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King of Spies

King of Spies

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  • Create Date：2022-05-09 07:51:33
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Mark Millar
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Summary

The world's greatest secret agent has six months to live。 Does he die quietly in a hospital bed or make up for a lifetime of bad decisions？ He's been propping up an unfair system for over forty years。 Now he knows where all the bodies are buried and has nothing to lose as he turns his guns on everyone who ever made a buck as they created the mess we're in right now。

Collects King of Spies #1-4

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Reviews

Theediscerning ，

When the dust settles on a risibly OTT action scene， we see the British superstyled secret agent concerned， who turns out to be someone who could have walked out of the Kingsman series， via Ennis' The Boys。 With a fine flair for his idea of justice， he's about to put the world to rights when he collapses， and is told he has six months left alive， max。 The honed sense of justice then turns him into a full-on vigilante， intent on stopping the world going to hell in a handcart， offing all the peopl When the dust settles on a risibly OTT action scene， we see the British superstyled secret agent concerned， who turns out to be someone who could have walked out of the Kingsman series， via Ennis' The Boys。 With a fine flair for his idea of justice， he's about to put the world to rights when he collapses， and is told he has six months left alive， max。 The honed sense of justice then turns him into a full-on vigilante， intent on stopping the world going to hell in a handcart， offing all the people he had been employed to protect and get to power， and so on。 The only person who can restore the status quo？ His errant son。。。I don't know what handicaps this more。 It might be the need to mention dodgy American presidents， British royal princes who need shutting up， someone who caused a car crash that killed a princess （？？！！） and more， and yet all without the ability to name real names。 It might be the fact this is ye olde Mark Millar， and a complete hodge-podge of yawnsome ultraviolence with something that might be pitched as The Dark Kingsman Rises。 The very average artwork， the stupid characters， the reductive politics that lead nobody anywhere – all this smacks of Millar treading water yet again。 。。。more

Paul Allard ，

Very good short espionage comic seriesRoland King is a retired superspy who， in his old age， decides to right some wrongs。 A bloodbath ensues until the inevitable conclusion。 Without giving away more of the plot， this volume of 4 comics is fun with a plot that moves along quickly and with interesting characters。 The artwork is nicely executed and I'd recommend this to any comics lover。 I received a copy of this in exchange for an honest review。 Very good short espionage comic seriesRoland King is a retired superspy who， in his old age， decides to right some wrongs。 A bloodbath ensues until the inevitable conclusion。 Without giving away more of the plot， this volume of 4 comics is fun with a plot that moves along quickly and with interesting characters。 The artwork is nicely executed and I'd recommend this to any comics lover。 I received a copy of this in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more

Ric ，

Barely squeaked out a 3 star for me。 I like Mark Millar， but this is just not fresh at all。 Way too much hidden information solves the crazy danger。 Can't recommend， but there are PLENTY of his other works well worth your time。 Barely squeaked out a 3 star for me。 I like Mark Millar， but this is just not fresh at all。 Way too much hidden information solves the crazy danger。 Can't recommend， but there are PLENTY of his other works well worth your time。 。。。more

Paps ，

Interesting read， a proper gorygalore。

Robert ，

Well done as it is， it's still a derivative copycat of half a dozen others that did it earlier and better。 Well done as it is， it's still a derivative copycat of half a dozen others that did it earlier and better。 。。。more

Adonay Rivas ，

Un par de buenos momentos， pero más absurdo y tonto que cualquier otra cosa。

Nicole Mosley ，

A comic with great art and a premise that takes an oversaturated genre and turns it around on itself in some ways and falls into tropes in others。 Altogether a fun if familiar ride。

