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 #3 (2018)

If at first you do not succeed from escaping the Village; try, try again!

Agent Breen's latest escape attempt results in his being confined to the Village's mental institution and the uncovering of yet another dark secret.

Finally some familiar faces pop up in this 50th anniversary miniseries devoted to the British TV cult classic. Unfortunately, it's not who you'd want. But it's still a great homage and continuation of the late  Patrick McGoohan's beloved series.

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.

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.