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Steed and Mrs Peel
'The Golden Game Part Crown and Anchor!' When Tara King is kidnapped by a mysterious organization, John Steed and Emma Peel must reunite to solve this new mystery, that takes them into the darkest corners of British society. After re-teaming with John Steed, Mrs. Peel gets to finally spend some quality time with her husband, who has returned from the Amazon. But, what also came back with him may end the happy couple! A science-fiction / spy fiction mash-up from the legendary Grant Morrison and two of TV's most iconic heroes, featuring gorgeous art from Ian Gibson, best known for his work with Alan Moore on THE BALLAD OF HALO JONES.
48 pages, Paperback
First published December 4, 2012
About the author
Grant Morrison
1,791 books4,609 followersGrant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for twenty five years, after beginning their American comics career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then they have written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as such creator-owned works as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. In addition to expanding the DC Universe through titles ranging from the Eisner Award-winning SEVEN SOLDIERS and ALL-STAR SUPERMAN to the reality-shattering epic of FINAL CRISIS, they have also reinvented the worlds of the Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN AND ROBIN and BATMAN, INCORPORATED and the Man of Steel in The New 52 ACTION COMICS.
In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.
In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.
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May 29, 2020
This is a delightful pair of stories that captures the feel of the television series perfectly. It has a terrific British-mod/psychedelic vibe that is a lot of fun to revisit. The best part is the art by Ian Gibson, which incorporates a Peter Max flavor and a Lewis Carroll theme while they're both listening to Strawberry Fields Forever. Or something. The only bad and boring piece of art is the black and white piece they used for the cover. The first story, by the inimitable Grant Morrison, has Steed enlisting the aid of Emma to rescue his new partner, Tara King, who's apparently been taken hostage by the mysterious minions of The Palamedes Club. The second story, by Anne Caulfield, sees Mr. Peel (I never knew his name was Peter) return from his long sojourn amongst the Leopard People of the Amazon, reunite with his long-suffering wife, and then the pair has to be rescued by Steed. There are jumps and shifts that are somewhat illogically hard to follow and quirky side-bits, of course, and one wonders if Monty Python didn't have a quick brush over the script, but I liked every page of it. (Except the cover.) People unfamiliar with the original tv series may well find it to be a confused mess, but fans will want to put on their paisley, put Donovan or King Crimson on the turntable, and settle in for a nostalgic trip.
(And I'll bet you can win a point or two at comics trivia challenge on whether or not Grant Morrison ever wrote The Avengers.)
(And I'll bet you can win a point or two at comics trivia challenge on whether or not Grant Morrison ever wrote The Avengers.)
November 8, 2018
I guess they weren't going to call this "The Avengers." What a headache that would have been.
Anyway, I, Grant Morrison fanboy, was not going to pass this up, especially "free" on Kindle Unlimited.
His half of the book was not mind-blowingly Morrison-y, but it was in the spirit of the old (well-nigh ancient) TV show- velvet collars, jumpsuits, dry British wit.
Ian Gibson is obviously a competent cartoonist, but the 'tone' of his art put me off at times:
Anyway, I, Grant Morrison fanboy, was not going to pass this up, especially "free" on Kindle Unlimited.
His half of the book was not mind-blowingly Morrison-y, but it was in the spirit of the old (well-nigh ancient) TV show- velvet collars, jumpsuits, dry British wit.
Ian Gibson is obviously a competent cartoonist, but the 'tone' of his art put me off at times:
June 27, 2016
Enjoyed this one mainly because of its British charm.
March 12, 2013
Grant Morrison managed to capture the surreal nature of the TV show quite effectively, not to mention the tongue in cheek humor. And Ian Gibson's art is as wonderful as ever. "Fabulous Steed". "Certainly Mrs. Peel".
June 13, 2020
Captured the spirit and feel of the Old 60's show. Loved it. The odd British humor is all there. Need to find some old episodes to rewatch soon!
