Published Jan 30, 2026, 1:11 PM EST
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This review contains spoilers for Knight City #1, on sale now, from Dark Horse Comics.
Forty years ago, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons showed the effect that a single extremely powerful being could have on the workings of an entire world in their masterpiece, Watchmen. In their new series, Knight City, which launches next week, Matt Kindt and David Lapham explore what happens when a superhuman being is so powerful that he is forced to alter reality itself to give himself some peace and quiet.
In a statement about the series, Kindt explained the genesis of the project, "I wanted to write a story where the most powerful hero on earth can't sleep because he can hear the cries for help no matter where he is...and it's driving him crazy. Until he wakes up and he has no powers. And he's a normal guy and happy. Then he's forced to make a choice - does he sacrifice his mental health to help earth or does he protect himself and just live a normal life. I think there's something compelling about that choice and I'm not sure what the right answer is...so we made this book to figure it out."
Out next week, CBR can share this exclusive preview of the first issue of Knight City (written and colored by Kindt, drawn by Lapham)...
Knight City #1
Authors: Matt Kindt
Cover Art: David Lapham
Colorists: Matt Kindt
Letterers: Joshua Reed
Illustrators: David Lapham
$4.99 USD | 32 pages | 6-5/8 x 10-13/16 | Comic Book | 76156801473000111
In-Store Date: 2026-02-04
A brand-new action-adventure series by BRZRKR’s Matt Kindt and Stray Bullets’ David Lapham that’s Fight Club meets Superman.
A legendary hero is caught between two worlds. By day, he soars as a symbol of hope, but the moment he falls asleep, he enters a universe devoid of heroes and he leads a mundane life. As the pressure of his dual universes mount, his heroic self begins to crack, pushing him toward a mental breakdown.
In a world that measures the loss of human life that occurs when he takes one night off, the weight of his responsibilities becomes too much. Ultimately, he’s left with a choice: embrace his extraordinary abilities or seek solace in the ordinary.
Will he stand tall in a world that needs him, or find peace in a simpler existence?
• Three-issue series.
In the preview pages, we see the superhuman being known as the Knight, the equivalent of Superman on this world. The Knight is fighting his arch-nemesis, Zero, a billionaire genius who is obsessed with the Knight, even though the Knight defeats every single one of his evil plots.
As they continue their battle through the city, with Zero in his battle armor, and Knight just being, well, the Knight, the hero begins to express how TIRED he is of these countless fights. He is literally tired from all of the superheroing, and the whole endeavor is beginning to weigh on him.
When he thinks about how Zero will never face any real justice, the Knight ponders whether he really should just kill him. Doing so would send him on a dark path, but is he so exhausted that he is willing to embrace a path like that? You'll have to pick up a copy of Knight City #1 next week to find out!
Source: Dark Horse Comics
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