Written by Brian Wood; Art by Riccardo Burchielli; Cover by John Paul Leon

"Hearts and Minds" part 1 of 5
Following the tumultuous events of the past year, Matty Roth is redefining his role in the DMZ. No longer content to be merely a citizen journalist or a mouthpiece for Parco Delgado's struggling city government, he now rolls with his own private security force and self-defined mandate to heal the city. Is this the start of a brand-new day via the barrel of an gun - or will this "Rise of Matty" end with the fall of just another petty warlord?