- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Marvel Comics; illustrated edition edition (22 Jan 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0785107665
- ISBN-13: 978-0785107668
- Product Dimensions: 25.6 x 16.8 x 0.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,050,440 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Features the adventures of the 1960s World War II veteran and espionage hero, Nick Fury.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Steranko was a legendary comic artist, up there with Neal Adams, perhaps even Jack Kirby, in the 1960's. When two-fisted secret agent Nick Fury graduated from sharing Strange Tales with Dr Strange to his own, 20 page comic, Steranko drew only four issues before departing for new pastures. But what a wonderful four issues they were! Four self-contained, exquisitely drawn, well-plotted masterpieces. The opening story 'Who is Scorpio?' features possibly the best wordless sequence of 3 comics pages ever produced, it also manages to balance two plots, one in which Fury goes up against the villain of the title, the other featuring the misadventures of a doomed gambler meeting his fate, both stories being neatly wrapped up at its end. Two of the other stories are slightly less satisfactory, one features a rather tired 'Island of Dr Moreau' plot, the other brings back Scorpio and hints at some dark secret shared between the villain and Fury himself. The final reprint is breathtaking in its visuals, as it takes place entirely in a misty 'Hound of the Baskervilles' setting, giving Steranko the opportunity for some wonderful scenery and moody lighting effects. The beauty of these stories is in the artwork, which is amongst Steranko's best and, although these stories have undoubtedly dated, he has a slick storytelling style and some snappy dialogue which is not at all bad. Unfortunately, the art is marred by some hideous colouring, flat and garish in the extreme. I suspect the colours are copied over from some rather poor reprints from the 1980's and not done especially for this volume, more's the pity. You can get a glimpse of just how stylish the originals were in the cover reproductions at the back - surreal, sharply designed and subtly coloured. Enjoy!
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Six in one hand, half a dozen in the, aw f*ck it.....
1 Dec 2001
The printing quality of this book is so bad it's scary. Muddy black lines, poorly registered colors, colors not even matching from the original books, what a shame. Steranko's so p.o.'ed over the printing job, he's threatened to spit on anybody who asks him to autograph this book. Jeez!
That said, there's nothing else like this kind of comic art or storytelling. The artwork, once you get past the bad printing, is breathtaking. Steranko's art and layouts are some of the most offbeat since Will Eisner in his heyday. Swingin' Stan Lee gave Steranko a wide berth to create with, and the results are nothing short of legendary. If you're a big fan of Mario Bava's "Diabolik" you'll love this book. It has the same amazing Pop/OP Art damage as that wild movie.
After Steranko left Fury he drew both Capt. America and the X-Men, and needless to say, those particular issues were mind-blowers as well. Marvel should compile all those particular issues in one big book. Just ask them to print it better so Jim won't have to spit on anybody.
That said, there's nothing else like this kind of comic art or storytelling. The artwork, once you get past the bad printing, is breathtaking. Steranko's art and layouts are some of the most offbeat since Will Eisner in his heyday. Swingin' Stan Lee gave Steranko a wide berth to create with, and the results are nothing short of legendary. If you're a big fan of Mario Bava's "Diabolik" you'll love this book. It has the same amazing Pop/OP Art damage as that wild movie.
After Steranko left Fury he drew both Capt. America and the X-Men, and needless to say, those particular issues were mind-blowers as well. Marvel should compile all those particular issues in one big book. Just ask them to print it better so Jim won't have to spit on anybody.
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Steranko Gold Trashed by Publisher
17 Jan 2001
Jim Steranko produced four of my favourite comic books back in 1968. These comics had great stories, great detailed art, superlative colour, imaginative layouts and mind-bending covers...some of best ever done in comics. This book reprints those four comics...the stories and layouts are still intact...but the colours have been changed and lazily applied, the line detail is gone, and the covers have been trashed almost beyond recognition.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Nick Fury by Steranko
9 Jan 2011
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Nick Fury: Who is Scorpio? is a trade paperback by Marvel comics of the Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD series of the early 1970's, drawn by Jim Steranko. The first reprint trade paperback of the Nick Fury stories was published earlier from the Strange Tales series, and then this one. I read that the colors did not look right to some readers, but to me they looked just fine. That was the day and age of pop art, so wild color patterns were in vogue. I think that I have now completed the Steranko reprints avalible, as he is one of my favorite artist of all time.
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