Battle Scars (USA) di C.Yost, M.Fraction, C.Bunn

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Preview: Battle Scars #1 di 6

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Preview: Battle Scars #2

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ottimi disegni

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ottimi disegni

Bei disegni concordo!!! 

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Battle Scars #5 (Of 6)
Christopher Yost With Matt Fraction & Cullen Bunn (W) Scot Eaton (A)
Cover By Carlo Pagulayan
• Marcus Johnson's Life Changes Forever As He Discovers The Truth About Himself – And Orion Stands Revealed!
• What Does Nick Fury Have To Do With The Conspiracy At The Heart Of The Marvel Universe?
• As The Penultimate Chapter Of The Story That Will Rock The Marvel U Unfolds, No One Comes Out Unscathed!
32 Pgs./Rated T+ ...$2.99

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Preview: BATTLE SCARS #3

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Preview: Battle Scars #4

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Preview: Battle Scars #5

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Preview: Battle Scars #6 (Ultimo Numero)

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Editor Tom Brennan concludes the final issue of Battle Scars with an afterword praising Marvel's writers for their "years of planning" towards Battle Scars, a Fear Itself tie-in meant to introduce Sgt. Marcus Johnson as the new Nick Fury.

I don't doubt that a lot of people worked a long time on this book. I don't even doubt that this was a move with some priority — in a weird bit of continuity swallowing its own tail, Samuel L. Jackson became Ultimate Nick Fury, who then became Movie Nick Fury, who now has to become Mainstream Marvel Nick Fury. (Comics, everybody!) But after reading this, I couldn't help but think that the team might have missed the point. Continuity is a weird beast, with the truly half-baked being rejected like a bad kidney (or Two-Face's dead brother), and Battle Scars #6 doesn't feel like it has the kind of longevity to stick.

Let me explain, from another angle. Look at Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury — he's not exactly a runnin', gunnin' kind of dude, but instead he exudes menace, he implies it. He's the kind of guy who's so smart, so connected and so confident that you don't even want to test him. In other words, he's a superspy, not a superhero. Marcus Johnson, on the other hand, is both a superhero and a super-victim — he's diving into the fray, muscles huge and guns out (and eventually even wears Steve Rogers' hand-me-down costume), yet at the same time, Chris Yost has him fretting on the inside. Marcus isn't confident, and he isn't particularly cool — this is the guy who, when landing a killing stroke against the guy who killed his mother, manages to also get set on fire. I don't want to say I laughed at this... but yes, okay, I laughed.

It's also the art that I think makes this gap between the comics and the films seem more pronounced. Scot Eaton concludes this comic with Marcus/Nick and Agent Coulson diving into the fray, picking off enemy agents with guns and knives as their muscles pop through their suits. Now, I like Clark Gregg — but he ain't no muscle man, you know what I mean? And this is a shame, because in other regards, Eaton starts off really strong, with a sort of Alan Davis-meets-Mark Brooks smoothness to his characters (particularly the original Nick Fury, who gets an effective torture sequence in the introduction). But again, considering the character of Marcus Johnson is supposed to be the all-too-human liaison for Marvel's super-community, seeing him as this crazily-proportioned Rambo type seems to be missing the point entirely. Nick Fury doesn't do his own dirty work — and when he does, it's in a way that you would never see coming.

The thing is, the ending of this book has been telegraphed since the first issue — and if Marvel's writers somehow walked into this project not thinking they were going to relaunch Nick Fury, there's a big problem at work. So why introduce such a milquetoast character when you literally have Samuel L. Jackson as a working template? I understand not wanting to retread Mark Millar's work in Ultimates, but isn't that exactly the goal in play here? This could have been an easy bunt, and considering Marvel got from Point A to Point B in terms of aligning their IP, that might have been enough for them. But I expect more out of my comics, and I think this could have been worlds more interesting. Here's hoping that these Battle Scars leave some character on Marvel's newest addition.

2 out of 10

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YOST CONCLUDES "BATTLE SCARS" WITH AGENT COULSON'S HELP



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