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Secret Six Paperback – Import, April 27, 2007

by Gail Simone (Author), Brad Walker (Illustrator), Jimmy Palmiotti (Illustrator)

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During 'Infinite Crisis', Lex Luthor organised the world's criminals as the unstoppable 'Society'. A group of rag-tag dissenters, including Ragdoll, Scandal, Parademon, Deadshot and Catman choose to form their own alliance and now they're on the run!

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Titan Books Ltd (April 27, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1845764897
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1845764890
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.8 ounces

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Gail Simone is an American writer of comic books. Best known for penning DC's Birds of Prey, her other notable works include Secret Six, Welcome to Tranquility, The All-New Atom, Deadpool, and Wonder Woman. In 2011, she became the writer for Batgirl. Though fired from Batgirl in December 2012 by the title's incoming editor, Brian Cunningham, she was rehired on December 21 after DC received backlash from fans. She became the writer for a new Red Sonja series in 2013 with Dynamite Entertainment.

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Devin

Great read

Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2022

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Funny, clever, and an enjoyable read.

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2009

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I have been picking up the monthly 'Secret Six' books and wanted to see where it all began so I grabbed this trade. I liked it...but I can see Gail's writing is more powerful in the newer books. Her character dynamics are amazing....I could care less about the action as long as the team is talking to each other!

Get this book just to see how 'mad' the Mad Hatter really is. Crazy!

Great intro into an amazing group of villains.

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2007

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Did you ever read Secret Society of Super Villians? Or Suicide Squad? Or Serpent Society (guest story line in 1980's Capt America?

If you enjoyed those comics, but thought they could be better then this comic is for you. It is everything those comics were and more. I'm just sorry there aren't more Secret Six graphic novels available.

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Lauralot

Six Degrees of Awesome Comic

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2012

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Apart from being an awesome story, this book arrived exactly as described and in the time frame that I expected.

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Dave Deubler

Bad guys in an excellent story, let down a bit by the art

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2010

An unknown mastermind has coordinated attacks against members of the Secret Six. Is it the ruthless Cheshire, or the vicious Dr. Psycho? As introduced in "Villains United" the Six are a band of dangerous criminals who refused to knuckle under to Lex Luthor's Secret Society. But just because they're fighting against the bad guys doesn't make them good. Or does it? Just how morally irredeemable are they? They range from Catman who almost sees himself as one of the good guys (he isn't) to Deadshot, who sees himself as a soulless mercenary (he isn't) to the totally twisted Ragdoll, who often doesn't seem to even understand what's going on (but he does - usually). The main conflict is between the immortal caveman Vandal Savage (his name says it all) and his daughter Scandal, but the many treacheries make this story far more entertaining than standard super-hero fare. Maybe not as funny as some others from this franchise. Walker's art is decent, but not as good as that in "United", and certainly not as good as the Nicola Scott art we've become used to in the current "Secret Six" title.

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Kurt Conner

I love Simone's villains

Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2010

In this collection, the Secret Six try to recover from the betrayals and losses they suffered during the Villains United story. They also pick up a new teammate here and there, and Simone makes it all work. I loathe the character of the Mad Hatter, but she makes me sympathize with him, especially by having him pick on someone his own size during a battle with Dr. Psycho. This collection also explores some of the hilariously unapologetic moral depravity of Ragdoll, who has become my favorite DC character. There is something of a plot holding this collection together, but it involves the ridiculously-named and poorly-realized Vandal Savage, so I choose to ignore that as much as possible when thinking about the book. The appeal here is in the characters, who have fascinating motivations and quirks and absolutely no interest in being heroes. It's kind of a refreshing and funny darkness that makes the book well worth a read.

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Brian

Villians United is better, but this is still a must read

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2007

After reading Villians United, I couldn't wait to pick up this trade to see what had happened next to the Secret Six. Did "Six Degrees of Devastation" hold up to my expectations? Yes and No

First off, props to Gail Simone for writing another fantastic story. My only gripe is that the story is not as funny as the last, but that doesn't mean there aren't some hilarious scenes. (The Mad Hatter has now become one of my favorite characters, if you read this then you know what I am talking about.)

Even though the story is up to par, the art drops the ball. It's pretty muddy for the most part but does improve as the series goes on. It's a shame that there are beautiful covers but the art itself is just average.

Therefore, I gave it 4 stars due to the art. Sad that there aren't any future stories for these characters at the moment because the ending will have you wanting more. (Except, I am tired of midgits seeking revenge against the Secret Six.)

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Villains Can Be Fun!

Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2008

This is a good book, really. What happens when six villans live in a house, and have to start being real? Well, lots of people get shot/stabbed, for one.

After the events of the various Crises in the DC Universe, several villans team-up mostly for personal gain, but also to avoid other villans who were none too happy that they didn't join the Society of Super Villans. But mostly, they do it for the money.

Here, the main storyline is Scandal vs. her father, Vandal Savage, and all the wackiness that ensues. I can't get into too much detail because it's all spoilers.

I will say that I grew to care about the characters, but Gail Simone has a knack of doing that with the characters she writes, so that is not suprising. Heck, she even made Mad Hatter 3-dimesional! What is suprising is that Catman is able to go head-to-head with Cheshire, but I chalk that up to Cheshire going easy on him, there's no way he should be able to hang.

And my last words on this are based on the end of the book: Ragdoll's a douche.

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M. Racicot

Get this.

Reviewed in Canada on January 17, 2010

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Steps to follow :

1. Like I said, get this. But before that, get this : Villains United ;

2. Then read this;

3. Then get this : Secret Six: Unhinged ;

4. Then pre-order that : Secret Six: Depths (EDIT : Now released)

5. Wait patiently for your next fix. (EDIT : Secret Six Vol. 3: Danse Macabre is out, so is Secret Six: Cats in the Cradle and Secret Six: The Reptile Brain )

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T. Alexander

Family trouble for the Secret Six

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 8, 2008

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The Secret Six are a ragtag group of amoral mercenaries originally founded during the Countdown to Infinite Crisis to be a thorn in the side of the Secret Society of Super-Villains. This story sees the group made up of Catman, Scandal Savage, Knockout, Ragdoll, Deadshot and new member Mad Hatter attacked on from all sides they must fight for their lives discover who wants them dead.

I did enjoy Villains United from the Countdown to Infinite Crisis and if anything this story is even better than that book. The art is great, the plot is well written being both funny and violent in places, and the characters are all very well realised. The big surprise for me in this book was how much I liked Mad Hatter, I have never thought much of him previously but here he is both funny and effective, and I did feel somewhat sorry for him toward the end of the book. Anyone who enjoyed Villains United should love this book and even if you didn't this would still be worth a read.

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Conor Hayes

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2017

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It's ok I didn't find the characters particularly interesting except for ragdoll.

Edward G. Collett

Best DC characters right now.

Reviewed in Canada on August 3, 2010

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I like this series because it takes relative no-name characters & makes interesting stories with them. They are all villians from yester-year, & they aren't out necessarily to do good, just to live their lives.
It's nice seeing the life of characters that I feel never would get the chance to show their humanized sides, also nice to see them kicking butt( not just getting their butt's kicked by Batman).
Great charactirizations, solid artwork, a good read over all.

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