November 14, 2022
The Avengers and Grant Morrison should be a match made in psychedelic Heaven. I'm a pretty diehard fan of both the Avengers and Morrison and it pains me to leave so low a review, but this lacked all luster and is unfortunately forgettable.
September 18, 2017
My only previous first-hand exposure to The Avengers is the 1998 movie starring Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, and Sean Connery. I certainly know of the original British TV show, Diana Rigg and such, but have never seen it.
So it's really Grant Morrison writing this that got me interested (I actually love the movie, by the way). I try to catch his stuff when I can find it, and there's been a spate of his British material reprinted in recent years, certainly the holy grail of Zenith, but Boom! got its hands on Steed and Mrs. Peel and I had desperately wanted to read that, too, thanks to my admittedly limited experience with the franchise. But no one carried it. Finally, a few weeks back, I found a used copy of the collected edition. Just five years later!
Was it worth the wait? I think so. I mean, it's clever enough material. I can see why Americans weren't falling all over themselves to publish or read it, because it's steeped in British culture, but it's fun to read and easy to understand. It's very much like his Batman, really. (Still a shame that Morrison never got around to a Knight and Squire spotlight, but certainly Paul Cornell did the trick!)
The art isn't akin to the typical American style, either, and Boom! doesn't seem to have remastered it at all, but that's not much of a problem, either. The backup story by Anne Caulfield is a little wilder, but it seems to explain what Emma Peel's marriage is like, which is referenced in Morrison's adventure. Later, of course, Boom! told some of its own Steed and Mrs. Peel stories, which was probably half the point of reprinting this material to begin with, to get another property in a comic landscape where property is always valuable.
But at least we got a fresh look at Morrison out of it.
So it's really Grant Morrison writing this that got me interested (I actually love the movie, by the way). I try to catch his stuff when I can find it, and there's been a spate of his British material reprinted in recent years, certainly the holy grail of Zenith, but Boom! got its hands on Steed and Mrs. Peel and I had desperately wanted to read that, too, thanks to my admittedly limited experience with the franchise. But no one carried it. Finally, a few weeks back, I found a used copy of the collected edition. Just five years later!
Was it worth the wait? I think so. I mean, it's clever enough material. I can see why Americans weren't falling all over themselves to publish or read it, because it's steeped in British culture, but it's fun to read and easy to understand. It's very much like his Batman, really. (Still a shame that Morrison never got around to a Knight and Squire spotlight, but certainly Paul Cornell did the trick!)
The art isn't akin to the typical American style, either, and Boom! doesn't seem to have remastered it at all, but that's not much of a problem, either. The backup story by Anne Caulfield is a little wilder, but it seems to explain what Emma Peel's marriage is like, which is referenced in Morrison's adventure. Later, of course, Boom! told some of its own Steed and Mrs. Peel stories, which was probably half the point of reprinting this material to begin with, to get another property in a comic landscape where property is always valuable.
But at least we got a fresh look at Morrison out of it.
January 21, 2020
A very British comic. The Avengers don't mean or do much for me (I don't remember a single thing about the Uma Thurman film from years back), and I'd much prefer say the Prisoner.
But for a completest, you can see Grant's fingers all over it.
But for a completest, you can see Grant's fingers all over it.
August 4, 2019
I think it starts stronger than it ends. The second story did less than nothing for me. So that's not great. The first story with the game people was neat and enjoyable.
December 24, 2019
The first story arc about the Golden Game was dynamite, the second was a bit silly to say the least.
April 12, 2025
very disappointing considering it's Grant Morrison. art is very juvenile and it takes away from the stories.
November 21, 2021
A couple of good, old-fashioned romps. The particularly upper-crust English manners of the two main characters never fail to amuse me. The stories were well paced and kept me guessing.
February 14, 2013
Your favorite TV Avengers finally return, courtesy of the one and only Grant Morrison!
