Coinciding with the upcoming film, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, creators of the comic the original was based on, Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons, are also planning a sequel. “Kingsman: The Red Diamond” will be a six-issue series scheduled to start on September 6. For this iteration, Millar and Gibbons are passing off the creative duties to current “Suicide Squad” writer Rob Williams, and his frequent partner Simon Frasier. Williams commented on the transition, “I very much like the fact that it was a clash of worlds between the debonair spy life and working class streets of London where Eggsy comes from. That was something Mark was very keen that we convey and stay true to in the sequel. You can have a lot of fun with it on top of that.” The series will also be moving from Marvel’s Icon imprint to Image Comics.
“Kingsman: The Red Diamond” takes place after the events of the first series, but will also explore main character Eggsy’s past. Williams said of the story, “It’s a case of Eggsy not just having to save the day and save the world, he’s got to find out who he is, really. I think he’s adrift at the start of this story, and he has to find himself again.” The first comic series was developed with the film’s director Matthew Vaughn, but it sounds like this new iteration will be completely separate from the story in Kingsman: The Golden Circle.
