Queen & Country

A taut espionage series from Semic S.A., Queen & Country launched in 2004 as a single-issue comic that distilled the gritty, tradecraft-heavy world of British intelligence. The series is most closely associated with writer Greg Rucka, whose background in spy fiction and military realism gave the narrative a grounded, procedural feel. Though brief, this issue established the tone for a franchise that would later expand across multiple publishers, earning a reputation for its unglamorous, character-driven take on the secret agent genre.