Crossover Canon! Geek Trivia!

[eldritchhobbit]

There are times I am especially grateful that I'm a geek, and now is one of those times.

I just had a "Eureka!" moment. In the third chapter of the authorized sequel to The Prisoner, the graphic novel Shattered Visage, there is a funeral. And among the mourners, clear as day, are...

... Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Comments

[eldritchhobbit]

Thanks for the congrats! One can never have too much geekness, I think. ;)

I see what you mean about the dismal reviews, but I actually liked this. First, it puts the final episodes like "Once Upon A Time" and "Fall Out" into a larger context, giving what I think is a fairly compelling reading of them, and making them fit nicely with the previous episodes and this sequel. Second, the story has all kinds of inside gifts to readers in the know. (The woman who finds Number Six is named Drake, for example, and claims she worked at a travel agency, both send-ups of Danger Man/Secret Agent.) Third, there's some really haunting art depicting an aging Number Six locked in mortal combat with Number Two in the decaying ruins of the Village. The pictures have stuck with me. And last, I think the ending is very poignant. It's not a straighforward or even easy to follow tale, and it's rather bleak at times, but I felt satisfied that they'd given a good faith effort to hold to the spirit of the series and presented a plausible second act for its story. Perhaps I went into it with low expectations, but I am definitely glad I bought and read it.