The Prisoner: Shattered Visage, Book D

Dean Motter and Mark Askwith's amazing miniseries based on the pop culture hit, The Prisoner comes to an exciting and explosive end. 

This was the finale to the series I wanted. I felt like this gives the ending that was sorely missed from the 1968 BBC series. That final was so open ended, which was fine. Had The Prisoner ended more finitely, it might not have been such a classic.

Now it's 2018 and the 50th anniversary of The Prisoner is upon us. A new series is coming to press later this spring. I can't wait for it. I think it's going to be epic.

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 10 out of 10 stars.

The Prisoner: Shattered Visage, Book C

This issue seems rather unnecessary. Not really revealing anything nor doing anything of significance, Book C mostly just moves the players into the right places for the climatic final issue (which is next.)

Okay, I will admit, that ending was important to the overall story. But that was it. 

Thankfully, this is a beautifully written and illustrated issue. Another triumph in that regard by Dean Motter with Mark Askwith. But really, in retrospect, this series could have done with just 3 issues instead of 4.

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 8 out of 10 stars. 

The Prisoner: Shattered Visage, Book B

Former secret agent Alice Drake has just spent her first night in the abandoned Village. Only for an abandoned village, there seems to be quite a few occupants here. 

I think it's extremely fitting that they writers named this new character Alice for she's a lot like another girl named Alice who went to Wonderland and peered through the looking glass. 

Our Alice is confronted by two very strange characters. The portly and grotesque Number 2 who is a lot like the Red Queen wanting to kill his old adversary Number 6. Speaking of which, Number 6 is a lot like the Mad Hatter now. Years of torture, abuse and loneliness have twisted Number 6's mind to be just like the tea party host. There's little bits of genius still floating around in that old noggin of his. You just have to weed through the insanity to find it.

Dean Motter's artwork hasn't ceased to amaze me. It's a visually stunning masterpiece that I think is quite under-appreciated. 

In terms of the much maligned story- it's not bothered me either. Though, I must sheepishly admit, I had to take a little refresher course on remembering just who this version of Number 2 was. 

Don't bash me. If anything, this lapse in memory just calls for me to re-watch the entire series again. Is that so bad?

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 10 out of 10 stars. 

The Prisoner: Shattered Visage, Book A

2018 is the 50 year anniversary of the British cult classic, The Prisoner. Titan Comics is issuing a new miniseries in honor of the anniversary and I have already reserved my copies at my local comic book shop!

But before I get the first issue, I wanted to read this miniseries from 1988. Published by DC Comics, this miniseries was released as part of the show's 30th anniversary.

It follows a retired secret agent named Alice Drake who has decided to become an adventurer sailing the world. Her estranged husband is also an operative and wants her to come back into the fold.

Meanwhile, one of the former residents of the Village has just released a tell-all book about the Village. Yes, it's been heavily redacted and the Village project has been long retired  but the author is no other than Number 2. The same that went head-to-head with our hero Number 6 meet with disastrous consequences. But with Number 6 never being accounted for during the evacuation of the Village, Number 2 has become a loose cannon that could bring the entire spy community down to it's very knees!

It's all leading up to a collision course between Alice and the legend of the Village…

Book A was a good opening chapter. I have heard that when this miniseries was published, fans felt that this story revised most of the final episode of the series. But I'm okay with this as that final episode was also left up to the interpretation of the viewer.

The writing team of Dean Motter and Mark Askwith have in my opinion done a good job on the story thus far. But I am really in love with the artwork by Motter. From the first page, I was visually stunned! It's beautiful! And it bears that funky psychedelic style of the TV show. I can't wait for Book B!

Book B! I love it! There's no numbering in this series! It's just like Number 6! ‘I am not a number!’

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.