The Illegitimates #1
Written by Mark Andreyko and Taran Killam
Penciled by Kevin Sharpe
Inked by Diana Greenhalgh
IDW Publishing
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Cover Price: $3.99
Created by Saturday Night Live star Taran Killam, who co-wrote this first issue with Mark Andreyko, The Illegitimates is an interesting premise in need of a better story and artist.
It’s somewhat similar to the current Velvet series, in that both are concepts spun out of a James Bond-ish world. With Velvet, the concept is “What if Moneypenny were the most dangerous one of them all?”, while The Illegitimates posits that a Bond-like spy, a badass who bedded countless women, inevitably spawned some little badasses along the way.
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