Matt Kindt’s comic series Mind MGMT is set to return with Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1, launching on June 24, 2026 from Oni Press and its Flux House imprint.
The relaunch begins a new chapter of the psychological espionage comic and will arrive with a special publishing gimmick titled “Operation: Blind Bag.” Each blind bag is a sealed metallic silver package containing a randomly distributed variant cover along with printed instructions framed as a fictional “training protocol” designed to help readers resist the influence of the story’s secretive psychic agency, Mind Management.
Inside the blind bags, readers will find one of 15 exclusive, chase, or rare variant covers organized across four subsets with limited print runs.
The Artist Variant subset includes covers by Jenna Cha, Jeff Lemire, Jesse Lonergan, Fábio Moon, and David Rubín, presenting different artistic interpretations of the series. These versions will make up the bulk of the print run after rare and chase editions are allocated.
The “Error” Editions subset, created by Kindt, plays into the project’s meta concept. These versions represent supposed manufacturing mistakes that slipped into circulation, including unusual variants such as Korean-import versions and experimental 3-D covers.
The Chase Foil subset features limited foil variants based on artwork by Jesse Lonergan and J.H. Williams III, printed without trade dress.
The final category, the Hyper-Rare “U.S.S.A.” subset, features six covers illustrated by Scott Sugiuchi exploring fictionalized conspiracies tied to American history and mind-control experiments. Characters and imagery tied to figures such as Lee Harvey Oswald, Patty Hearst, Charles Manson, and Richard Nixon, along with references to the Apollo 11 command module, appear across these covers. According to the publisher, one of the listed covers will never actually exist, as part of the promotion’s deliberately mysterious theme.
The issue itself is written and illustrated by Kindt and will feature a die-cut main cover by the creator, along with additional covers by J.H. Williams III and the blind bag program. Additional retailer incentive editions include a 1:100 variant by Patricia Martin and a 1:250 original art sketch cover by Kindt, alongside a blank sketch edition.
Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 will be 32 pages, priced at $5.99, while the blind bag edition will carry a $7.99 price point. Comic shops will need to finalize orders by the Final Order Cutoff date of April 27, 2026, ahead of the issue’s June release.
Source: Press Release
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