Who´s Max Fury?
The Story - After Steve Roger´s black ops team first mission on Mars, the new director of S.H.I.E.L.D (Steve) confronts Nick Fury about who was the man running the show in name of the Shadow Council that looks exactly like the ex director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The Writing - This was a much better issue in terms of writing and story, I guess this kind of material suits Brubaker´s style much more than issues # 1 to 4, so that was an easy read. The origin of Max Fury was way better than I would thought, specially because there´s no clone involved. A LMD that is in fact I.A with Fury´s all memories was an interesting idea. Let´s see what the futures deserves for him, since the Shadow Council wants to keep both eyes close to the Secret Avenger´s activities.
The Art - I didn´t liked at first the idea that Mike Deodato Jr. wasn´t the penciler in this issue, but after seeing the combined art of Aja, Lark and Gaudiano I´ve changed my mind, this was an excellent issue. They are old school artists (the way they frame their panels, divides the spaces in the pages, the techniques etc.), I was very pleased with the final result and it was a very enjoyable reading ( where the art really expressed what the writer wanted to tell).
The Verdict - This is a solid issue, well deserving to be picked up, even if you´re not following this series.
4 out 5 L.M.D that weren´t destroyed by S.H.I.E.L.D and went rogue doing justice
The Writing - This was a much better issue in terms of writing and story, I guess this kind of material suits Brubaker´s style much more than issues # 1 to 4, so that was an easy read. The origin of Max Fury was way better than I would thought, specially because there´s no clone involved. A LMD that is in fact I.A with Fury´s all memories was an interesting idea. Let´s see what the futures deserves for him, since the Shadow Council wants to keep both eyes close to the Secret Avenger´s activities.
The Art - I didn´t liked at first the idea that Mike Deodato Jr. wasn´t the penciler in this issue, but after seeing the combined art of Aja, Lark and Gaudiano I´ve changed my mind, this was an excellent issue. They are old school artists (the way they frame their panels, divides the spaces in the pages, the techniques etc.), I was very pleased with the final result and it was a very enjoyable reading ( where the art really expressed what the writer wanted to tell).
The Verdict - This is a solid issue, well deserving to be picked up, even if you´re not following this series.
4 out 5 L.M.D that weren´t destroyed by S.H.I.E.L.D and went rogue doing justice
