Black Badge Vol. 1

author: Matt Kindt
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.81
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2019/06/01
date added: 2019/06/01
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Black Badge Vol. 1' by Matt Kindt with art by Tyler Jenkins is a graphic novel about an elusive scout troop, but it's Matt Kindt, so you know there is more here than meets the eye.

A young scout has finally earned all the badges he can. Then he hears about the mythical black badge. He joins a troop in search of this badge only to find that it refers to the troop he's in. They are tasked with counterintelligence jobs like marking a building in North Korea and starting a prison riot in Siberia. They are kids, so no one suspects they are nothing more. Along the way, the new kid finds out about a former black badge named Jimmy, who has a whole other perspective on what it means to be a black badge.

Matt Kindt never fails to impress. His writing is all about subterfuge and misdirection. I loved the small nod to another Kindt series, Mind MGMT. The art is on par for other Matt Kindt type books. Tyler Jenkins art runs to the loose sketch type style, but it works fine for the story here.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from BOOM! Studios and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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