Preamble Winter Soldier: The Complete Collection by Ed Brubaker allows Bucky Barnes to be at his best; underground and deadly. Brubaker provides readers a romantic dynamic for Barnes that they may not have considered. And readers will be delighted with this action adventure set in a superhero world. Situation Report Bucky Barnes has […]
Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1 (Comic Files)
Preamble Man, it has been nothing but tense lately. We found out some shocking secrets about Nick Fury in Original Sin. And I cannot even discuss the distrubing turns on Tuesday nights that we were hit with (because it is possible that some agents do not know yet about that thing with that person). So […]
Marvel Team-Up #83 (Comic Files)
Preamble In the midst of my recent move I downsized a lot of books. So one day I went to a used bookstore with five very full boxes of books. I sent a picture as I went in to Agent Ben of all my boxes. When I came out I sent him the picture of […]
Secret Warriors: Wheels Within Wheels (Comic Files)
Preamble Jonathan Hickman’s and Alessandro Vitti’s Secret Warriors: Wheels Within Wheels brings this series to an end. The series has been S.H.I.E.L.D. fantasticness, despite the fact that Fury has at times been an agent of nothing. Would Hickman give his readers a satisfying end to this saga? Situation Report The volume opens in 1961 […]
Secret Warriors: Last Ride of the Howling Commandos (Comic Files)
Preamble Secret Warriors: Wake the Beast left us with three massive questions. So when Secret Warriors: Last Ride of the Howling Commandos opens with H.A.M.M.E.R. attacking Asgard you can color me confused! What happened to our Hydra, Leviathan, Secret Warriors war friends? What is happening? At least the name Howling Commandos is floating around. That […]
Secret Warriors: Wake the Beast (Comic Files)
Preamble Secret Warriors: Wake the Beast chronicles the open phases of a war! Two super villain organizations prepare their forces for the ultimate evil conflict. And since Nick Fury has been a traditional enemy of each and sees himself as a guardian of peace, he cannot sit on the sidelines. To meet the challenge, the Secret […]
Secret War (Comic Files)
Preamble No, it’s not Secret Wars! And it is not even Secret Wars 2! Secret War is a Nick Fury driven story that could be ripped from today’s headlines, if it was not for the super villains and heroes that decorate this story. But with an introduction written by an unnamed member of the intelligence […]
Captain America: Winter Soldier (Comic Files)
Preamble Ed Brubaker’s Captain America: Winter Soldier hit my reading wish list for one simple reason, I love the trailer for the spring 2014 movie of the same name. I am excited about this Marvel Cinematic Universe feature and really wanted to dig into one of the story sources of this hopefully epic movie. Situation Report […]
Secret Warriors: Nick Fury Agent of Nothing (Comic Files)
Preamble In the wake of Secret Invasion in 2009, Nick Fury was yet again separated from S.H.I.E.L.D.. The superspy was labeled an outlaw and villain Norman Osborn took over Fury’s toys now labeled H.A.M.M.E.R. a more aggressive pose for sure. But despite being “Nick Fury: Agent of Nothing”, Fury still has plenty of time to […]
Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. (Comic Files)
Preamble I have heard it said that Nick Fury is the James Bond of the Marvel Universe. He is the super spy amongst super heroes. If any storyline proves this statement its 1988’s Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D., which easily could be rewritten for the English super spy. It is a tale of deceit, betrayal, and […]