Battle Scars (2012 series) #6

Review: And so it goes. Six issues to make Nick Fury black like in the movies. At least it’s not as silly as that time they had Spider-Man mutate into a giant spider, die, and give birth to himself so that he could have organic webbing like in the Sam Raimi movies. And it will certainly be a longer-lived change. For the most part, new Nick isn’t as memorable or colorful as old Nick, usually just being part of the plot set up but he serves his purpose, which is usually to give exposition to the main characters for their mission. And the issue itself is really good with a lot of mayhem and heroism from Marcus and a heroic entrance for Captain America. And Cheese was Coulson all along, even if we can’t quite picture him being the same guy as the strait-laced Agent Coulson in THE AVENGERS and other MCU events. No matter, the movies are the movies and the comics are the comics and the rest is history.

Comments: Cover: “The future of the Marvel Universe begins here!” Editor Tom Brennan adds a postscript, looking back on the series and ahead to Nick Fury Jr.’s next adventures