{"id":15307,"date":"2016-07-30T00:01:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T06:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/?p=15307"},"modified":"2016-07-30T12:10:12","modified_gmt":"2016-07-30T18:10:12","slug":"graphic-review-secret-history-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/graphic-review-secret-history-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Novel Review: A Secret History of Space"},"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=1608863409&#038;asins=1608863409&#038;linkId=1738cf3277a48891dd9110a20a4fa9b6&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This graphic novel collects Issues 4-7 of Boom Studios&#8217; Steed and Peel series based on the 1960s TV show,\u00a0<em>The Avengers.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The four issues cover three separate story lines but there is a sense of them being tied together. The art is superb and really fits with the imaginative, often larger than life world of the Avengers as beautiful concepts are explored.<\/p>\n<p>The first Issue features Steed and Mrs. Peal attending a masquerade ball with some dangerous intruders. It&#8217;s probably the simplest story in the book, but the art is very good, even though black and white are the predominant colors.<\/p>\n<p>The middle issues are probably most speculative in the book in a plot that involves blackmail of high government officials, secrets from space, and time travel.<\/p>\n<p>The final issue is typical of many actual episodes of the Avengers as Steed and Peal investigate a series of unexplained unwarranted suicides in a small Welsh town. The ending is a little quick, but the concept is well-realized.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this is a very enjoyable book for fans of the 1960s series. While being single issue stories does make the first and last issue slightly less complex than you&#8217;d otherwise expect, writer Caleb Monroe does a marvelous job capturing the spirit and feel of this classic series.<\/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>This graphic novel collects Issues 4-7 of Boom Studios&#8217; Steed and Peel series based on the 1960s TV show,\u00a0The Avengers.\u00a0 The four issues cover three separate story lines but there is a sense of them being tied together. 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