Fury (2001 series)

Fury

Cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
Schedule Monthly
Format Limited series
Genre
Publication date 2001
No. of issues 6
Main character(s) Nick Fury
Creative team
Created by Garth Ennis
Written by Garth Ennis
Artist(s) Darick Robertson
Jimmy Palmiotti
Penciller(s) Darick Robertson
Inker(s) Jimmy Palmiotti
Colorist(s) Avalon Studios
Editor(s) Axel Alonso

Fury is a 2001 six issue miniseries about Nick Fury written by Garth Ennis. The series was published under Marvels Max imprint and featured much harder violence and explicit material than was common at the time which caused some controversy among fans and comic creators.[1][2] The series takes place outside of main Marvel comics continuity and is interconnected with other series written by Garth Ennis under the Max imprint. It was followed by a prequel and a sequel.

Publication history

Three issues of the series was published in Germany in 2002 by Panini.[3]

Plot

After the end of the Cold War Fury find himself lost and incapable of enjoying himself like he used to when going to war. S.H.I.E.L.D. has tried to put him into a non-combat position and he feel bored and unneeded in the modern age.[4]

Fury’s luck begins to turn when he has a chance encounter at a bar with a former H.Y.D.R.A. operative named Rudi Gargarin. The two lament about the good old days when men could actually get your hands dirty. Gargarin proposes they quietly invade a seemingly non political island and run it into an all out war for their own benefit to get that feeling back again. Fury contemplates the idea but ultimately rejects it.[4]

After Fury has sex with several Asian prostitutes his apartment is swarmed by assassins sent by Gargarin. Fury kills them all and decides to go to war. He forces his way through S.H.I.E.L.D and builds a small team of elite soldiers who will do precisely what he says and then goes with them to the island. The soldiers and Fury arrive with a relatively bloodless plan but soon that all flies out of the window. By the end Fury has to kill the last enemy by strangling him with his own intestines.[4]

Reception

Writer-editor Stan Lee, a co-creator of Nick Fury, was critical of the extreme violence and gore of this new series: "I don't know why they're doing that. I don't think that I would do those kinds of stories."[5][6] Actor George Clooney similarly condemned the books, the macabre contents of which prompted him to drop out of talks regarding portraying Fury in a then upcoming Marvel film.[7] Gus Lubin of the Business Insider stated that "“Fury” is a smart and enjoyable comic, which portrays the spy chief as an aging "cold warrior" who on some deep level wants nothing more than to get his hands dirty again. Still, it's understandable that this portrayal of the character scared Clooney away."[7] Clooney's dropout reportedly caused Avi Arad the head of Marvel’s West Coast division and a man heavily involved in Marvel's film deals to wield a harder grip on what content Marvel writers were allowed to publish.[8]

Greg Burgas of Comic Book Resources described the book as a rather odd tribute to the character of Nick Fury.[9]

Followups

Ennis wrote a prequel mini series in 2006 named Fury: Peacemaker and a sequel series named Fury: My War Gone By from 2012 to 2013.

Prints

Issues

No. Title Cover date Comic Book Roundup rating Estimated sales (first month)
#1 Be Careful What You Wish For November 2001 N/A 56,308, ranked 19th in North American[10]
#2 Apocalypse Shortly December 2001 N/A 44,578, ranked 36th in North American[11]
#3 Here Comes the Pain January 2002 N/A 45,051, ranked 32th in North American[12]
#4 See You and Raise February 2002 N/A 42,884, ranked 34th in North American[13]
#5 On Your Guns March 2002 N/A 40,386, ranked 37th in North American[14]
#6 The Man Who Loved the War April 2002 N/A 38,494, ranked 38th in North American[15]

Collected editions

Title Format Material collected Pages Publication date ISBN Estimated sales
Fury Trade paperback (TPB) Fury (2001) #1-6 144[16] April, 2002 0785108785
978-0785108788		 3,901, ranked 12th of the top-selling trade paperbacks in North America[17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.entertainmentfuse.com/garth-ennis-and-fury-max/
  2. ↑ http://www.artboiled.com/2013/nick-fury-the-cold-war-and-all-the-stars-in-the-sky/
  3. ↑ https://www.comics.org/series/60617/
  4. 1 2 3 https://evilgeeks.com/2014/01/28/evil-geek-book-report-fury/
  5. ↑ https://books.google.se/books?id=NsLQCgAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA284&dq=Punisher+War+zone+1992&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh4-7vlN_SAhXKFSwKHQkrBwAQ6AEISjAG#v=onepage&q=Punisher%20War%20zone%201992&f=false
  6. ↑ Adams, James (May 2, 2002), "Code Red in the New Comicdom", The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario, p. R9
  7. 1 2 Lubin, Gus (May 20, 2015). "George Clooney considered playing Marvel's Nick Fury until he saw this unbelievably gory scene". Business Insider. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  8. ↑ http://sequart.org/magazine/27656/marvel%E2%80%99s-april-american-flagg-and-more-cancellations/
  9. ↑ http://www.cbr.com/comics-you-should-own-fury/
  10. ↑ "September 2001 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. The Comics Chronicles. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  11. ↑ "October 2001 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. The Comics Chronicles. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  12. ↑ "November 2001 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. The Comics Chronicles. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  13. ↑ "December 2001 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. The Comics Chronicles. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  14. ↑ "January 2002 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. The Comics Chronicles. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  15. ↑ "February 2002 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. The Comics Chronicles. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  16. ↑ "Fury MAX (Fury #1-6) Paperback – May 13, 2002". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  17. ↑ "April 2002 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. The Comics Chronicles. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
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