Queen & Country Declassified

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Summary: My Favorite Queen and Country TPB yet.
Review: After hearing about how great Queen and Country is for so long I eventually bought Broken Ground and thought it was okay. I bought Morningstar and started to warm up to it. I bought Declassified and I loved it. The story has all the right mixes of emotion, politics and action that one would expect from a good spy story. In addition the art is wonderful, plus it has covers by Scott Morse.

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Summary: Echoes of Le Carre
Review: Queen & Country: Declassified harkens back to a simpler age. There were proper villians with uniforms and armies, and a wall to seperate our world from theirs. This story pays homage to the great titans of the realist spy fiction genre: John Le Carre, Len Deighton and the like. Rucka's writing reaches and surpasses the high mark set by the regular Queen & Country series. The tension of the chase scenes is masterfully constructed. Brian Hurtt's artwork in this collection is less heavily inked than in his contribution to the regular series, "Operation: Morningstar", and this creates cleaner lines and better showcases his artistic detail. An exciting, emotional story that hits all the right notes, this collection is a must-have for spy fiction fans of any medium.