Battle Scars, Fraction, Eaton and Yost

"Spinning out of the incredible events of Fear Itself, Battle Scars introduces a man in the crosshairs of the world's most deadly super villains. Who is he? And what does his existence mean for the future of the Marvel Universe? This major new title ties directly into the Marvel Fear Itself event and stars the Avengers."















Battle Scars is a pretty average book that sets up a lot of better books, and achieves its key aim of introducing a black Nick Fury and Agent Coulson to the mainstream 616 Marvel Universe, to tie it into the movie universe more easily. It's not pretty, but it does the job, and frankly on those grounds it's probably considered a win.

It's the very obvious definition of a comic that Marvel doesn't intend anyone to actually read. It's just there to be a part of continuity, so that they can point back to it as having happened. Marcu Johnson and 'Cheese' are two characters that feel wholly out of place in the Marvel universe - the stakes that they go up against (fighting Deadpool and Taskmaster) undermine those characters by association.

They aren't on the level of Johnson and Cheese. They shouldn't be at the same level. Putting them up against villains who have regularly taken on entire Superteams isn't just jobbing; it's stupidity.

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Mark Millar, The Ultimates
Gail Simone, Agent X
Fabian Nicieza, Cable and Deadpool