Al ，

At one time， I was as big of a Mark Millar fan as anyone。 I suspect I still am。 But in recent years， he imagines himself some kind of Stan Lee ‘fountain of content’ guy。 Now， one side effect has been the expected diminishing returns that comes with being over prolific。 But another outcome is that I don’t know that I recognize the Millar brand anymore。 Which is odd because there’s no doubting the success of the Kingsman franchise， but I’m not picturing Millar writing this right away。 Spies （even At one time， I was as big of a Mark Millar fan as anyone。 I suspect I still am。 But in recent years， he imagines himself some kind of Stan Lee ‘fountain of content’ guy。 Now， one side effect has been the expected diminishing returns that comes with being over prolific。 But another outcome is that I don’t know that I recognize the Millar brand anymore。 Which is odd because there’s no doubting the success of the Kingsman franchise， but I’m not picturing Millar writing this right away。 Spies （even over the top hard boiled spies） seems more the province of Ed Brubaker and others。 Garth Ennis recently wrote a Peacemaker comic and I’m not sure anyone would notice if you switched the two out。 Go down the list and there are a number of writers - Greg Rucka and Tom King， for two- who seem more likely paired to the title。 That said， there are some common Millar tropes （the ultra violence of Kick A$$， the Superman story of Huck） and oh this is Old Man （James）Bond， isn’t it？But that’s not a bad thing。 Matteo Scalera isn’t a bad pairing as artist。 It won’t be everybody’s cup of tea， but I like the mood that comes with the pairing。 King of Spies is an enjoyable read and if you are a Millar fan， you will like it。 The focus on one character and the story surrounding him works well。 Millar’s story certainly feels like a Rated R Action movie。 That said， the plot is such an overused trope that the book just kind of blends into the environment。 Definitely works against the book being a stand out。 （Read as single issue comic books） 。。。more

Al Tarancón ，

Un concepto muy interesante， con un ritmo muy rápido y un dibujo estupendo。 ¿El problema？ Demasiado precipitado。 Es una historia que podría haber tenido más chicha， pero al final parece más el guion de una peli que una historia para ser contada en tebeo。 Casi siempre me pasa lo mismo con Millar。 Conceptos muy interesantes que se quedan algo huecos。

Chris ，

Millar at his best

A。J。 Anders ，

A James Bond-like character recieves a cancer diagnoses and decides to take out all the bad people he took orders from/protected over the years。 Pretty simple and well-executed concept by Mark Millar that leads to your standard spy thriller。 This one does stand-out to me though， as it has some neat twists & turns， incredibly fun action， and hilariously over-the-top bad guys that all come together to make a cohesive package that just works。 The art by Matteo Scalera is very scratchy and some may A James Bond-like character recieves a cancer diagnoses and decides to take out all the bad people he took orders from/protected over the years。 Pretty simple and well-executed concept by Mark Millar that leads to your standard spy thriller。 This one does stand-out to me though， as it has some neat twists & turns， incredibly fun action， and hilariously over-the-top bad guys that all come together to make a cohesive package that just works。 The art by Matteo Scalera is very scratchy and some may not jive with it， but I personally thought it was great。 The action scenes were kinetic， and it just worked perfectly for the story Millar was telling。 This won’t change your mind on Millar if you already dislike him and/or think he’s a total hack who just writes movie pitches as comic books （which he totally does do btw）， but it is fun enough that it never needs to be anything more than a fun 4 issue mini that’ll probably make a fun movie one day。 I don’t regret reading this at all。Pick this up if you like Mark Millar books or anything James Bond related， and skip if you are anyone else。 。。。more

Alican Kunta ，

Classic over the top Mark Millar spy action thriller。 Everything is extreme， everything is far fetched， everything is overblown。 I feel like Mark Millar has become the Michael Bay of comic books。The lead spy character is obviously visioned with Pierce Brosnan in mind， but considering his sexual adventures Charlie Sheen would make a more accurate portrayal。

Alan ，

This has a really easy to sound bite description:James Bond is dying of cancer and wants to set right all of the mistakes he made by following orders。Really， that is what this highly entertaining novella is about。 Roland King receives a cancer diagnosis and wants to fix all of his mistakes。 Saying anything more would be going way into spoiler territory。full disclosure read as digital floppies。

Clark Day ，

Just finished the last issue in this series and really enjoyed it， but then again I enjoy Mark Millar’s work。

Reference

google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=King of Spies

hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=King of Spies&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft

The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,King of Spies&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0