Preamble
Nick Fury continues his chase for the Watcher’s murderer, which started in Original Sin #1. And the clues are going to take him to some strange places. And as the cover screams we all wonder, who holds the eye?
Situation Report
Ant-Man, Black Panther and Emma Frost explore a monster graveyard in the middle of the Earth. While Dr. Strange and the Punisher look for some clues way way way out of town. In New York, Captain America and Nick Fury chase another Mindless One which leads them to a penthouse infested with a pack of these tortured creatures. The whole operation seems to be led by a hooded figure holding the eye of Uatu. The villain stares into the eye hoping that it will open its secrets to him. As Fury’s colleagues encircle the villains it is revealed who holds the eye.
Level Seven Analysis
Here is what I learned. Nick Fury’s current flying car is Bette. Bette was always his favorite! I felt like he was seriously channeling Agent Coulson in his feelings about his flying wheels. But otherwise Fury is Fury with his determination and his quick decision-making.
Why the eye? Because the eye has seen everything. The eye is full of secrets. And that is what the villain wants to know, what sins has the eye seen? Sadly for the bad guys the eye is not easily giving up it’s secrets to anyone.
There was a lot of action in this story. There was punching and hitting and explosions. It felt more like a battle to me than a detective story. Maybe Fury could channel Batman! I thought that detective piece would give us another side of Nick Fury. Instead we are getting what he does best, bringing the heat!
It seems Tony Stark does not need pants to track a killer!
This issue has fewer pages and the price went down a buck. I can live with that choice. $5 an issue was going to be something that could have led me to abandon this series. When you use the included digital code you get with the digital issue a Ales Kot Secret Avengers story, “Original Sin: Secret Avengers” which details the ramifications of Fury Jr.'s first mission failure. The story includes Coulson and a flying car, so there is something for every Agents fan in this digital edition.
Conclusion
Hitty hitty hitty, it is the opposite of talky talky talky. I feel like there was a lot of fighting. And the issue just did not hit my personal preferred balance of action and story development. At least Jason Aaron did reveal who holds the eye. But as issue 2 of Original Sin ended, I don’t know if I felt any closer to finding the Watcher’s killer.
S.H.I.E.L.D. Roster
Agent Fury, Agent Romanoff/Black Widow, Bruce Banner/Hulk
S.H.I.E.L.D. Associates
Logan/Wolverine, Steve Rodgers/Captain America, Thor Odinson/Thor, Scott Lang/Ant-Man, T’Challa/Black Panther, Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange, Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Sam Alexander/Nova, Luke Cage, Kitty Pryde, Sam Wilson/The Falcon, Emma Frost, Tony Stark/Iron Man, Bobby Drake/Ice-Man, Ororo Munroe/Storm, Frank Castle/The Punisher
I’m really enjoying this series so far although I agree this particular issue is a bit punchy. The free infinite comic is definitely there for the Fury fans being brought back in by his appearance in the main story.
I just want to say the tie in story in Avengers #29 is really enjoyable with a whole history of the Illuminati and a great reveal of a Sin I’m sure they wanted to forget. That issue is the kind of stuff I want from the main series. Big character reveals of secrets they wish would stay hidden.
Here’s hoping for more in the future.
Derek
You’re making me sad that I chose to avoid the tie-in titles.
Maybe I made the wrong choice!
This is my first comic event. I’m a sucker for a superhero and a classic murder mystery, so naturally I was excited to get them both in one series.
That said, there was a lot of characters in this issue, some of which I had never heard of. It seemed to muddy the story a bit for me, but maybe it was just because I wasn’t familiar with everyone.
Like Daniel, now I’m disappointed that I chose not to read the side stories (maybe when they make it to Unlimited).
Who didn’t you know Doug?
They will get to Unlimited in around 6 months.
Today I went to my LCS and based on Agent O’Neill’s thoughts I looked really hard at Avengers. It looked cool but I passed. I made the comment to my LCS that I had decided to pass (he is an Avengers guy). He looked at me and said, “Yeah, because it’s nowhere near as good as Aquaman and the Others!” I then told him I would take the walk of shame.
Issue #3 will be up for review next Tuesday.
Hey Daniel,
I didn’t know Extermantrix and the eyeball guy. I recognized almost all the heroes I think in the showdown on the rooftop.
I’ve only gotten back into reading comics in the last year. Even when I was a kid my folks only bought me Archie. I had to read all of the superhero stuff at the barber shop (where he had a surprisingly healthy collection of DC stuff) and when someone would bring them to school. Most of my superhero knowledge comes from cartoons, tv shows and movies.
Yeah, I have heard some commentary and they are going deep on eyeball guy!
Hi Ben, I didn’t see your reply until now. I’ve just read that particular issue #29 of Avengers but I have #30 waiting for me.
It seems with these and the DC events you get a good chunk of the story in the main book and then really have to search the rest of the tie ins to find ones that suit your tastes.
It looks like they’re also doing Original Sins which will show the effect of the released secrets on some other corners of the MCU. I might give those a go.
Liking the series so far though.