Fans of the television series 24 and Mr. ROBOT should check out a new series from Image Comics/Top Cow now available at newsstands: Samaritan: Veritas.  Written by Matt Hawkins with artwork by Atilio Rojo, readers are taken into a modern world of high-tech hacking and espionage.  A woman with a vendetta is about to get revenge by taking down the top tiers of government and the most successful company in the world.  Think Absolute Power (Clint Eastwood’s 1997 film about scandal in Washington) meets Tom Clancy’s Clear and Present Danger and you’ll have a taste of the action and excitement of this new series.

Samaritan: Veritas is a good jumping-on point for Hawkins’ Edenverse series, requiring no prior knowledge of the prior books to get onboard.  As with Hawkins’ earlier works, Samantha Copeland is the protagonist, this time dead set to take down the man who killed her lover.  Hawkins pulls together characters with unclear agendas, taking readers through a shadow world of the “dark web” and underground networks as Copeland formulates her strategy.

Copeland is a tough female lead in the latest twist on a Robin Hood story, much like season one of Mr. ROBOT.  You’ll find some edgy tension and thrilling situations, thanks in part to some great environments and sequences by artist Atilio Rojo, who also supplied his own color work.

Here is an advance look at the cover to Issue #2, which will be published later this month:

Samaritan: Veritas, Issue #1, is available at comic book stores everywhere.

C.J. Bunce
Editor
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