Luke Cage is randomly attacked in his home; this is followed by attempt son the lives of Daredevil and SPider-Man! What's going on??? As the dust settles and the New York based heroes start talking to one another, it appears that some of them are the targets of people wearing super-villain tech, for something that they don't remember doing! This idea is huge in scope, and could have been delivered better. The book begins by asking the question of how comes super tech enabled villains with millio...

Well now I know why marvel gave Bendis the keys to the Avengers back in mid 2000's. So what's secret war? Well Fury needed a mission complete. One he knew wouldn't be possible after his own goverment said "nah we good." so what does he do? Recruit some of the biggest superheroes to help him complete the mission including Spider-man, Captain America, Daredevil, Logan, Cage, and more! However...Nick Fury needs to cross a very dark line. One that shouldn't be crossed when fighting for "good" but he...

Wow for once I actually really like a crossover comic. Having been born in the mid 90s, this time period of Marvel I have the fondest memories of. Brian Michael Bendis kicked off an entire new era for Marvel with this comic, and redefined the Marvel universe. Can’t wait to read House of M next!

One of my favourite Marvel events!

I LOVE it when superheroes take off their masks, stand in a circle, and hash-out their political differences. I especially love it when superheroes are forced to admit that they have made bad choices and poor decisions. A brilliantly structured story with moody, atmospheric artwork. Suspenseful and tense. Great dialogue with some fantastic character development. "Secret War" definitely made an impact on this reader. And it made an impact on the Marvel Universe; the fallout from this storyline ha...

2nd review: This is my third time re-reading this formative tale of one of white-and-old-Nick Fury’s last outings in the Marvel universe.The art is *so* beautiful, the models for our heroes are so unusually gorgeous, I hardly recognise anyone I'm reading about. It's like I'm looking at Earth-619, where symmetry and smooth skin are omnipresent.I love that Bendis called out one of the most obvious-in-hindsight angles of all the capes-and-tech types: where the fuck does the funding come from for th...

This was an okayish volume.It deals with Fury assembling a squad of Secret Avengers and going to Latveria to stop threats of Lucia Bardas the PM who has been supplying technological weapons to American villains and well that doesn't sit well with him but a year later when these Avengers minds are wiped out and they remember it again and are attacked by the villains it opens a whole can of worms and the secrets spilled will be big. They fight like some of the most powerful tech villains and also

I read Secret War because it kept being referenced in other comics that I have read. Especially in the New Avengers, also written by Brian Michael Bendis (at least part of it). So I was glad to see some of the story lines from a new angle. Actually this is one of the coolest things about really reading a ton of comic books. I read mostly Marvel and the more Marvel I read the more I'm able to pick up on. There was a scene in this book that I had already read in another book but from a different c...

What does Nick Fury look like? Does he look like some wishy-washy namby-pamby pushover? Does he look like the guy who lets terrorists get away even if the president tells him to do so? What does Nick Fury look like? He looks like the guy who gets the job done regardless of the consequences.I don't know why I took so long to read Secret War. It must have been brain damage because it makes no sense that I waited this long. Nick Fury demonstrates with simplicity why he's not to be messed with.

Nick Fury discovers that the Latverian government is secretly bankrolling a bunch of second-rate supervillains to cause terror stateside and decides to take the fight to their doorstep with a little help from his friends. Except the superheroes don’t know how far Fury is willing to go to protect his homeland…I honestly thought Secret War might be good as it’s from around the time of Brian Michael Bendis’ Daredevil run, which is superb. But nope - Secret War is an utter nightmare of a mess from s...

A very good espionage inspired super hero story. The painted art is in the same league as someone like Alex Ross, and really helps give the story more production value. I remember when this first came out, and it took forever because of the art. But it was always worth waiting for. It's also a prequel of sorts to Bendis' New Avengers run, as many of the characters who take part in Fury's 'Secret War' eventually become New Avengers. There's also some plot threads that hang over. The SHIELD files

I wasn't reading Marvel when this was first published, so I missed it. I'm glad I went back for it. As far as "event" comics go (and I'm not sure how much of an event this was at the time) this is remarkably focused and character driven. I've seen the changes, mostly relatively subtle, that this single story brought to the Marvel Universe. I wish I'd read this before Original Sin, actually, because it would have been good to see where it started. This is Bendis, so much of the book actually revo...

Captain America. Spider-Man. Daredevil. Wolverine. Black Widow. Luke Cage. On a top secret under the rader black ops mission lead by S.H.I.E.L.D. head Nick Fury to overthrow (and assassinate) the government of another country, that's going to do terrorist acts on US soil. Queue morally questionable actions of noble heroes, memory-wipes, retributions-fallout and morality questions without answers. Yup, they don't make comicbook storylines like this anymore these days. Compact, to-the-point, thoug...

3.5 stars but I’ll round up to 4 beacsue Gabriele Dell’Otto’s painted art is amazing. So there is a bunch o low level crooks using some high end tech that they shouldn’t be able to afford. Fury discovers the Tinkerer is supplying the tech but there is someone funding the Tinkerer. Fury finds out who and takes the info to his superiors only to find out they aren’t going to do anything about it. So Fury secretly puts together a team of heroes to handle it himself. Pretty cool paced out story with

Secret War may be the story that started the darkening of Nick Fury that came to a conclusion in Original Sin, a decade later. It's definitely an interesting alternative look at the Marvel universe that replaces the usual four-color fighting with ... well, kind of dark-and-gritty fighting. The result is a delightfully "realistic" look at how our heroes might operate on the world stage.The chronology is a little challenging, since the story operates in two timeframes. It takes especial care when

Buddy read with some Shallow Friends!I read this one back in 2009 and loved it, but I wasn't sure how well it would hold up.Turns out, pretty well!It's not a perfect story, but in comparison to some of the longer events I've read lately, this one had more of a coherent feel to it. Like, the whole story was contained within these pages. I didn't feel like I needed to search out tie-ins, or read anything before I read this. Just...BOOM. One and done.The story is pretty simple.It opens with Luke Ca...

An astonishing beginning but a poor ending. This TPB edition collect the 5 issues of the mini-series “Secret War”, that it’s a totally different comic book event than the one titled “Secret Wars” (plural).Creative Team:Writer: Brian Michael BendisIllustrator: Gabrielle Dell’Otto ASTONISHING START WITH POOR FINALE This brief comic book miniseries begins with three kickin’-butt issues but sadly, the remaining last two issues were so lame that at the end I thought that the fairest rating was 3

Secret War written by Brian Michael Bendis but more importantly drawn by Gabrielle Del'Otto. This tells the story of the consequences of Nick Fury's illegal war in an Eastern Europe country. The story was very entertaining but the art is what makes this book brilliant, Del'Otto has a unique photo realistic style which now seems to be reserved for covers only five stars ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Nick Fury finds a disturbing connection between a tech villain and the government of Latveria. He leads (and misleads) a team of superheroes in a preemptive strike against Latveria's prime minister, Lucia Von Bardas, claiming it as a defensive move to prevent terrorist attacks. Hilarity ensues.The title seems to indicate it's going to relate to the Secret Wars of 1985, but the story is actually an allegory about war in general and a couple in particular some Americans might be familiar with. Ben...