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"Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons have revealed some details about The Secret Service. The creator-owned title will tell a story revolving around military intelligence and superheroes. Director Matthew Vaughn has also been involved in the development of the series. &amp;quot;The Secret Service started as two different projects,&amp;quot; Millar told CLiNT magazine. &amp;quot;I had an idea that was mainly set in the US and [Vaughn] had an idea for a similar thing that was mainly set in the UK.  &amp;quot;I can&amp;#039;t give too much anyway without blowing the story, but we essentially fused both characters together and so the Batman and Robin or whatever you want to call these guys really are a genuine co-creation between me, Dave and Matthew. He had some sequences in mind and I had these crazy plot ideas I&amp;#039;d been mulling over for a year or two and we just hammered it out in the pub, really. It evolved naturally.&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;...I think the title lets you know that it&amp;#039;s got something to do with the Government and something to do with the military intelligence wing of the Government. It&amp;#039;s not a spy story as such. That would be WAY too straight for a couple of guys who made their names in superhero comics. &amp;quot;As much as we love the genre, a simple James Bond or Jason Bourne rip-off wouldn&amp;#039;t be especially interesting as a comic book. We&amp;#039;ve been influenced by that stuff, of course, but this also owes a lot to things like Watchmen and The Ultimates. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a hero book and there&amp;#039;s a sidekick and there&amp;#039;s vast headquarters and a secret origin and all the stuff you&amp;#039;d expect to see in a superhero book. But we really, really play around with a lot of conventions here. I think Matthew was on the money when he said in an online interview that it touches on a lot of the things we did in Kick-Ass. It&amp;#039;s more ambitious than Kick-Ass. Millar said that the series deals with the &amp;quot;ramifications&amp;quot; of the US trying to find its place on the world stage following the September 11 attacks. The writer considered working with Gibbons on Superior, but decided it was too &amp;quot;charming&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;safe&amp;quot; for the artist. Vaughn adapted Millar&amp;#039;s Kick-Ass and is working on Secret Service and Superior movies. The Secret Service will debut in February through Icon. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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