BANG! This series is off to an explosive start!
If you liked Brubaker and Epting’s espionage-influenced Captain America, you may rest assured that they’ve kicked the intrigue up to eleven in their new spy series. Brubaker takes the time to write an introduction to the series on the editorial page. (That always impresses me.) I don’t want to say too much until more of you have had a chance to read it, but he basically takes the “secretary” prototype standard to popular spy fiction and reimagines her as more interesting that the spies themselves. Like Marvel b&w magazines of the ‘70s, the first issue also includes a thoroughly researched article about spy fiction from the 17th century through the cold war.
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I loved it, too. I lost the thread of Brubaker's Captain America saga about halfway through, but enjoyed the heck out of what I'd read. (I think I stopped picking it up around Reborn, expecting to buy it in trades. Then I lost track of the last issue I'd bought, and ... you know how it goes.) This is an excellent chance for me to start fresh, and just enjoy a spy saga in the Cold War setting that suits it best.
And thanks for reminding me about that Jess Nevins text piece on spy fiction! I bagged up the comic before getting to it, and it totally slipped my mind!
I didn't actually intend to buy this series, but it was in my stack when I went to the LCS on Saturday. I'm glad I decided to keep it, as I thought it was really good.