When Tara King is kidnapped by a mysterious organization, John Steed and Emma Peel must reunite to solve this new mystery, that takes them into the darkest corners of British society. After re-teaming with John Steed, Mrs. Peel gets to finally spend some quality time with her husband, who has returned from the Amazon. But, what also came back with him may end the happy couple! A science-fiction / spy fiction mash-up from the legendary Grant Morrison and two of TV's most iconic heroes, featuring gorgeous art from Ian Gibson, best known for his work with Alan Moore on THE BALLAD OF HALO JONES.
This is a compilation of the comic-strip stories that were presented in episodic form back in 1991 by Eclipse Publishing. They were originally released as 6 comics and then later presented as 3 soft-cover books, which can still be found on sites such as Amazon.
Boom Studios bought the rights and re-released the 6 comics again early in 2012. Here Boom have presented the stories complete in one book, divided into chapters. The stories are, of course, based on the original 1960s spy TV series "The Avengers", one of the most popular series ever made and shown over the years in just about every country there is.
Comic-strips based on the series had appeared in various UK based publications, such as "TV Comic" throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s plus a USA publication, a Gold key special (1967).
(This re-produced some of the UK strips).
Due to Marvel comics copyrighting the name "The Avengers" in the USA in 1963 the name for the Gold Key comic was re-titled "John Steed-Emma Peel". The television series copyrighted the name "The Avengers" in 1961 in the UK only. (This was why the Marvel Comics Superhero film of 2012, known as "The Avengers" in USA and elsewhere was changed to "Avengers Assemble" in the UK. Most people assumed this was done to avoid confusion, which is true, but it was also done to avoid any possible legal action).
When Eclipse published these stories in 1991 the name was amended to "Steed and Mrs Peel". (This was how the characters addressed each other in the series).
There are 2 stories in this book which are: "The Golden Game" and "Deadly Rainbow". The 1st was written by Grant Morrison and the 2nd by Anne Caulfield. The 1st story is about Steed re-uniting with his ex-partner Mrs Peel to try and rescue his latest partner Tara King who has been kidnapped. In the TV series, in the 1st story of the final season (1968-1969) called "the Forget-me-knot", Mrs Peel leaves the series to be-reunited with her long-lost fighter pilot husband. He had been presumed dead but had actually crashed in the amazon jungle. Tara King is introduced in the same story as a trainee agent who then becomes steed's new partner. The 2nd story in this book is a direct sequel to that story and follows-on directly from Mrs Peel's final scene in the series.
Both stories are fun for those that are fans of the series as they can see the characters in new adventures. The 1st story has a familiar theme and seems to be loosely based on the TV episode "Game", a Steed/King story that concludes with Tara King being kidnapped and Steed rescuing her. The kidnapper is a Board-game devisor and Steed has to play and win a series of deadly games before getting to her. This story has a very similar sequence but with different games.
The artwork on the stories is by Ian Gibson and is stylish and quirky, as the series was. However it has a caricuture feel to it which, I suspect, fans of the series will either love or hate. Added to this is the fact that the characters don't look anything like their TV counterparts. I just wish some photo-referencing of the actors Patrick MacNee and Diana Rigg had been used as this would have lessened the distancing felt while reading it. I suspect the intention was to reproduce the "feel" of the series rather than go for a true likeness of the TV characters which might have restricted the artist. The result is that this is a complete separate entity in its own right. It is subjective whether that is good or bad.
I enjoyed this book as it is good to see the characters again and good to have the stories in one volume.
When Tara King is kidnapped by a mysterious organization, John Steed and Emma Peel must reunite to solve this new mystery, that takes them into the darkest corners of British society. After re-teaming with John Steed, Mrs. Peel gets to finally spend some quality time with her husband, who has returned from the Amazon. But, what also came back with him may end the happy couple! A science-fiction / spy fiction mash-up from the legendary Grant Morrison and two of TV's most iconic heroes, featuring gorgeous art from Ian Gibson, best known for his work with Alan Moore on THE BALLAD OF HALO JONES.
This is a compilation of the comic-strip stories that were presented in episodic form back in 1991 by Eclipse Publishing. They were originally released as 6 comics and then later presented as 3 soft-cover books, which can still be found on sites such as Amazon.
