X-Men: First Class. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1987 comic book, X-Men
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X-Men
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, 1987
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Matthew Vaughn, 2011

In 1944, in a Nazi death camp, Nazi officer Klaus Schmidt witnesses young prisoner Erik Lehnsherr bending a metal gate with his mind when he is separated from his parents. In Las Vegas, CIA officer Moira MacTaggert follows U.S. Army Colonel Hendry into the Hellfire Club, where she sees Schmidt with mutant telepath Emma Frost, teleporter Azazel, and cyclone-producing Riptide.


Kingsman: The Secret Service. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2012 comic book
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Kingsman: The Secret Service
Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons, 2012
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Matthew Vaughn, 2014

During a mission in the Middle East in 1997, probationary secret agent Lee Unwin sacrifices himself to protect his superior, Harry Hart. Hart, code name Galahad, explains there is a position available, as agent Lancelot was killed by the assassin Gazelle while trying to rescue university professor James Arnold from kidnappers.


Kick-Ass. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2008 comic book
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Kick-Ass
Mark Millar, John Romita Jr., 2008
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Matthew Vaughn, 2010

Dave Lizewski is an ordinary teenager who lives in Staten Island, New York. As a result, his longtime crush, Katie Deauxma, immediately attempts to become his friend.


Stardust. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1997 book
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Stardust
Neil Gaiman, 1997
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Matthew Vaughn, 2007

The English village of Wall lies near a stone wall that borders the magical kingdom of Stormhold. Dunstan Thorne tricks the guard and crosses over the wall to a marketplace. Eighteen years later, the dying King of Stormhold throws a ruby into the sky, decreeing that his successor will be the first of his fratricidal sons to recover it.


Layer Cake. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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Layer Cake
J.J. Connolly, 2000
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Matthew Vaughn, 2004

A London cocaine distributor operates with the care and professionalism of a legitimate businessman. His chief associates are Morty and Gene, his liaisons to mob boss Jimmy Price. Just as he is ready to retire from criminal life, Jimmy demands of him two tasks. The first is to track down Charlie, an associate’s drug-addicted runaway daughter. The second is to oversee the purchase of one million ecstasy tablets from low-level gangster ‘the Duke’.


Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2012 comic book, Kingsman: The Secret Service
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Kingsman: The Secret Service
Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons, 2012
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Matthew Vaughn, 2017

A year after defeating Richmond Valentine, Gary Eggsy Unwin has officially joined Kingsman, having taken his late mentor Harry Hart’s title of Galahad as well as Harry’s old house, and is dating Tilde, Crown Princess of Sweden, whom he saved from Valentine. With the information thereby gained, Poppy Adams, the leader of the world’s largest drug cartel, the Golden Circle, launches missiles that destroy Kingsman headquarters and kill all the agents in Britain.


Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Tim Waggoner, 2017
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Matthew Vaughn, 2017

A year after defeating Richmond Valentine, Gary Eggsy Unwin has officially joined Kingsman, having taken his late mentor Harry Hart’s title of Galahad as well as Harry’s old house, and is dating Tilde, Crown Princess of Sweden, whom he saved from Valentine. With the information thereby gained, Poppy Adams, the leader of the world’s largest drug cartel, the Golden Circle, launches missiles that destroy Kingsman headquarters and kill all the agents in Britain.


The King's Man. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2012 comic book, Kingsman: The Secret Service
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Kingsman: The Secret Service
Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons, 2012
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Matthew Vaughn, 2021

As a collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man and his protégé must race against time to stop them. This is the third installment in the Kingsman film series, which serves as a prequel to 2014’s Kingsman: The Secret Service and 2017’s Kingsman: The Golden Circle.


Argylle. Poster of the 2024 movie and cover of the 2022 book
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Argylle
Ellie Conway, 2022
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Matthew Vaughn, 2024

A world-class spy suffering from amnesia is tricked into believing he is a best-selling spy novelist. After his memories and lethal skills return, he goes down a path of revenge against the shadowy organization he used to work for, the Division.