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Nick
Fury: Agent of SHIELD #9
Writer: Gary Friedrich
Penciler: Frank Springer
Letterer: Artie Simek
The Hate-Monger returns with a plot to nuke the world, curtsey of his Brain
Bank, but Fury and Laura Brown stop his plans just in time.
- Continuity
Notes
- Appearances
by Dum Dum, Gabe Jones, Jimmy Woo, and Laura Brown
- Reprinted
in the UK Hulk Weekly in three parts
- The
Hate-Monger makes his first appearance, the first in a loose trilogy
of stories. He was
last seen fighting Fury in the pages
of the Fantastic Four.
Review
Wild
but far-fetched rematch between Fury and the Hate Monger is loaded with
some of the most contrived plot twists committed to a SHIELD comic. Not
only is there yet another Hitler clone committed to wearing the purple
hood of hate (or was this one the original Hitler and the other a clone?!)
but he seems to have moved into Centuries' old underground lair and borrowed
its strange creatures. The world averts nuclear Armageddon because of a
sudden turn of heart by a 30 year dedicated Nazi goon, not to mention Laura
Brown's surprise appearance from way out of left field. Although Springer
continues to supply great art, and Friedrich's Brain Bank is a great idea,
the whole story stretches credibility, even for a SHIELD tale.
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