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Queen & Country Queen & Country Queen & Country is an American comic book published by Oni Press and written by Greg Rucka with various artists illustrating. It was inspired by the British ITV television series "The Sandbaggers" (1978–1980), which was created and primarily written by Ian Mackintosh. Mackintosh is heavily praised in an essay by Rucka in Issue #1 of "Queen & Country". The first series began in March 2001 and ran for 32 issues, finishing in August 2007. Three "Queen & Country: Declassified" spin-off mini-series have also been published, the first two written by Rucka and the third by Antony Johnston