You don’t need to be a QAnon follower, or necessarily even believe in Q, to enjoy this comic. You don’t have to believe a man can fly to enjoy Superman stories either (although these days you probably do need to be a drooling commie NPC).

Chuck Dixon is in fine form here, mixing together compelling plot elements to weave a story that will be exciting and fascinating, judging by this first issue. Alt★Hero has struggled a bit with some of the artwork so far but I can assure you the visuals in this issue are superb.

The protagonist is a Treasury Agent. We are introduced to him as he and a team of other door-kickers are raiding a supposed counterfeiting operation. Through efficient storytelling, we learn that there is a mysterious cover-up underway, which this raid serves, and there is at least one compromised agent on the team.

Not everything sits well with Agent Dane. Something stinks about that op and how one of the suspects was snuffed. Is his heresy the very reason Dane is assigned bodyguard duty for a VIP visiting Peru? I can’t wait to find out.

For those who wonder, as they read, what this story has to do with Q…don’t worry. The dots will be connected by the time you’re done.

I do have a couple technical gripes: An M2 Browning .50, by itself, is not a “Ma Deuce.” But it will not only Swiss-cheese a pickup truck, its slugs will mangle the people inside the vehicle on their way through it. That Dane needed an M4 to take out the unscathed leftovers from an entire belt of .50 is kind of ridiculous. But Dixon apparently knows some veterans, so hopefully they will set him straight for the future.

Based on my reading of the first issue, I can’t recommend this series highly enough.