Nick Fury: Who Is Scorpio? [Paperback]

Jim Steranko (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2001

Marvel returns to the mod adventures of its 1960s espionage hero, Nick Fury. A WW II veteran, Fury fights the myriad international threats of the Marvel Universe as a combination of James Bond and John Wayne.

The four stories in this collection spotlight the final work on Nick Fury by acclaimed writer/artist Jim Steranko who popularized the character with his intricate plots and stunning visuals. The four stories presented here, wherein Fury faces off against the mysterious operative known only as Scorpio, represent Steranko's final work on the character, and completes Marvel's reprinting of Steranko's Nick Fury tales. These classics are also a departure from earlier Steranko material, as the expanded format of the then-new Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. monthly comic gave Steranko more room and a wider canvas on which to paint his mind-bending adventures.

Psychedelic and suspenseful, bombastic and beautiful, Nick Fury: Scorpio both collects long out-of-print classic stories, and pays tribute to one of Marvel's finest contributors.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Marvel Comics; 1st edition (February 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785107665
• ISBN-13: 978-0785107668
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,150,680 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Six in one hand, half a dozen in the, aw f*ck it....., November 30, 2001

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andy7 (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nick Fury: Who Is Scorpio? (Paperback)

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.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Steranko Gold Trashed by Publisher, January 17, 2001

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Tony Robertson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nick Fury: Who Is Scorpio? (Paperback)

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:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nick Fury by Steranko, January 8, 2011

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Lee E. Blasingame (BELLBROOK, OH, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nick Fury: Who Is Scorpio? (Paperback)

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.