gailsimone

Anonymous asked:

Hi, I’ve been a follower of yours for a while but all of your Secret Six posts lately made me want to check it out. Which issues/volumes did you work on? The internet doesn’t always give clear answers so I thought it’d be best to go straight to the source. Also I love your work! Hope you get to write BoP again soon!

gailsimone answered:

Oh, man, I am bad at this. I started with the Villains United mini. Then there was a second with the same title, then two series with the title Secret Six. And a Villains United special.

I THINK that’s everything?

Secret Six has an odd comics journey. My own collection is shaped like this:

Villains United 1-6
Villains United Special (a one-shot)
Secret Six (mini-series) 1-6
Birds or Prey 104-109
Secret Six (ongoing series) 1-16
Suicide Squad 67 (part of the Danse Macabre crossover)
Secret Six (ongoing series) 17-28
Action Comics 896 (crossover)
Secret Six 29
Doom Patrol 19
Secret Six 30-36

There are trade paperbacks that collect all of this material. If you go to mycomicship.com and search “Secret Six”, it’ll bring up everything you need for relatively reasonable prices.

DC then later rebooted the Secret Six during a their New 52 event. It was still written by Gail Simone and ran for 14 issues, but largely features a different cast. It still has similar themes, that of surrogate families, acceptance, and very conflicted lead characters.

wilwheaton

urmotheratemydog:

“The “1998 incident” is a nod to ‘The Faculty’ - a movie in which all five archetypes were present, yet there were no fatalities. This was a result of the chemical department’s oversight of the scholar (Josh Hartnett’s) home-made narcotic amphetamines which were used to kill the monster (alien), leaving all archetypes alive and well.” (x)

The Faculty (1998) / The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

Holy shit, two of my (very rare for me) favorite horror films! Neat.