Boom Studios bought the rights and re-released the 6 comics again early in 2012. Here Boom have presented the stories complete in one book, divided into chapters. The stories are, of course, based on the original 1960s spy TV series "The Avengers", one of the most popular series ever made and shown over the years in just about every country there is.
Comic-strips based on the series had appeared in various UK based publications, such as "TV Comic" throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s plus a USA publication, a Gold key special (1967).
(This re-produced some of the UK strips).
Due to Marvel comics copyrighting the name "The Avengers" in the USA in 1963 the name for the Gold Key comic was re-titled "John Steed-Emma Peel". The television series copyrighted the name "The Avengers" in 1961 in the UK only. (This was why the Marvel Comics Superhero film of 2012, known as "The Avengers" in USA and elsewhere was changed to "Avengers Assemble" in the UK. Most people assumed this was done to avoid confusion, which is true, but it was also done to avoid any possible legal action).
When Eclipse published these stories in 1991 the name was amended to "Steed and Mrs Peel". (This was how the characters addressed each other in the series).
There are 2 stories in this book which are: "The Golden Game" and "Deadly Rainbow". The 1st was written by Grant Morrison and the 2nd by Anne Caulfield. The 1st story is about Steed re-uniting with his ex-partner Mrs Peel to try and rescue his latest partner Tara King who has been kidnapped. In the TV series, in the 1st story of the final season (1968-1969) called "the Forget-me-knot", Mrs Peel leaves the series to be-reunited with her long-lost fighter pilot husband. He had been presumed dead but had actually crashed in the amazon jungle. Tara King is introduced in the same story as a trainee agent who then becomes steed's new partner. The 2nd story in this book is a direct sequel to that story and follows-on directly from Mrs Peel's final scene in the series.
Both stories are fun for those that are fans of the series as they can see the characters in new adventures. The 1st story has a familiar theme and seems to be loosely based on the TV episode "Game", a Steed/King story that concludes with Tara King being kidnapped and Steed rescuing her. The kidnapper is a Board-game devisor and Steed has to play and win a series of deadly games before getting to her. This story has a very similar sequence but with different games.
The artwork on the stories is by Ian Gibson and is stylish and quirky, as the series was. However it has a caricuture feel to it which, I suspect, fans of the series will either love or hate. Added to this is the fact that the characters don't look anything like their TV counterparts. I just wish some photo-referencing of the actors Patrick MacNee and Diana Rigg had been used as this would have lessened the distancing felt while reading it. I suspect the intention was to reproduce the "feel" of the series rather than go for a true likeness of the TV characters which might have restricted the artist. The result is that this is a complete separate entity in its own right. It is subjective whether that is good or bad.
I enjoyed this book as it is good to see the characters again and good to have the stories in one volume.
November 18, 2017
Steed and Mrs. Peel are, of course, main protagonists of the 1960s British “spy fi” tv program THE AVENGERS.* Today, a comic book series based on this show could not be called THE AVENGERS – at least, not in America – because Marvel Comics has lawyers. Thus, we have the comic book STEED AND MRS. PEEL, while in the United Kingdom, Marvel’s AVENGERS movie is called AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!
So much for things that most comic book fans already know…
BOOM! Studios recently launched a new STEED AND MRS. PEEL comic book series, and along with it, they’ve published this volume, which re-presents an early 1990s mini-series on the titular duo. Today, it’s probably Grant Morrison's name that catches the eyes of many comics fans. Morrison is much more prominent now than he was twenty-some years ago, and STEED AND MRS. PEEL is among his more obscure past works.
Morrison pens this volume’s main story, “The Golden Game,” which is set after THE AVENGERS’ last television episode. Tara King has been kidnapped, and Steed calls upon Emma Peel to help him find her. Their investigation leads to more murders and a club where members are obsessed with games.
