By Toren Chenault — I remember an interview with comic writer and artist Matt Kindt on YouTube. I think it was an interview he did right before the release of a new Valiant book. Kindt was talking about how everything in his career would be judged against his breakout hit, MIND MGMT. He said anything else he put out would be compared to a comic a lot of people consider a masterpiece. Kindt even admitted he wasn’t sure he could harness the same level of creative energy for a story like MIND MGMT ever again. Not only has Kindt channeled that creative energy since, however, he’s done it repeatedly with sensational stories like Dept H, Black Badge, Grass Kings, and Ether. Bang! #1 from Darkhorse Comics is another example of a writer clearly in the midst of an extended creative prime.