With The Department of Truth #4, Tynion and Simmonds continue to tell a story quite unlike any seen in comics before. It's a thought-provoking exploration of a world where belief defines reality, and I find this utterly fascinating. Read Full Review

The Department of Truth #4 is a scathing commentary on the ability of the gullible to believe just about any nonsense spouted by self important grifters. It's a powerful denunciation of how far the media has fallen, and how willing it is to be party to the swindling of the American people of the one thing they desperately need - the truth. Read Full Review

Tynion is skillfully gliding his way through a story that gives just enough plot and characterization to crawl around inside the imagination without overpowering. The narrative text involving the conspiracy is hellishly thick, but its all wallpaper for the central drama that resonates on the page with a haunting pulse. Image maintains the steady beat of one issue of the series per month, but the time between issues feels more and more cavernous as Tynion and Simmonds ratchet-up the tension. Read Full Review

Simmonds art is haunting and engrossing as it perfectly captures the dark, ominous mood of the story. All of the panels keeping characters in shadow allowed for the focus to be on the story as it was unfolding. Read Full Review

Department of Truth #4 continues to be a series that cleverly trades on ideas and theories on the fringe of society in real life, cleverly twisting them through the genre of fiction to make for a riveting thrill ride every issue. Read Full Review

The Department of Truth commands you to slow down and take it in. Its ideas also demand your attention as they are cleverly linked to real-world conspiracies and the horrific implications of an idea gaining strength in a world where truth seems to hold no value. The Department of Truth continues to be an excellent example of how comics are more important than ever. Read Full Review

It has some good sensibilities to it and makes for a great read overall. Read Full Review

After some incredible opening issues, The Department of Truth plateaus with this chapter. We already know the basics, so there's no need to show us even more examples. You had me at lizard men and flat-Earthers in the first issue. I'm eager to see what Black Hat is up to and how they plan to effectively destabilize the world with their actions. It's clear that no one is getting out of this without blood on their hands. Read Full Review

Honestly, this comic seems to be very caught up in a very particular use of conspiracies, and I'm still waiting to see if it will address the fact that it's peddling in the same fanciful alternative storytelling as the conspiracies the book itself is trying to address. Read Full Review

This story is amazing

It went all cucocrazy, with mind bending plot madness O.o
Excellent storytelling by Tynion, I'm amazed of this series' quality and sheer amount of irony!

Very good issue.

I liked most of the issue. Some stuff bothered me, like the leap the reporter is able to make with the information he had. But aside from that, it was a good issue. I wish the art was better on that final page, since the faces the editor made really didn't look right.

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #4

Publisher: Image Comics @imagecomics
Writer: James Tynion IV @jamesthefourth
Artist: Martin Simmonds @martinsimmonds
Letterer: Aditya Bidikar @adityabidikar

There are forces out there with an agenda and the Department of Truth is fighting that agenda. Cole learns that the most dangerous thing in the world is a simple story which dives into the political conspiracy that the presidents aren’t elected but chosen. Puppets of the deep state and controlled by a satanic pedophile ring and the CIA while staging 9/11 to start a war in the Middle East as a replacement for the Cold War.

The Department of Truth is my number 1 series of the year, with Tynion diving and interweaving all the conspiracies into a connected conspiracy of its own, and leaving the reader obsessed and wanting to dive into the unknown to discover the truth for themselves.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5)
Reviewed by: @djflores00 of The Comic Book Club of Instagram
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This one didnt really build more conspiracies but kind of really hammered home the mission of the department and kind of introduced more layers to what they compete with while also building the man character Cole.

Tynion is much too stupid to be able to pull off such a story so it ends up a ridiculous one.