The Secret Service #1

[superboyprime]

Comments

[darkblade]

We got two very different stories here, the darkly humorous spy romp involving kidnapped Sci-Fi stars and the divorced spy with the son in legal trouble. Both have the potential to be good but together it they come across a little clunky.

[golden_orange]

I thought the kid was the spy's nephew?

And it was a bit clunkily done for the first issue, I agree, but it's got potential.

[golden_orange]

I'm quite interested in this one, actually; the "James Bond with a family life" sounds quite intriguing to me.

And I did enjoy the scene where the M stand-in was doing the posh Oxbridge version of geeking out over Star Trek.

[icon_uk]

Of course, it's worth noting the last time James Bond had a nephew, THIS was the result.

[glprime]

I had an inkling, a HOPE, of what you were linking to, and you did not disappoint.

[icon_uk]

I still like the theory that since a nephew being given the same name as an Uncle would not usually be "Jr." (since that usually implies direct descent) that the hint is that James had a bit of a fling with his sister-in-law (the cad).

[abates]

Mark Hamill! Nooooooo!

[darkblade]

Now who will play the Joker in direct to DVD movies?

[glprime]

........John DiMaggio?

[darkblade]

I can't not hear Bender and Jake when I hear his Joker.

[torberg]

Jeff Bennett was doing pretty well in Batman: The Brave and the Bold

[mrstatham]

This is a little toned down from what I expect of Millar, but that rather grotesque nastiness is still there, I see, as is his need to invoke people and icons WAY bigger than himself to get a lick of attention.

[skjam]

I like that the kidnappers look shocked or unhappy in that first scene, rather than gleeful or jeering.

[kksimone]

"Don't laugh. I know it's funny..." kind of ruined the business with the parachute. I don't know if something like that would work in comics, especially after we get a close up of the impact, but saying it's funny made me immediately think, "Not really..."

[eaglet_auditore]

Yeah. Read the ''Don't laugh'' before seeing the parachute open, so my only response was: ''way to ruin the ''funny'' before it actually gets ''funny''.''

Kind of like a ''You see this? IT IS FUNNY LIKE SLAPSTICK BUT IT'S NOT SO DON'T LAUGH.'' Uh, k?

Would've found it uncomfortably funny if he would've stayed silent, or perhaps muttered a small ''...boss' gonna be mad''.

[skjam]

I suspect a miscommunication between writer and artist.

[icon_uk]

Which makes the "Don't laugh" comment a little odd, since none of them even look like they want to.

[eaglet_auditore]

At first glance I thought they were mourning a comrade. ...Wait, aren't they? I'm confused. Being chased down a cliff by your own friends armed with guns while on snowmobiles is a common winter sport, isn't it? At least here in Canada we have polar bears ready to catch us in case the 'chutes don't open in time.

[shadur]

Given that this is Millar we're talking about, that's like taking pride in the fact that a puppy /didn't/ go doodoo on the carpet for a change...

[skjam]

Exactly. Given the writer, it was a pleasant surprise.

[mastermahan]

Yeah, those pages succeeded my (very) low expectations. There's still plenty of time for the main character to attack a bunch of ethnic stereotypes, though.

[thanekos]

Doctor Arnold's plan to film his fanfic magnum opus has suffered a terrible setback this day.

[big_daddy_d]

Anyone else thinking of the irony of a Secret Service series coming out right now?

[glprime]

Not 'til you just said that, Big D :)

But it's been a long weekend.

[kamino_neko]

Irony why?

[big_daddy_d]

Well there's been a recent scandal involving the Secret Service and their trip to a brothel.

[espanolbot]

Looks more interesting than I thought it would be, to be honest.

The tonal clash between Bondian spies and modern day working class British people is certainly interesting, considering in fiction one is about the ultimate authority of the government and the things they do to protect the public, while the other type in fiction is more about the ultimate protection of self against the government. If that makes sense. British drama of comicbooks featuring contemporary working class people put the characters, their friends and family about the interests of everyone else, is what I mean.

Anyway, I'll consider picking this up in trade, like I did with Superior.

[eyz]

Woah That's Gibbons? Millar's got Dave Gibbons on one of his books?
His art looks amazing these days!