The Leading Man (comics)

The Leading Man is a 5-issue limited graphic novel created by B. Clay Moore and Jeremy Haun for Oni Press in 2006 and later compiled in one volume in 2007.

Nick Walker, a successful Hollywood movie actor is also a superspy working for The Agency, a secret security organization, as a double agent.

With the help of Conrad and Sarah, they planned how to rescue Nick after being prisoned by Code Black squad.

Sarah Diamond: Walker's personal stylist and her best friend, she's one of the few characters who knows about Nick's double life as a secret agent and helps him along with Travis.

A blonde short hair young girl with a sadistic manner who's the favourite of the group of Code Black assassins in training.

Static Multimedia wrote: "The Leading Man is a good solid piece of work by both writer and artist with promise for the future.

"[2] Static Frontier wrote: "It's a perfectly packaged concept for a comic, and one of writer B. Clay Moore's trademark moves is taking pop culture icons and concepts and tweaking them beyond our expectations, then adding a healthy dose of dry or surreal humor to make it all click.

"[4] In 2011, Universal Pictures bought the rights to adapt the series into a live action film, and later confirmed that Justin Lin would direct.