I have to say that this just didn't work.I feel like it should have worked. But it feels like a lot of this was told and not shown. Like is Daisy Johnson really the best? Everyone says she is. But we never get to see it.And then Nick Fury is kind of a jerk to everyone, but he's also infallible and invincible. It feels like he's never really in danger.It feels like there are a lot of good moments. But it was hard to believe in the story.Also, Dr. Druid loses weight to become a hero? Bodyshaming,

An interesting espionage book set within the Marvel Universe. "Secret Warriors" was the proving ground for Hickman's approach to long-form stories and superheroic family dynamics, which later coalesced into his incredible run on Fantastic Four. "Warriors" The earlier arcs "God of Fear," and "Wake the Beast" are the products of Hickman pre-planning every minor detail of his story. While good, they lack emotional heft. "Last Ride of the Howling Commandos," "Night," and "Wheels Within Wheels" are t...

That comic is really awesome

I’m not sure the big twist involving Baron Strucker 100% works, but it definitely doesn’t take away from the quality and impact of the overarching story. And make no mistake, this is an ARC; reading this series as a contained omnibus did wonders for continuity and story flow, keeping the characters, double and triple crosses, and revelations straight. This review isn’t just for the series itself, it’s for the presentation. This is the best way to read Secret Warriors, and its a shame Marvel is s...

Keeping in mind that I only really started reading comics this year, I have read this series all the way through at least 3 times. I suppose it helps that it's only 28 issues long, but it really is a very good series. And although it ties in to ongoing events at the time, like Dark Reign, it does a good job of standing on its own, taking a few minor characters who already existed and a few new characters, and making an epic battle of good versus evil. I really, really like this series. And appar...

This is nearly as good as a graphic novel gets, and belongs on a shelf of mahogany, illuminated by a crystalline meteor that emits the golden light of a newborn star. Absolutely perfect story that had the potential to be so much more. I had read this story once before, while it was still being serialized monthly in comic book form. Today's comics tend to lose something in that format, as one must wait a full month between chapters, and my retention suffers a lot in that amount of time. But when

I read this book super fast. Fun story with plenty of twists and turns as any good espionage story should have. Excited to read it again down the road to pick up on any details missed.

This is a brilliant epic story of espionage. It's about all the difficult decisions Fury has to make and all the secrets he keeps which come to fruition. This is the ultimate spy story thriller with some brilliant new characters for the marvel universe. I'd recommend this to anyone. It's a clever well thought out story that actually ends perfectly. I love a happy ending.

Nick Fury puts a karmic down payment towards an eternity chained to the moon by heroically torturing children and killing half of his own force, often personally. HYDRA was secretly running SHIELD, but twist! Nick and his totally alive brother Jake were secretly running HYDRA, so at least it was all for a noble cause, possibly. Also, a woman gets an octopus for a head.

Truly a fantastic run, one of my favorites of this era. My only issue with it is how much it is forced to jump through major cross overs. Reading straight through without knowing Marvel continuity makes you feel like you are missing some important elements of the story that are covered elsewhere. Also, while I kind of understand it, It is rather surprising that Secret War was not included in this.

As with all Hickman series, I feel like this would benefit from a reread. There was a lot of detail I didn't get, and by the end those details added up to a significant gap in my understanding. Still, I love Hickman's portrayal of Nick Fury, and the members of Daisy's team are also interesting for the most part. I'm glad I finally finished this one!

I couldn't finish this. I really REALLY tried my best, but i couldn't. I lasted until the first issue of the "Night" storyarc, when I came to realization, the story has not hooked me to keep on reading.There are too many characters to keep track. Only a few of them, I actually care about (ie. Nick Fury, Daisy and Phobos). The art was less than solid. The coloring was way too muddy.Jonathan Hickman may have the entire story in head and knew what was what, but his execution of it wasn't clear for

Let me start off by saying that I had never been a fan of Nick Fury or SHIELD, I was always way more interested in the X-Men, Fantastic Four, The Flash, etc., not the espionage or military offerings found in comicdom. Anyway, upon recommendation, I bit the bullet and purchased this omnibus online for a steal. Boy am I glad I did! This is one of the best things I've read all year. First off, Nick Fury is awesome here. Yeah, you could say he kicks-ass, as does his whole team. While this book does

When I first heard that Agents of Shield was going to introduce Daisy Johnson and do a storyline based on the Secret Warriors, I was interested by this and so I decided to check out a book based on this character, and this storyline. Compared to the tv show I thought it was interesting but I felt sort of confused. I really liked the characters, and since I am hearing rumors that Yo-Yo Rodriguez or Slingshot has been cast here's hoping the rest of the Secret Warriors will appear on Agents of Shie...

Nick Fury the spy of spies has lived a twisty turny shadowed life as the director of SHIELD. Now deposed by HAMMER after the events of Secret Invasion he is training a group of warriors and putting together teams to do the work that he's been doing his whole life THE RIGHT THING. Twists, and turns, betrayal, death it's all in a day's work for that one eyed man after all you can sleep when you're dead.

I have to say, reading characters who are also in Agents of SHIELD was really weird. Daisy and Yo-yo are so different! But also, kind of similar. You can see the cores of their characters that both stories share. (Also, I'm still not used to White Nick Fury, but whatever)Done comparing it to the MCU, this comic was amazing and intense. I'm not sure why, but ragtag teams of teens always pique my interest. Daisy and her team are all so different and I'm looking forward to seeing more of them and t...

I’ve been a Jonathan Hickman fan since his sensational Fantastic Four run, but never quite made the time to go back and read this series. I actually found it quite disappointing. I like Hickman and I like Caselli and yet I feel both of them are still finding their feet in this series. Their best work is still to come. Hickman excels at big ideas and those are on display, but his character work and pacing is a mess. All of the established characters are terrific, but none of the titular team reso...

Somewhat weak opening (Bendis), good early on, great in the middle, solid ending. Borders on four stars but really only fully earns three.

Very nice self contained Omnibus with an ending.The writing is top notch ( not really a surprised with Jonathan Hickman), the art is average and varies a lot depending on the artist but overall it is good enough to make the story work ( this wasn't one of the top selling Marvel comic so no hot-shot artist was ever on the serie).This book is all about spies, especially Nick Fury, Hydra and Leviathan and it's very refreshing to read a Marvel Comic whose focus isn't super heroes ( even if a lot of

I've read a lot of Marvel trade collections/omnibuses since the Avengers film came out. I've worked my way through [[ASIN:0785114823 Avengers Disassembled]], [[ASIN:0785117210 House of M]], [[ASIN:078512179X Civil War]], [[ASIN:078513297X Secret Invasion]] and [[ASIN:0785140794 Siege]] - along with some of Thor's solo trades, the New Avengers, Mighty Avengers, and Journey into Mystery. And, this is the best book I have read of them all.After coming across Fury's Secret Warrior's team a few times...