Most of “The Golden Game” reads as a lost episode of THE AVENGERS, and I’d bet that Morrison was a fan of the show. He nicely captures the program's quirkiness, pacing and breezy dialogue. Then the denouement arrives, and we’re clearly in “comic book territory,” as the story becomes much fanciful. That’s perfectly okay, though, and in fact, I think it works just fine. We ARE reading a comic book, after all, and Morrison maintains the proper tone throughout.
Morrison is known for “wild ideas” and plots that sometimes border on incoherent or incomprehensible. There’s none of that here. “The Golden Game” is a pretty straightforward tale and possibly one of the most accessible that Morrison has written. It’s not essential reading, but it’s quite enjoyable, and fans of THE AVENGERS tv show will likely leave with a smile (I know that I did.).
The second – and shorter - story, titled “Deadly Rainbow” is another matter. This one is written by Anne Caulfield, a name unfamiliar to me, and it’s clearly intended as page filler. Set before “The Golden Game,” it shows what happened to Emma Peel after her departure from the tv program. That should be a good hook for AVENGERS fans, but the results are underwhelming, and unlike Morrison, Caulfield fails to capture the show's tone.
Ian Gibson draws both stories in this volume. He’s an interesting choice for the job, as his style is a bit cartoony. He provides a good likeness of Patrick Macnee, who played Steed, but his Emma Peel bears only a faint resemblance to Diana Rigg. In fact, all of his female characters are a bit ugly. Gibson’s a good artist, but I don’t think that he’s a particularly good fit for this series.
While this volume has its flaws, fans of Grant Morrison and/or fans of THE AVENGERS tv show (and I include myself in the latter category) will probably find it worthwhile. For others, it’s strictly “quarter bin material,” although a mostly pleasant read nonetheless.
*I'm being a little snooty here, and using the British term "program," rather than the American "series." Hey, it's my review, and I can do what I want. :)
So much for things that most comic book fans already know…
BOOM! Studios recently launched a new STEED AND MRS. PEEL comic book series, and along with it, they’ve published this volume, which re-presents an early 1990s mini-series on the titular duo. Today, it’s probably Grant Morrison's name that catches the eyes of many comics fans. Morrison is much more prominent now than he was twenty-some years ago, and STEED AND MRS. PEEL is among his more obscure past works.
Morrison pens this volume’s main story, “The Golden Game,” which is set after THE AVENGERS’ last television episode. Tara King has been kidnapped, and Steed calls upon Emma Peel to help him find her. Their investigation leads to more murders and a club where members are obsessed with games.
Most of “The Golden Game” reads as a lost episode of THE AVENGERS, and I’d bet that Morrison was a fan of the show. He nicely captures the program's quirkiness, pacing and breezy dialogue. Then the denouement arrives, and we’re clearly in “comic book territory,” as the story becomes much fanciful. That’s perfectly okay, though, and in fact, I think it works just fine. We ARE reading a comic book, after all, and Morrison maintains the proper tone throughout.
Morrison is known for “wild ideas” and plots that sometimes border on incoherent or incomprehensible. There’s none of that here. “The Golden Game” is a pretty straightforward tale and possibly one of the most accessible that Morrison has written. It’s not essential reading, but it’s quite enjoyable, and fans of THE AVENGERS tv show will likely leave with a smile (I know that I did.).
The second – and shorter - story, titled “Deadly Rainbow” is another matter. This one is written by Anne Caulfield, a name unfamiliar to me, and it’s clearly intended as page filler. Set before “The Golden Game,” it shows what happened to Emma Peel after her departure from the tv program. That should be a good hook for AVENGERS fans, but the results are underwhelming, and unlike Morrison, Caulfield fails to capture the show's tone.
Ian Gibson draws both stories in this volume. He’s an interesting choice for the job, as his style is a bit cartoony. He provides a good likeness of Patrick Macnee, who played Steed, but his Emma Peel bears only a faint resemblance to Diana Rigg. In fact, all of his female characters are a bit ugly. Gibson’s a good artist, but I don’t think that he’s a particularly good fit for this series.
