Queen and Country

Queen and Country 5-32

Queen and Country: Declassified v2 1-3

Queen and Country: Declassified v3 1-3

I binged the crap out of this.  41 issues of Queen and Country in three days.  This was just so good, I kept wanting to read the next arc.  I was about to say that this is the best thing Greg Rucka’s written by far, but then I remembered Gotham Central.  This is almost as good.  

Yet considering how addictive this comic is, I’m surprisingly cold to the thought of reading the three Q&C novels that fit right into the continuity.  (I’ve read the first one, and remember liking it.)  I’m going to read it, but parallel to this project, not as part of it.  

There are a number of excellent artists on this comic, early on in their careers.  Leandro Fernandez and Chris Samnee both have arcs here.  (Samnee looking nothing like his current, well-known style.)

I’m sad this ended, I would have liked to read more.  I’ll see if the novels are as good.

I like the posing of Kate reaching over her desk.  Feels real.

The sad cycle.

Katchoo in Strangers in Paradise does the same painting with her hand.

Paul Crocker is basically a Warren Ellis character.

Chilling.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: Yes

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Varies between Pretty good and Really good

Queen and Country

That’s it for Vertigo Box 4!

Box summary

Time spent reading: 23 hours, 45 minutes

Issues read: 198

Issues cut: 7

Highlights (Good or better): Daytripper, Hellblazer 41-46 (Dangerous Habits), Vertigo Jam 1, Human Target v1, Human Target: Final Cut, Human Target v2 1-6, 10, Sandman Mystery Theatre 1-4, 17-20, 29-32, 41-56, 61-64, 69-70, Sandman Midnight Theatre, Unknown Soldier

Project Summary:

Time spent reading: 46 days, 19 hours, 57 minutes

Issues read: 9836

Issues cut: 1094

Queen and Country 1-4

Greg Rucka is very good at this secret agent stuff.  Tara Chace is basically Jessica Jones;  Someone who’s good at what they do, but a total wreck at home, drowning her troubles in alcohol.  This first story is completely arresting and speeds along.  If only the art by Steve Rolston was better.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: Yes

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Good

Queen and Country: Declassified v1 1-3

A flashback series to when Paul Crocker was still an active agent.  This one’s a failed mission where the defector he’s tasked with helping gets shot at the border.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: Yes

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Pretty good