The Department of Truth’s numbered series currently comprises issue #0 and issues #1 through #38 in the supplied reading library and official Image Comics release listings. The checklist follows publication order rather than attempting to rearrange flashbacks or historical sequences.
Issue numbers are the stable spine of the collection. Dates, cover designations, printings, and collected-edition placement can change between solicitations and final publication, so each record should be read with its source and status attached.
The issue sequence is the publication order of the fictional story.
Image Comics release pages establish issue metadata, cover artists, dates, and collected-edition links.
A forthcoming solicitation is not treated as a released issue until the publisher marks it available.
Released issues
The checklist begins with #0, followed by the numbered run from #1 through #38. The series’ publication history includes pauses and changes in release rhythm, but the numbered order remains the clearest way to preserve the sequence in which readers encountered the disclosures.
Each issue has a corresponding narrative record covering its plot, characters, organizations, locations, cases, manifestations, continuity changes, and references. The checklist is intended to sit beside those accounts rather than replace them.
Collected editions
The issues are also gathered into trade paperbacks and deluxe books, including The Complete Conspiracy Deluxe Book One, Wild Fictions, later numbered volumes, and The Complete Conspiracy Deluxe Book Two. A collected edition changes the physical reading experience but does not create a separate story chronology.
Special material and bonus pages should remain identified as supplements so that a back-matter essay is not mistaken for a numbered issue.
Scheduled material
Image Comics lists #39 as forthcoming. Until the issue is released, its solicitation belongs to publication news rather than the completed canon sequence. A scheduled date can move, and a solicitation can change before final publication.
The checklist therefore distinguishes released, solicited, delayed, reprinted, and collected material. That distinction protects both collectors and readers from treating plans as completed publication.
Condition and verification
A complete issue checklist records what can be verified: issue number, publication date, publisher, creators, cover designations, and collected placement. It does not claim scarcity, value, or grading without a separate source.
The same standard applies to digital and print copies. Duplicate files in a personal library do not constitute separate canonical issues unless the edition or printing can be identified.
References
- Image Comics series release archiveOfficial issue release sequence and publication dates.