While this volume has its flaws, fans of Grant Morrison and/or fans of THE AVENGERS tv show (and I include myself in the latter category) will probably find it worthwhile. For others, it’s strictly “quarter bin material,” although a mostly pleasant read nonetheless.
*I'm being a little snooty here, and using the British term "program," rather than the American "series." Hey, it's my review, and I can do what I want. :)
May 14, 2017
The Golden Game collects two separate graphic novel stories featuring the characters of John Steed and Mrs. Peel from the 1960s TV show, the Avengers. The comics are set after Mrs. Peel’s departure from the TV show and were originally published in 1990 as three comic books by Eclipse and then reprinted by Boom Studios in 2012.
The first story, “The Golden Game” was written by famed comics writer Grant Morrison and takes up two thirds of the book. It finds Tara King (Mrs. Peel’s replacement) having disappeared, leading Steed to turn to his old protégé for assistance as they find a tie-in to a mysterious group of game player.
“The Golden Game” does feel like it could have been done on TV if they’d had the budget. The art by Ian Gibson is superb. From the colorful characters to the imaginative solution (complete with a world-threatening danger) to the final pages, everything about the story feels genuine to the era and very imaginative.
“The Deadly Rainbow” was written by Anne Caufield and finds Mrs. Peel reunited with her husband for a second honeymoon in a quaint English village after his return from the Amazon. However, trouble has followed them. There are some interesting character insights with Mrs. Peel trying to reassure herself that she was back with her husband and nothing crazy was going to happen, though of course it did.
The plot is a bit more outlandish, and it isn’t told with the same panache as “The Golden Game.” In addition, while the art was done by the same artist, the visual realization of this story is not quite as good as in the other tale. Still, it’s an okay story with a few interesting features.
Overall, this a nice collection with Grant Morrison’s story making the book a must-read for fans of the 1960s classic.
The first story, “The Golden Game” was written by famed comics writer Grant Morrison and takes up two thirds of the book. It finds Tara King (Mrs. Peel’s replacement) having disappeared, leading Steed to turn to his old protégé for assistance as they find a tie-in to a mysterious group of game player.
“The Golden Game” does feel like it could have been done on TV if they’d had the budget. The art by Ian Gibson is superb. From the colorful characters to the imaginative solution (complete with a world-threatening danger) to the final pages, everything about the story feels genuine to the era and very imaginative.
“The Deadly Rainbow” was written by Anne Caufield and finds Mrs. Peel reunited with her husband for a second honeymoon in a quaint English village after his return from the Amazon. However, trouble has followed them. There are some interesting character insights with Mrs. Peel trying to reassure herself that she was back with her husband and nothing crazy was going to happen, though of course it did.
The plot is a bit more outlandish, and it isn’t told with the same panache as “The Golden Game.” In addition, while the art was done by the same artist, the visual realization of this story is not quite as good as in the other tale. Still, it’s an okay story with a few interesting features.
Overall, this a nice collection with Grant Morrison’s story making the book a must-read for fans of the 1960s classic.
December 9, 2012
Mit diesem Band legt BOOM! die ersten sechs Hefte der Comicserie "Steed and Mrs Peel" des schottischen Comicautoren Grant Morrison vor. Morrison, der immer für eine schräge Geschichte gut ist, man denke z.B. an "Doom Patrol" oder "Animal Man", hat sich an DIE TV-Kultserie der 60iger Jahre herangemacht: an die Avengers. Mit der Story "The Golden Game" stellt er unter Beweis, dass er sich gleichzeitig an den typischen Episoden-Aufbau der Spy-Fi Serie halten und dabei eine coole, eigenständige Agentengeschichte mit skurrilem Retro-Flair gestalten kann, die zu lesen schlicht und einfach nur Spaß macht.
Die Zeichnungen fallen unterschiedlich aus und sicherlich ist es Geschmackssache, ob einem die eher klassichen Panels der ersten beiden Hefte oder die moderner gestalteten der folgenden gefallen. Eines ist aber allen Zeichnungen eigen: Sie sind toll aufgebaut und stecken randvoll mit witzigen Ideen.
