín (Black Hammer, EC’s Cruel Universe).

NOTE: These covers will be evenly divided across the print run once all rare and chase subset covers have been accounted for.

“ERROR” EDITIONS BY MATT KINDT SUBSET

In the process of manufacturing and distributing Matt Kindt’s open-order, die-cut cover for MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1, it appears that some unfortunate errors accidentally made their way into the blind bagging process, including Korean import and 3-D versions never intended for commercial distribution.

CHASE FOIL SUBSET

Limited edition variants of Jesse Lonergan (Drome, Man’s Best) and J.H. Williams III (Promethea, Batwoman) cover art, reproduced without trade dress on foil stock.

HYPER-RARE “U.S.S.A.” VARIANT SUBSET

Featuring guest starring roles from Lee Harvey Oswald, Patty Hearst, Charles Manson, Richard Nixon, the command module of Apollo 11, and more, this hyper-rare variant subset consists of six covers unearthing America’s secret history of mind control and information warfare across the 20th Century, as rendered by artist and designer Scott Suguichi (Estrus: Shovelin' the @#$% Since ‘97).

NOTE: One of these covers is a hallucination and will never actually exist. Sorry, and thank you for playing!

MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1
WRITTEN BY MATT KINDT
ART BY MATT KINDT

COVER A (Die-Cut) BY MATT KINDT
COVER B BY J.H. WILLIAMS III
COVER C OPERATION BLIND BAG ($7.99)

ARTIST VARIANT SUBSET | JEFF LEMIRE
ARTIST VARIANT SUBSET | DAVID RUBÍN
ARTIST VARIANT SUBSET | JENNA CHA
ARTIST VARIANT SUBSET | FABIO MOON
ARTIST VARIANT SUBSET | JESSE LONERGAN
“ERROR” EDITION SUBSET | MATT KINDT [MISPRINT] – LIMIT 250
“ERROR” EDITION SUBSET | MATT KINDT [3D] LIMIT – 750
“ERROR” EDITION SUBSET | MATT KINDT [KOREAN] – LIMIT 2,000
CHASE FOILS SUBSET | JESSE LONERGAN – LIMIT 1,000
CHASE FOILS SUBSET | J. H. WILLIAMS III – LIMIT 500
“U.S.S.A.” HYPER-RARE SUBSET | “LONE GUNMAN” – LIMIT 100
“U.S.S.A.” HYPER-RARE SUBSET | “TRICKY DICK” – LIMIT 75
“U.S.S.A.” HYPER-RARE SUBSET | “APOLLO 69” – LIMIT 50
“U.S.S.A.” HYPER-RARE SUBSET | “COMRADE TANIA” – LIMIT 25
“U.S.S.A.” HYPER-RARE SUBSET | “GIMME SKELTER” – LIMIT 10
“U.S.S.A.” HYPER-RARE SUBSET | “REPRODUCTION” – LIMIT 5

COVER D BLANK SKETCH
VARIANT COVER (1:100) BY PATRICIA MARTÍN
ORIGINAL ART SKETCH VARIANT COVER (1:250) BY MATT KINDT

ON SALE JUNE 24th, 2026 | $5.99 | 32 PGS. OF CONTENT | NO ADS | FC

FOC: 4/27/2026

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