The Prisoner #4 (2018)

After 50 years of speculation, the identity of Number 1 is finally revealed. 

An amazing end to this golden anniversary miniseries. It sets up the franchise for the next generation while pleasing a hardcore fan such as myself.

Peter Milligan did an excellent job as scribe. I would be very excited to see him do further stories about the Village and it's inhabitants. There's still tons and tons of mysteries left to be revealed! 

I just hope they pick another artist other than Colin Lorimer. His art was good but not distinctive enough. Nor does it really fit in well with The Prisoner. Please, Titan Comics, if you do another Prisoner mini, and I think you should, select Mike Allred for not just first issue variant cover detail. Have him and his amazing wife work up the entire thing from a visual perspective!

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.

The Prisoner #2 (2018)

Agent Breen learns that he's not the only member of MI5 on the island. But can he manage to free the rest of his compatriots while staying clear of the ever dangerous Rover?

Just as I predicted, the story, officially titled 'The Uncertainty Machine', is getting really good. That first issue had to introduce the new characters. So it wasn't full of that pulse pounding excitement one got from watching the original Prisoner TV show. I knew the excitement was coming! I am glad I stuck it out.

And that cliffhanger. Holy Cow! Excellent job Peter Milligan, I did not see that one coming!

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 10 out of 10 stars.

The Prisoner #1 (2018)

Justice League Dark’s Peter Milligan explores the mysterious Village just in time for the 50th anniversary of the cult classic British TV series. The forces behind the Village have kidnapped an operative of MI5 in order to extract information. Knowing their sinister plans, Agent Breen is secretly ordered to go rogue in hopes to be captured as well.

Once in the Village, Breen is to learn more about the operations of the Village and save the missing agent. The assignment seems very cut and dry. But what Agent Breen doesn't expect is that he too will be subjected to the same mind-probing techniques perfected by the Village overlords.

Welcome to the Village, Number Six!

For a first issue, this wasn't bad. Milligan did his research for this. The absence of the late, great Patrick McGoohan was deeply felt. But that's nothing you can blame Milligan for.

I've been looking forward to this book for quite a while. I'm a huge fan of the franchise. I got every issue new but I hated having to wait a month for a new chapter!

The art by Colin Lorimer is pretty good. But I had trouble figuring out who was who. Some of the characters are very generic looking. But some fault might be placed on poor introduction of the players by the author. Or it falls on the artist. Not quite sure...

I loved the Mike Allred cover. I just had to get it! I kinda wish he did the interior art and even the plotting. This series is right in his field house.

A good start to the series. I'm expecting that the best is yet to come!

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.

Flashpoint: Secret Seven #2

   Shade, the Changing Man recruits another wayward member of the Secret Seven. This time, it's Amethyst, hero of the Gemworld, that has been magically summoned. Only now she's a 12-year old girl trapped in a 20-something's body and she's wary of the good intentions of Shade. She's even more distrustful of Shade's new mistress, the formerly evil (or so she says) Enchantress!

    Meanwhile, another former member of the Secret Seven has decided to expose the rest of the team to the world. Only, there's one little problem- the magician calling for a press conference, Abra Kadabra, has never been a member of the Secret Seven before. What sinister plan does he have up his sleeve and how do sorceresses Zatanna and Raven fit into this all-encompassing mystery?

   I'm still not 100% sold on this Flashpoint tie-in. This issue was way better than the premier issue. But things are so convoluted with mystery and with new players being added to the mix at a frantic pace, that I'm not convinced that series creator Peter Milligan (2000 A.D.) can wrap this up in the 20 or so pages of issue #3. 

    I love the artwork in this series, however. It's by one of my all-time favs, George Perez (Wonder Woman). The drawings are clean, it's classic and every panel adds that touch of whimsy that all of DC's magic related titles should have.
  
   Worth Consuming

   Rating: 7 out of 10 stars.