Für Fans von Emma Peel und John Steed ein klares must read.
Die Zeichnungen fallen unterschiedlich aus und sicherlich ist es Geschmackssache, ob einem die eher klassichen Panels der ersten beiden Hefte oder die moderner gestalteten der folgenden gefallen. Eines ist aber allen Zeichnungen eigen: Sie sind toll aufgebaut und stecken randvoll mit witzigen Ideen.
Für Fans von Emma Peel und John Steed ein klares must read.
October 20, 2014
I prefer this older grant morrison version of Steed & Peel to the current new 2012 mark waid (& friends) headed version. If you like the tv show, you will like this very familiar book, in fact they "borrow" and/or rework GAME plot points from specific episodes that your memory will recall. If you have not seen the tv show though, i cant imagine this appealing to you. Part of the charm for me is hearing Mcnee & Rigg's voices, inflections and seeing their trademarked mannerisms when reading it.... And that works on th Morrison Arc. ....but The "backup" story to pad it out to TPB form, well, I finally read 2 years after buying it, in 2014, lol. It also recycled plot points from various TV epiosdes and was a disappointemnt in picking up where Mrs. Peel leaves the tv series in 1968. Very flat and trying too hard to be whimsical & surreal. I reworked this down from 4 stars to 3 because of the back half. :-(
August 14, 2013
I would give this 2.5 stars really. There were some chapters I loved, and some I thought were terribly boring. Sometimes the art was blurry and difficult to read, and I don't know if it was supposed to be like that or just badly printed.
I liked some of the epic pictures and covers a lot, and in the Golden Game I enjoyed the comic-book nature of the giant pinball machine, and really life Hangman. The puzzles were meant only for Emma to solve apparently though, so I felt like a passive reader instead of someone who could help, which made it more boring.
I also needed more explanation in the second story Deadly Rainbow (I really liked the first half told in Aztec "hieroglyphics" though).
This book could have been more consistent.
I liked some of the epic pictures and covers a lot, and in the Golden Game I enjoyed the comic-book nature of the giant pinball machine, and really life Hangman. The puzzles were meant only for Emma to solve apparently though, so I felt like a passive reader instead of someone who could help, which made it more boring.
I also needed more explanation in the second story Deadly Rainbow (I really liked the first half told in Aztec "hieroglyphics" though).
This book could have been more consistent.
April 1, 2019
At times, this saga is a bit more twee than the television series ever was ... and that’s not a compliment. Ian Gibson’s artwork often falls into a strange mash of underground comics and Joe Kubert. However, Grant Morrison nails the voices of the characters perfectly, and the plot is engaging, if a bit drawn out with a foe that turns into a replay of the character ARCADE from Marvel Comics with his infamous “Murderworld” ... which is a shame. Not very cricket, there, Grant. The second story by Anne Caulfield revealing the return of Emma’s long suspected dead husband and subsequent adventure is sheer ridiculousness. And Is best uncommented upon.
January 8, 2016
The first story, "The Golden Game," felt more enjoyable than the latter tale, "Deadly Rainbow." I loved how the first story felt like some colorful criminal scheme that the Joker or some other Batman villain would do, which should come as no surprise seeing as how Grant Morrison ended up writing a bunch of Batman comics (with varying results). The artwork is hit and miss for me in the first story, and mostly miss in the last one. But that is just my personal taste. Reading this does make me wanna check out at least a little bit of the 55-year-old TV show.
June 14, 2015
I'm not much of a fan of comics based on TV shows, but this one manages to capture the spirit of the show as well as the likenesses of its characters. The witty dialogue is perfect even if the situations and plots are a tad more outrageous than usual. I also thought Ian Gibson's cartoonish art fit the mood perfectly. Enjoyable & well done.
September 18, 2015
First story was an entertaining little whodunit, but unfortunately doesn't quite play fair with the facts. The second feels rushed and the plot makes no sense.
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