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Fury/Agent
13 #1-2 (1998)
Writer: Terry
Kavanagh
Penciler: Ramon Bernardo
Inkers: Ian Aiken
Colorist: Kevin Tinsley
Letterer: Comiccraft
Sharon
Carter, otherwise known as Agent 13, embarked on a personal quest to
seek out Nick Fury in revenge for abandoning her behind enemy lines
only to learn of his death at the hands of the Punisher. Upon closer
inspection, Carter learned that Fury was not buried at Arlington Cemetery
and the body was put on ice by S.H.I.E.L.D., but the body turns out to be
a fake as well; a highly advanced LMD. Carter traces the
faux-Fury to Tony Stark who confesses having built it for Fury
in case of a special
mission. The mission in question was tied in with the project
code named Back Slide which was green lighted by the original
S.H.I.E.L.D. director
(Rick Stoner??) who is classified as Fallen Angel. Fury is now
stranded in a pocket dimension within Back Slide underneath S.H.I.E.L.D.
Central.
Carter breaks in to the remnants of the old HQ and journeys into
the pocket dimension. She finds Fury alive and battling in a
world of his
own creation based on his experiences during W.W.II Carter and
Fury manage to break free into the real world; Nick Fury is alive & well
again.
- Continuity
Notes
- Cover
Appearances: #1-2
- Fury's
body is discovered to be missing in Punisher (1) #7
- The
second helicarrier, which went down under Sentinel attack in Punisher
(1) #11, lies underneath the water, preserved
for UDT maneuvers.
- The
underground complex of the former S.H.I.E.L.D. Central remain intact,
last seen in S.H.I.E.L.D.
(2).
- Appearances
by Tony Stark, the Howling Commandos and the Contessa
Review
The
inevitable "resurrection" half which plagues all deaths in mainstream comics
is finally put into play with this miniseries, which in retrospect could
have been a lot worse. Some sense was preserved in allowing for Fury not
to have been dead at all; however the circumstances of having him stuck
in a pocket dimension for all this time is laughable at best. The story
greatly benefits from the use of Sharon Carter, herself someone long thought
dead, and her driven pursuit of Fury in the first issue is more interesting
then the resolution. Some shaky continuity is established with the Fury
one shot published in 1994; Stark's mention of Fury coming to him to build
an LMD could easily have taken place during that story. Also the former
director of S.H.I.E.L.D. is mentioned in this mini, however here he is identified
only as Fallen Angel and he makes no actual appearance. Its hard to imagine
Stoner constructing such a scheme but the Fury one shot did establish the
man's dislike of Nick so its within the realm of (comic book) plausibility
I suppose. The only real downside to all this is that this story has to
exist at all.
Dramatically
it shortchanges the character and lends an air of superhero invincibility
to him which Fury could do without. Worse all those great character
moments that made the previous storyline worth reading are made
bullshit by this. A total disregard for Nick Fury by Marvel.
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