So is it a bit shit in 2018?
read on to find out
http://cool-stuff-you-will-like.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/mach-1-john-probe-mission-files-book.html
I loved MACH 1 when I was a kid. I'm glad that this exists.
Greysuit was promised as a 'modern MACH1', and failed to deliver IMO. I was so disappointed. Somebody give John Probe another chance!
Greysuit was billed as a more realistic version of MACH-1, i.e. what would really happen if a super-hyper-powered person punched someone in the face, and how such an agent might actually be created and used. Unfortunately it quickly degenerated from David-Bourne-punching-people's-jaws-right-off to Carry On Spying, with a dash of the old Jimmy Savile for good luck. I ended up quite enjoying the cheerful insanity of the concluding chapters, but they were so far removed from what I had understood the original premise to be that it may as well been a different strip by then. Dear old Smithereens me arse.
So yeah, bring back MACH-1. Or better yet, Manix! One of the better uses of the Eagle photostory format, IMHO.
Good review, BCB, cheers!