In 1963, the character of Colonel Nicholas Joseph “Nick” Fury Sr. made his debut starring within the World War II comedian guide collection Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos. So much has modified for the grizzled battle veteran turned spy together with the introduction of a son, Nick Fury Jr., created to extra carefully align with the Ultimate Universe and MCU model portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson. Marvel is celebrating the character’s 60th anniversary with a particular double-sized one-shot, Fury #1, arriving this May.
Superstar author Al Ewing shall be joined by an assortment of prime identify artists together with Scott Eaton, Tom Reilly, Adam Kubert, and Ramon Rosanas for a narrative that examines the historical past of Nick Fury and uncovers a thriller many years within the making. Kubert supplies the duvet for the one-shot.
Here’s how Marvel describes the problem:
Arriving in May, FURY #1 shall be written by famous person Marvel author Al Ewing and drawn by a dynamic group of main trade artists—Scott Eaton, Tom Reilly, Adam Kubert, and Ramon Rosanas. This intricate story will kick off when Fury’s son and successor, Nick Fury Jr., is focused by a brand new foe utilizing the identify S.C.O.R.P.I.O.! Fans will know that codename has deep roots in Fury’s previous and a collection of top-secret missions shall be revealed, every providing a key to unlocking an overarching thriller. Each artist will sort out a special interval of Fury historical past together with his early adventures in Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos and his present-day position because the all-seeing “Man on the Wall.” No stranger to radical character transformations, the one-shot will current a key turning level for the character and ultimately, each father and son will emerge with contemporary goal!
A glamorous rogue agent with a lethal secret lures Nick Fury into the action-thriller of a lifetime…HIS FATHER’S! Following the path opens NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FURY FILES from the Howlin’ ’40s…the Swingin’ ’60s…and right this moment! But it takes greater than ONE Nick Fury to unlock a thriller many years within the making – and to reply the query…WHO IS S.C.O.R.P.I.O.?
Ewing is not any stranger to penning espionage tales and teased what’s to come back:
“Nick Fury is an entire history of comics in one character. Shifting from a tough-talking WWII Sergeant specializing in impossible missions, to an U.N.C.L.E.-esque secret agent beating James Bond at his own game, to a machiavellian man in the shadows making the grey moral choices we’ve come to associate with the evolving espionage genre. And when the original Fury went cosmic, his son followed in those same footsteps, doing all that with a modern spin and an eye on the silver screen portrayal of our favorite sci-fi spy-guy. So how to celebrate sixty years of Nick Fury? With 40 story pages of twists, turns, action, gadgets and old-school thrills – pitting the Fury family against a new menace with a mysterious connection to the earliest days of the Howling Commandos and setting both Nicks up for the adventures of a lifetime! Don’t yield, true believer – back S.H.I.E.L.D.!”
Look for Fury #1 to reach in shops and digitally on Wednesday, May twenty fourth.
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