{"id":14749,"date":"2016-04-23T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T06:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/?p=14749"},"modified":"2016-04-23T16:22:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T22:22:15","slug":"graphic-review-golden-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/graphic-review-golden-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Novel Review: The Golden Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=adamsblog03-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=1608862852&#038;asins=1608862852&#038;linkId=ff34e051afce75bd800251f928701b80&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Golden Game collects two separate graphic novel stories featuring the characters of John Steed and Mrs. Peel from the 1960s TV show, <em>the Avengers<\/em>. The comics are set after Mrs. Peel\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>The first story, \u201cThe Golden Game\u201d was written by famed comics writer Grant Morrison and takes up two thirds of the book. It finds Tara King (Mrs. Peel\u2019s replacement) having disappeared, leading\u00a0Steed to turn to his old prot\u00e9g\u00e9 for assistance as they find a tie-in to a mysterious group of game player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Golden Game\u201d does feel like it could have been done on TV if they\u2019d 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,\u00a0everything about the story feels genuine to the era and very imaginative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Deadly Rainbow\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<p>The plot is a bit more outlandish, and\u00a0it isn\u2019t told with the same panache as \u201cThe Golden Game.\u201d 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\u2019s an okay story with a few interesting features.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this a nice collection with Grant Morrison&#8217;s story making the book a must-read for fans of the 1960s classic.<\/p>\n<p>Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0<\/p>\n<p><em>This post contains affiliate links, which means that items purchased from these links may result in a commission being paid to the author of this post at no extra cost to the purchaser..<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If<\/em> you<em> enjoyed this post, you can have new posts about Detective stories and the golden age of radio and television delivered\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004U8SET2\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=adamsblog03-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004U8SET2\">automatically to your Kindle<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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