''Secret Warriors'' is a 2009

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ongoing series published by

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, the series focuses mainly on Nick Fury and his secret teams ( Team White being one off), which the title is referencing to as well as members of other hidden groups, such as the ones from Hydra. The series was written by

Brian Michael Bendis Brian Michael Bendis (; born August 18, 1967) is an Americans, American comic book writer and artist. Starting with crime fiction, crime and hardboiled, noir comics, Bendis eventually moved to mainstream superhero fiction, superhero work. While a ...

and

Jonathan Hickman Jonathan Hickman is an American comic book writer and artist, best known for his creator-owned series '' The Nightly News'', '' The Manhattan Projects'' and '' East of West'', as well as his lengthy stints as a writer on Marvel's '' Fantastic Fo ...

, with art by Stefano Caselli. The series ran for 28 issues and ended in 2011.

Publication history

The series has been published in several collected editions, two for each storyline with one version in hardcover and the other in trade paperback format. The hardcover for the first storyline was published with the tagline: "The greater sin is doing nothing when you could be giving everything...of dreaming too small. I will be the ONE MAN."

Plot

The series focuses on Nick Fury and his secret teams who are meant to combat Hydra who have infiltrated the spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D.

Roster

Nick Fury Colonel (United States), Colonel Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury Sr. is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/artist Jack Kirby and writer Stan Lee, he first appeared in ''Sgt. Fury and ...

* Quake * Hellfire *

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* Phobos * Stonewall * Eden Fesi

Reception

The series holds an average rating of 7.7 by 128 professional critics on the

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website Comic Book Roundup.

Prints

Issues

Collected editions

References

External links

* * {{Nick Fury 2009 comics debuts 2011 comics endings Nick Fury titles Comics by Jonathan Hickman