Secret Avengers #5

      

Nick Fury is once again becoming an issue for the heroes of the Marvel Universe. As we read our beloved Secret Avengers, we noticed that the recent four issues had Nick Fury siding with the baddies, some shadow clan group that acts like a bunch of possesed terrorist ninja's who are on the verge of drinking the purple Kool-Aid while blowing up a building. So as we see in the last issue, Steve Rogers noticed Nick Fury among the group and this issue is where we see Nick Fury step up and explain for himself. So how did Nick Fury worm his way out of this situation or did Steve Rogers have to give some American five fingered gloryfied b**** slaps once again on our beloved one eyed soldier of fortune? Well lets take a look inside and see what happens. 
 

The Storyline:

 
Brubaker did a really good job with writing a storyline that brought back some of the old Nick Fury action that was once remembered in the 70's and 80's. It's great how Nick Fury's current problem is explained in a much more understandable way. Now if you think im being a spoiler for saying that its an LMD who's causing Nick Fury to explain why he's a leader in the Foot Clan, dont worry because there is something in this issue that does something that Nick Fury couldn't do, fully explain how this Nick Fury LMD would be a serious threat and how he was involved in this wonderful shadow dragon ninja group. 

Scorpio - HA, I knew that Jacob Fury would be involved, I just freakin knew that his name would be mentioned somewhere, but isn't the main villain or the cause of Robot Nick Fury's current position. ( That goes to somebody else that barely any Marvel fan knows ) If you dont know who this clown is, well lets just say that when Nick Fury had his own comic series, this guy was one hell of a pain in the ass for not only Nick, but the Avengers as well, responsible for the terrorist organization known as the ZODIAC, a group of low level baddies that actually was a serious threat that didn't get enough spotlight.
 Sadly, as mentioned in this comic, poor Jacob would finally off himself and thats the last time we see a "real" Scorpio villain that enjoys waving around some mystical key that can cause alot of problems. 
  
So as for the storyline within this comic, it isn't the best of Brubakers work, but it is understandable and I did like how he involved a new character in the end, maybe next  issue review i'll explain who that character is so nobody doesn't seem lost in the sauce while reading this Secret Avengers. 
 

 The Artwork:

 
Either I guess that Marvel realized that Deodato's constant heroic poses was really getting annoying or that they just decided to give David Aja, Michael Lark, and Stefand Gaudiano a chance to share their storytelling for this comic. I like how comics get more than one artist in a single issue, like Green Lantern and its army of artists was an outstanding idea. For this one issue I really like how the storytelling that these three amigo's shared with their artwork. Facial reactions, action scenes, and even scenery was outstanding. Most of all, I like the coloring of this issue for some reason, maybe its because that in some panels, there was certain situations or moments that was taken much more seriously because of the coloring.

 

Conclusion: 

So with the storytelling and artwork being decent and pretty good for a Secret Avengers comic, what is it that has me not wanting to give this issue a full five star rating?

I would realize that this one issue, that for some reason is a part 5 of a storyline that already ended, but it isn’t that hiccup that has me not going excited over this. Its actually the fact that this issue is mostly explaining and slowly building up for the upcoming issues. Nice way to have Marvel fans not be lost and dumb founded when they think it was only a random idea to have this Nick Fury culprit a “ROBOT” at the last minute or the last issue, that would probably make this new storyline and series suck, like a kid getting clothes for Christmas instead of that new game system that he always wanted.

With the action level turned down and the comic explaining for itself, that still isn’t what made me unsure for this comic.

It was the fact that out of all people, Nick Fury couldn’t explain himself properly on why his smiling mug is with this shadow ninja terrorist group. Is he hiding something? Not telling Steve Rogers the full details or is he actually lost? My complaint is, I take Nick Fury as a man with answers, because this guy knows it all within the Marvel Universe, it was his job to know it all, but I couldn’t help but feel that this issue alone did more explaining than Nick Fury, or is Nick not telling Steve Rogers something?

Knowing what kind of man Nick Fury is, do you think he’s hiding something? Well time will tell when the newest issue come out and I do hope that Nick is still in his “secret” mode instead of being a dummy who’s gonna go through this whole series with a huge “?” above his head.

 
Rating: 
I give this comic a four star rating because of how it gives the Marvel readers a chance to stay on track and know how a Nick Fury is in some terrorist group and why, but with the action level decreased and the lack of the other team members, I couldn’t give this issue any more than four stars.     
 
Im that Badguy saying thankyou for reading and see you later when we see our beloved miss-matched team of Secret Avengers handle another Nick Fury mess.