Dark Horse Comics Released August 2025

Masterminds #1 (2025) First Print, Cover A

Masterminds #1 is the premiere issue of the Masterminds series from Dark Horse Comics, released August 27, 2025. Written by Zack Kaplan with artwork by Stephen Thompson. This page represents the regular first-print Cover A edition. Separate pages are available for the 2 incentive, retailer-exclusive and later-printing variant covers.

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Published August 2025
Cover Price $4.99
Pages 32
FOC July 21, 2025

When an ambitious and troubled video game programmer dares to audition for a secret society in the gaming/tech industry, composed of cutthroat, genius masterminds that promise to help their members achieve their wildest dreams, he and his rebellious co-worker find themselves in a gauntlet of real-life puzzles that quickly turn deadly. Are they truly smart enough to survive the mysterious game of the Masterminds?

Key Facts

  • A video game programmer finds himself in a gauntlet of deadly puzzles after he applies to a secret society composed of masterminds who promise to help their members achieve their wildest dreams