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bemerson's review
4.0
If you have even a passing interest in superhero graphic novels and/or anything Marvel related, I highly recommend reading anything Mark Waid has done. He's an excellent writer, and he captures the voice of these characters extremely well.
honeyhale's review
3.0
I thought that this was going to be more about the agents from the show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D but I felt like it focused more on the superheroes of Marvel. I enjoyed the story with Jemma & Ms. Marvel. I missed having Daisy on the team but thank you for not putting in this and having everything focus on Hydra like the show. Also I really don't like the cover art and I didn't really enjoy the fact that half the time Melinda May looked like Daisy. It makes me sad that I have to give something to do with SHIELD 3 stars but it missed a lot of marks in my book.
kelecoo's review
3.0
This was a fun read, and it doesn't require a lot of commitment. You could definitely read the standalone issues out of order. I think there is exactly one frame that throws back to another issue and it explains itself on its own. I enjoyed reading it. Hands down, the best issue was the 2nd one, where Ms Marvel comes in. I loved the way her and Coulson's fangirl qualities played off each other. In other news, now I have to catch back up on Ms Marvel. She's such a fun, relatable character for my generation, in my opinion. I like that it had many of the same characters as the show, but I wish I could've seen more of Skye. I know that's touchy, considering the show's constantly-changing dynamic, but still. More Skye, please!
Also, can we talk about that Simmons development?! Is this still in the same universe as the show? Feel free to educate me!!
Also, can we talk about that Simmons development?! Is this still in the same universe as the show? Feel free to educate me!!
squidbag's review
4.0
Solid and refreshing take on the characters from the Marvel Cinematic U that set them into the Marvel Universe proper and make you remember why somebody thought it was a good idea to make a TV show about SHIELD agents in the 1st place. It also makes you remember that comics are still cooler than TV, since they get to fight a major set of villains while interacting with Spider-Man, members of the FF, the Scarlet Witch and Dr. Strange, all in the actual Marvel U. The callbacks and trivial elements are awesome, and I very much enjoyed this one. Self-contained, requires no previous comics experience.
laurielle's review
3.0
Me gusta lo que están intentando hacer con un cameo detrás de otro y aventuras alocadas sin profundizar mucho en ningún superhéroe, pero el resultado final es un poco flojo.
kristiemjm's review
4.0
I love reading about Coulson and the other SHIELD agents. However, reading about a story with every marvel character wasn't exactly my cup of tea.
tsana's review
2.0
SHIELD Vol 1: Perfect Bullets written by Mark Waid and illustrated by a bunch of different people is a SHIELD comic based on the characters from the TV show. This first volume mainly treats Coulson as the main character, although many other familiar characters are involved. I bought this as digital single issues when they were on sale and skipped buying issue #2 because it was included in Ms Marvel Vol 3 which I have already reviewed.
I didn't enjoy this collection very much. The most interesting thing was probably learning more about Coulson in issue #1, and watching him choose the perfect superheroes to throw at a situation throughout the volume was kind of interesting. But I don't have strong feelings about Coulson and characters I am more invested in, like May, weren't in it all that much. I did realise, when I started writing this review, that Simmons was in the Ms Marvel issue that I skipped and had hence forgotten about, so that explains why I thought it was a bit unbalanced between Fitz and Simmons while I was reading.
However, that isn't really the main problem I had with it. What passed for an overarching story was focussed on Doctor Strange, who I don't really like. Marvel annoys me when they put magic into their superhero stories, possibly even more than when they screw up space stuff. So that didn't go over well with me. It didn't help that one of the Doctor Strange-adjacent issues featured Spiderman being the least interesting that I've ever seen him.
Also, some of the art was dreadfully sexualising of the female characters. There is absolutely no need for us to see both butt and boobs on a tiny figure running away in the distance, WTF. I mean, I've seen worse comic art, but in a comic that was already not doing it for me it was a bit much.
I don't particularly recommend this series. It could've been worse, but unless you really love the TV show of Marel's Agents of SHIELD (or Coulson), probably don't bother. Meh. I obviously won't be reading more.
3 / 5 stars
You can read more of my reviews on my blog.
I didn't enjoy this collection very much. The most interesting thing was probably learning more about Coulson in issue #1, and watching him choose the perfect superheroes to throw at a situation throughout the volume was kind of interesting. But I don't have strong feelings about Coulson and characters I am more invested in, like May, weren't in it all that much. I did realise, when I started writing this review, that Simmons was in the Ms Marvel issue that I skipped and had hence forgotten about, so that explains why I thought it was a bit unbalanced between Fitz and Simmons while I was reading.
However, that isn't really the main problem I had with it. What passed for an overarching story was focussed on Doctor Strange, who I don't really like. Marvel annoys me when they put magic into their superhero stories, possibly even more than when they screw up space stuff. So that didn't go over well with me. It didn't help that one of the Doctor Strange-adjacent issues featured Spiderman being the least interesting that I've ever seen him.
Also, some of the art was dreadfully sexualising of the female characters. There is absolutely no need for us to see both butt and boobs on a tiny figure running away in the distance, WTF. I mean, I've seen worse comic art, but in a comic that was already not doing it for me it was a bit much.
I don't particularly recommend this series. It could've been worse, but unless you really love the TV show of Marel's Agents of SHIELD (or Coulson), probably don't bother. Meh. I obviously won't be reading more.
3 / 5 stars
You can read more of my reviews on my blog.
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