![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bodies pile up, and a spy who has been retired to a desk job for years becomes suspicious, and is soon framed for the whole mess. Again spy thriller fans are going to argue that point I am sure. But the other titles are outstanding, with Velvet merely solid reading. That is not to say this is a bad read, far from it. It is less noir than say Fade Out, Criminal or Fatale, all by Brubaker, and maybe because it is less in his powerhouse, the weakest of the four series. He excels in the noir, and Velvet stays at least on the edge of noir. Velvet is written by Ed Brubaker, who doesn’t pen anything bad, at least in the sampling I’ve read. Velvet is very much in the realm of spies, where everything is in a shadow, if not an outright lie.Īnother reference point would be the current Legends TV series starring Sean Bean from TNT (which is great TV by-the-way). So to start if you are a fan of Robert Ludlum’s Bourne books I suggest you stop reading this review right now, and just get in your car and head to the comic shop, or pop to an online source, and buy this book. The TPB includes the first five issues of the series, and is the most likely entry point for new readers. I am however choosing to write the review as if it was the collected TPB Before the Living End. ![]() I actually just got into Velvet when I was afforded the chance to read the first 10 issues for review. ![]()
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