Reviews

Secret Warriors, Volume 1: Nick Fury, Agent Of Nothing by Brian Michael Bendis

treezus's review

3.5

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blakemp's review

5.0

Stuff like this is where Jonathan Hickman cut his teeth. He's not the best writer Marvel has, and if he doesn't get some huge assignments after he leaves Fantastic Four, they're out of their minds.

liza_12's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition

3.0

Pretty sure I read this a couple years ago, before I started reviewing graphic novels on Goodreads. I know a little bit more about what is going on this time. Story certainly moves along. But it doesn't waste a whole lot of time telling you how we got here and who's who. A little bit more attention on the big story would have been appreciated as well as more attention on the little story. Mostly this was just plot and hints of story. But done pretty well.

eatingfiction's review

2.0

Sigh.

This started out well, following Nick Fury as he faces S.H.I.E.L.D. being taken over by Hydra. Good action, good character drama. Then it become so convoluted, so hard to follow, and just...boring! Bleh. This always happens to me when I try to read Marvel.

mapatchli's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

mcbenzie's review against another edition

3.0

There's a lot of stuff to like here, even for a guy not familiar with the Secret Invasion story, but I felt the new super team working with Fury got terribly short shrift. The scene where they are are all told their fates lacked a lot of punch when I didn't know the characters well enough to know how awful I was supposed to feel. Still, solid writing, grey spy action, kick-arse bad guys and a great central premise.

grilledcheesesamurai's review

5.0

Hot-diggity, this one was a gooder!

I've always been a Nick Fury fan and have enjoyed all the various incarnations of Marvels favorite spymaster. One of my earliest memories of books that I really liked as a kid were the [b:S.H.I.E.L.D.: Nick Fury VS. S.H.I.E.L.D.|11596960|S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury VS. S.H.I.E.L.D.|Bob Harras|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1389159740s/11596960.jpg|16538961] comics. That six issue series captivated me and I fell in love with Fury and Shield and I soon found myself devouring all the Nick Fury stuff I could.

The six issues presented in this volume have managed to capture all those nostalgic feelings that I had so long ago as a little kid. SHIELD, HYDRA, the mother-fucking HOWLING COMMANDOS...its all here, and it's all freaking awesome! Got's ta say I'm pretty stoked to dig into Vol.2.

kmccubbin's review against another edition

4.0

Finally, a book that manages to update Nick Fury without losing his 60's charm.
Off the grid and still trying to suss out what the hell just happened in the Marvel Universe, Fury puts together a team of the only people not of interest to anyone, super powered kids who haven't been indexed by anybody yet.
Nick does what Furys do best... he keeps everyone guessing.
While I'm not overly thrilled with the super slick style and overcrowded action frames which are in vogue these days, this is a smartly plotted spy story with a nice twist.

samstephens's review against another edition

4.0

Good, but more conventional/macho than some of Hickman's better stuff