Line #24 ComicBook/TheSecretService


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2	[[caption-width-right:262:From the writer of Comicbook/KickAss and the artist of ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}...who didn't draw this cover.]]
3	A 2012-2013 six issue mini series written by Creator/MarkMillar with art by Dave Gibbons. The story follows Gary, a teenager from East London who is living with his mother and her abusive boyfriend Darren, whilst spending his nights committing petty crimes. That is until his uncle Jack reveals to him that he is a secret agent and wants Gary to train to join the service. What follows is a ''Film/JamesBond''-[[TuxedoAndMartini style spy thriller]] with crazy gadgets, mad scientists and world ending plots.
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5	Has been loosely adapted into a movie by the title of ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'' directed by Matthew Vaughn and starring Taron Egerton and Creator/ColinFirth released in February 2015. After the release and success of the film, all subsequent collections and reference to the comic renamed it to ''Kingsman'', a term that does not show up anywhere in the book.
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8	!!Secret Service contains examples of:
9	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Averted; the other students seem to like Gary well enough, but are worried he's not good enough to become an agent. It is, however, implied that the students we see are the nice ones so this may be happening to some degree.
10	* BeginnersLuck: Gary's results at the academy are extremely high and whilst life on the streets may account for his observation skills, it still doesn't account for his skill with weaponry.
11	* BigBad: James Arnold.
12	* BrilliantButLazy: Jake believes this of Gary, but later feels that he just hasn't had the opportunity to make something of himself.
13	* TheCameo: Creator/MarkHamill appears at the beginning as a kidnap victim.
14	* CelebrityCasualty: [[spoiler:Mark Hamill dies when the rescuing agent's parachute doesn't deploy correctly.]]
15	* CharacterDevelopment: The series shows Gary's transition from a random street punk to a world class spy.
16	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first time we meet Gary he is expressing concern for his mother, wanting to watch a film legally instead of seeing a friend's pirate copy and trying to keep his stepfather from using his brother to roll his weed showing he is not entirely the stereotype he seems.
17	* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Jack points Gary to a wall of newspapers, citing how each one is from a day where he helped save at least England, if not the world. When a confused Gary says he just sees stories on celebrity scandals or random items, Jack says that's the point, that what they do is never known by the public.
18	** The final scene has Gary continuing the tradition putting up a front page that has no record of his saving the day.
19	* HiddenHeartOfGold: Whilst Gary does show some concern for the problems of his family no one would expect his heroism in the end.
20	* HyperAwareness: One of Gary's key skills.
21	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: After Gary sees that his mother's been beaten yet again, he tracks his stepfather down to a pub, uses a device to immobilize his stepfather and his stepfather's friends before beating them all into a pulp.
22	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: James Arnold gives horribly offensive nicknames for his disabled henchmen. For example his [[TheDragon Dragon]] with leg prosthesis is nicknamed Gazelle.
23	* ShoutOut: The list of deceased spies mentioned by Mr. Graves includes Simon Templar (''Series/TheSaint''); John Drake (''Series/DangerMan''); John Steed (''Series/TheAvengers1960s'') and Nick Gambit (''Series/TheNewAvengers'').
24	* SmokingIsCool: Jack teaches Gary to smoke with style.
25	* TakeThat: Gazelle mentions that of the celebrities they've kidnapped, Creator/WilliamShatner is the only one who seemed fine with Arnold's plan to wipe out most of humanity, but spare them.

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