Hickmania #7: Secret (W/ Open Mike Eagle!)

Hello and welcome to Comic Book Herald’s Hickmania, a series running through 2022 where we’ll be reading and analyzing the creator-owned works of writer Jonathan Hickman, from his debut The Nightly News through to his most recent output. We’ll be reading one creator-owned work a month through 2022, and each month I’ll release a new analysis with a new guest discussing the comic!

Today we’re talking Secret and I’m joined by Open Mike Eagle! We’ll analyze the work in depth, so expect spoilers! In its brief 7 issues, Secret is a tale of modern corporate espionage that balloons into full Cold War secrets known only to a select few intelligence operatives.

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Topics today include:

• Is Secret one of Hickman’s hidden gems?
• What makes a good espionage comic?
• How does Ryan Bodenheim’s great art work with monochromatic coloring of Michael Garland?

Secret is:

Writer: Jonathan Hickman

Artist: Ryan Bodenheim

Colors: Michael Garland

Letters: Rus Wooton

Publisher: Image

Referenced interviews / essays:

• https://chasemagnett.wordpress.com/2014/09/08/interview-nick-pitarra-the-project-of-manhattan-projects/
• https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/vonbraun/disney_article.html

Schedule:

January 2022 – The Nightly News

February 2022 – Pax Romana

March 2022 – Transhuman / Ultimates

April 2022 – A Red Mass For Mars

May 2022 – The Red Wing

June 2022 – The Manhattan Projects

July 2022 – Secret

August 2022 – God is Dead

August/Sept 2022 – East of West

October 2022 – The Dying and the Dead

November 2022 – The Black Monday Murders

December 2022 – Decorum

December 2022 – 3W3M