Sunday, February 28, 2010

Secret Warriors #13 - Marvel

Well . . it appears that all the pieces are being moved into place for the battle now. Last issue Leviathan had taken Viper. We know that Madame Hydra is actually the leak in their organization, but . . we don't know who she's working for. This issue, she decides to go after Viper . . alone. It's a suicide run, but . . she appears to be up to something. Meanwhile, Nick is assembling his armies and putting them into position. Dum Dum has been putting together all the ex-SHIELD agents who didn't agree to the switch with HAMMER. And Daisy is trying to step up as the leader of her group. Right now she's fighting with Nick over the involvement of Sebastian. Nick just doesn't think that he's got what it takes, and that he's going to be a liability. But Daisy . . Daisy wants to stand up for her guys. Including Sebastian. Anyways, she and Nick talk to the group and let them know that it's going to be a long hard battle from here on out. And they also give any one of them the option to walk away if they don't think that they're up to it. No one does. Which is what Daisy was hoping for. So now they've all been given their separate parts of the coming mission, with the orders to not share them with anyone else. Each are given very specific instructions. Except for Sebastian. When he opens his paper, it says . .'You're a liability. So you're done. Go home.' So is he really done? Or is this another test? To see if he'll fight for what he wants. Unfortunately we'll have to wait until next issue to find out. Jonathan Hickman is constructing a fantastic story here. I love the 'wheels within wheels' theme that is constantly going on with Nick. This really plays out like the ultimate spy movie. And I think Stefano Caselli is doing a great job on the art. With all the changes coming up within the Marvel Universe I have no false hopes of this series lasting more than a few more issues. Right now it's listed until issue #16. It doesn't say that it's the final issue, but . . we don't know what happening after that, and that issue is the finale of the Wake the Beast story-line. However, there is a Secret Avengers title coming out it May, and a new SHIELD book in April. The SHIELD book happens to be written by Jonathan, so . . maybe this series will segue into that. All I know is that I originally picked up this book on a lark, but . . I haven't been disappointed since issue #1. If it doesn't continue, that's fine. I just hope there's something like it.

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