mind mind ongoing american comic book series created published issue released positive reviews received second printing april series continued receive positive coverage run art style common point criticism series concluded issue august story collected story true crime writer searches truth mysterious airline flight discovers secret government agency super spies espionage psychic abilities agent gone rogue working organization film rights optioned 20th century fox december producer screenwriter began pre production january publication history development idea mind came title friends gave worked concept year plot outlined page synopsis previous works story secret history giant man dark horse publisher asked pitch book sent proposal mind happy accepted publisher able pay living wage let exactly wanted matter series initially approved issues away excess material reduced run issues despite reduction length final product identical original pitch editor story originally slated work project handed newly promoted editor early production described input considers wright collaborator approved issues chance book sell poorly receive early cancellation decision receiving final sales number issue meaning guaranteed issues wanting risk series cut middle story designed issues stand necessary endings page issue prepared way took additional comic scripting work making mind mind priority scripted issues time worked art hours daughter school given time issue completed ready print said naming characters hardest story creation main character named student attended class taught main character reference film man visually based supporting cast names mix real people film references everyday objects like mineral water mind solo monthly series creating original graphic novels felt format easy creative standpoint wanted create monthly series partly nostalgia create dialogue readers publication incentive draw readers wait collected edition issue included material reprinted collected editions stated enjoyed experience increased interaction fans point saying graphic novel publication page preview issue included story secret files giant man issue continuation work april month short stories released online free promote series later printed issue november issue published series ran monthly november december short chapter appeared vol prologue second story arc series returned monthly schedule january issue reprinted price april additional short chapters appeared vol december vol february acted introductions fourth sixth arcs respectively page bonus strip written drawn included issue predator published jointly june final issue published new august page hardcover collecting issues collectively titled manager released april followed collecting issues short strips originally published collecting issues collecting issues vol short collecting issues final hardcover titled collect issues new short story vol mentioned possibility mind additional mini series exploring history series plot manager mind government agency spies formed world war psychic abilities recruited child greatest agent work retired breakdown loses control abilities causing city inhabitants murder decides mind dangerous exist flees effort cover escape accidentally causes aboard plane develop amnesia true crime writer investigates amnesia flight years later finds lead mexico meets cia agent named bill attacked mind agents escape eventually tells story learns child massacre saved erased memory event arranged foster family investigative career located times continuously causes forget leaves determined expose truth mind falls asleep instead waking apartment decides uncover truth amnesia flight mind agent tries reform agency tries assassinated recruits fellow agents dusty stop insistence team duncan jones agent future duncan aware manipulation insists continues lie agrees confess truth believing best way stop prevent contacting agents travel mind headquarters master list mind personnel finds library contains history world reads book containing life allies engage aware manipulated helps stop crew chooses remain instead leaves bill cia agent revealed mind sleeper agent previously romantically involved events parties know present whereabouts sleeper agent code named unaware originally mole russian mind counterpart known zero duncan try activate zero training begins subdivision groups prepare recruit reflect arrived present position regrets multiple currently mission adjusting recently awakened memories training mind agent dreams dead husband mind agent night framed murder plan massacre arrive time joins order revenge mind leaving undercover status agency dismantled bill reunite duncan dusty unable forgive previous actions decides lesser evil present situation allies travel germany find agent arrive acts unintentionally abilities performance decides ally spite recruits use help set trap duncan beaten coma left dead found taken hospital duncan escape disconnected bill dusty follow different lead hong_kong attacked resulting dusty bill deaths escapes resolved stop critical reception series debuted positive reviews issue sold copies making best selling issue units month caused issues sell distribution level reviewing gave issue stars described quality simply sublime art style common area criticism book writing said aesthetic won win reader lend perfectly story themes tone initially felt art weak point good story overcome changed mind subsequent issues later issues continued receive praise sales later issues fell orders issue seven sales began increase orders issue final issue estimated sales slightly hardcover collection released new_york_times bestseller list weeks blog praised storyline describing series innovative monthly comics stands today january included hardcover mind list great graphic novels following month new_york_times list comic books adapted television series appeared numerous comic media best lists film talks 20th century fox film adaptation began december project optioned year early late january announced producer film acting consultant film shared complete outline story scott screenwriter believes scott good mind faithful adaption option renewed twice screenwriter time work
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