{"id":16277,"date":"2017-01-14T00:01:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T06:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/?p=16277"},"modified":"2017-01-13T20:38:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-14T02:38:54","slug":"audio-drama-review-avengers-comic-strip-adaptations-volume-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/audio-drama-review-avengers-comic-strip-adaptations-volume-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio Drama Review: The Avengers: The Comic Strip Adaptations, Volume 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=adamsblog03-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1781786941&amp;asins=1781786941&amp;linkId=0cc86e7255eb6a7d01ae10d51b72b052&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The second and final volume of Big Finish\u2019s Avengers Comic Strip adaptations offers four more hour long adventures featuring Julia Wadham and Olivia Poulet playing the iconic roles of of John Steed and Emma Peel.<\/p>\n<p>The set begins with \u201cPlaytime is Over\u201d in which Steed and Peel investigate a series of daring robberies apparently committed by children. When a man who has offered them a lead is murdered by a toy boat, that sets them onto a toy factory run by an eccentric man who never quite grew up.<\/p>\n<p>This takes the offbeat nature of the Avengers and ups the zaniness to the level of a 1960s Batman TV episode. It\u2019s incredible fun, if a bit predictable at times.<\/p>\n<p>In \u201cThe Antongoniser,\u201d after several strange deaths, Steed and Mrs. Peel are put on the case and discover the cause of death is animals gone bad. This is an entertaining program, with some fun moments, but it doesn\u2019t measure up to the better episodes in the series with a mystery that\u2019s too quickly solved and a villain that\u2019s not that interesting. Still, worth a listen due to the fun one-liners.<\/p>\n<p>In, \u201cThe Mad Hatter,\u201d a visiting foreign princess becomes a target for assassins. As the title implies, a theme villain is behind it, but the story has a lot of twists on its way to the big reveal. The dialogue is hilarious as are many of the situations. Although, the idea of a rattlesnake being hidden in a bowler hat does cross the line from hilarious to ludicrous. Still, a fun episode.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Secret Six\u201d is a perfect finale for the comic strip stories as Steed and Mrs. Peel find themselves prisoners at a country estate where they are held by six master criminals from around the globe who have decided that eliminating Steed and Peel is critical for their evil plans to succeed. It\u2019s an action packed and dizzying ride as the two have to dodge bullets and even a tank in their quest to stay alive. Overall, this is a fun and exhilarating conclusion to the series. My only complaint is \u00a0several of the six villains were not quite credible as crime bosses. In the end, that doesn\u2019t stop this finale from being a pleasure to listen to.<\/p>\n<p>Ratings: 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<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second and final volume of Big Finish\u2019s Avengers Comic Strip adaptations offers four more hour long adventures featuring Julia Wadham and Olivia Poulet playing the iconic roles of of John Steed and Emma Peel. 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