The Secret Service

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"The Secret Service" is a 2012 spy comic book series created by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons that follows a young man recruited into a covert British intelligence agency, serving as the basis for the film "Kingsman: The Secret Service."

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instanceOf comic book series
spy comic
adaptationType feature film
adaptedAs Kingsman: The Secret Service
artist Dave Gibbons
artStyle traditional comic art
basedOn original story by Mark Millar
belongsTo Millarworld titles
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Dave Gibbons
Mark Millar
filmAdaptationDirector Matthew Vaughn
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2014
filmAdaptationScreenwriter Jane Goldman
Matthew Vaughn
format limited series
genre action
adventure
comedy
spy fiction
hasProtagonistBackground working-class youth recruited as spy
hasTheme class differences
coming of age
espionage
mentorship
imprintOfPublisher Marvel Comics
inspirationFor Kingsman: The Secret Service
language English
mainCharacter Gary "Eggsy" Unwin
Jack London
medium print
narrativeFocus recruitment into a covert British intelligence agency
notableFor serving as basis for Kingsman film series
numberOfIssues 6
partOfFranchise Kingsman
surface form: Kingsman franchise
publicationEndYear 2013
publicationEra 2010s comics
publicationStartYear 2012
publisher Marvel Comics
surface form: Icon Comics
setting London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
targetAudience adult readers
writer Mark Millar

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Kingsman: The Golden Circle basedOn The Secret Service
Kingsman: The Secret Service basedOn The Secret Service
Kingsman featuredInWork The Secret Service
this entity surface form: The Secret Service (comic)