All out war is taking place between S.H.I.E.L.D., Hydra, and Leviathan. As in all war there are casualties on every side.Night is the most somber of the volumes so far. A lot of things go wrong and pieces have to be picked up because like it or not the war isn't over. I certainly expected things to get gritty with the nature of the series, but it's still sad at times.The issue was marred by mediocre artwork. The previous issues the artwork was really strong, but the art in this volume was quite

We get a big timeskip to be told that things have happened but none of them really do anything. This could have happened immediately following the previous volume, but because of something in the final chapter we needed a timeskip. It's like the team was sitting there doing whatever in perpetuity with no urgency with the world plunged into some big new thing that isn't new at all. Art isn't great, especially with the weird 'post-timeskip' designs for characters looking older and different. But t...

Han pasado seis meses desde el ultimo viaje de los Howling CommandosMientras, la guerra entre HYDRA y Leviathan sigue diezmando sus números, los tres bandos están cada vez más debilitados y en ese momento, Fury decide destruir Gehena, la base de HYDRA en Nueva ZelandaEl traidor dentro de la filas de Fury hace lo que se supone que hará, habiendo victimas inesperadas. Como siempre, Fury sabe, y deja que el tiempo le de el momento justo para la venganzaPor último vemos como luego de un arduo entren...

The pace speeds up in this volume (outside of the fictional world I think Jonathan Hickman must have been told to speed up as it he wasn't going to get as many issues on this as he thought). We skip on in time and flash back to set up a second caterpillar team run by Nick's son Mikel. But somehow it's just not entertaining. Vitti's art is solid but the fill ins aren't up to it. The eventual use of Mikel's team seems like a waste of time (and I'm sure they would have had a longer shot if the seri...

Racing towards the end of the series, Vol. 5 of SECRET WARRIORS is as dark & edgy as any of the other graphic novels. With Fury's resources dwindling (and agents dropping like flies), he makes one last final push against his mortally wounded foes. Jonathan Hickman and Alessandro Vitti deliver some great twists and turns in this the penultimate book of SECRET WARRIORS!

Get your hankies ready, this is when the Secret Warriros go to war. Very well done, and every character has a decent ending.

The dark mood just gets darker as things continue to go worse and worse the longer the war between Hydra and Leviathan continues to drag the world down with them. And it seems the only force truly standing in their way are Nick Fury's allies, whose numbers continue to diminish with every mission.This is no longer about characters and more about the larger conflict and we just see mission after mission either succeed at a terrible cost or with limited heroes barely getting through by the skin of

I burned through this one in one sitting. Tons of action, a lot of pay offs for many open threads of the story. You learn a lot more about Mikel Fury's black team, what happened with Sebastian, the follow up to some of Alex's predictions from the first volume. Leviathan is crumbling, Hydra us splintered and weak, Fury's forces and options are dwindling... everything is speeding towards the epic finale.

Death follows Hickman as if he invites in. It has been a couple months since I read Vol. 4, but Vol. 5 jumps six months forward. The squad is out trying to win another battle for Fury. The war goes on against Hydra and Leviathan. Only now they Hydra and Leviathan have a truth, don't worry Fury has a plan. Heroes fall. Villains fall. Plus we find out what happens to Druid after being kicked off the team last volume. Plus another of Fury's strike team is given a spotlight.All and all this was a re...

Some pretty sketchy artwork in some of these, but the story more than makes up for it. Marvel really needs an ongoing title that can present this sort of cutting-edge, high tech espionage on a continuing basis.

This was an epic volume and continues the build up from last 2 volumes, as Shield prepares the final war against Hydra and they attack their base, secret warriors are engaged in destroying GEHENNA but then war happens and some are lost, Hellfire and Phobos fates are sealed and revelations and betrayal and splintering of enemy group happens and they get victory at a cost and we check in with where Druid has been and finally what happened to Fury's son Mikel and his squad. That story was emotional...

The run of stories from Hickman to date has been stellar, so when I started digging into this one, I couldn't help but feel disappointed. Something seems...off pretty quickly. By the halfway point, the downturn in my glee while reading is unmistakeable.I think the writing is still good (some of the confrontations are suitably stark and minimalist), so I think it must be the art. It just looks sloppy, rushed - compared to the first-class work on previous books, this art just takes some of the "ep...

Decisions have consequences for our heroes, and not everyone makes it out in one piece. Nice work, Hickman and team.

A lot of changes happen here, some of which I guess took place behind the scenes. Hydra and Leviathan are at war with each other (though I'm not terribly clear as to why... I guess it has been a while since I read the previous volume), and Fury is stepping in to perpetuate that war and diminish their numbers. There is a climactic confrontation with casualties on all sides, as some personnel changes, though at the end of this volume, the future remains uncertain. It is definitely a cliffhanger fo...

Again a better mix of confusion and focus. Lot's of out of order stuff in this one, but it worked a lot better than some. And the bits on individual characters continues to be the stand out part - whether it is Sebastian or Phobos or Mickel putting together the team. There could have been a bit more action, but bad action is not as good as missing action any day. 3.5 of 5.

This is the second to the last volume of the series and, as one might expect, this is where the three-way war between Nick Fury, Hydra and Leviathan really escalates.This series has been so entertaining to read that I feel a bit sad knowing that it's almost over.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

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Another wow volume with dramatic happenings and great follow-up to the earlier volumes. A great setup for the finale.

I'm fully on board with Hickman now. Took me some fits and starts to get invested in the kind of (sometimes overly) intricate plotlines he loves working with, and his techno-speak can sometimes sound a little hokey, but after this and the last Secret Warriors, as well as his Fantastic Four run, I can safely say I'm a fan. He's like a halfway point between Grant Morrison's drugged-out ideas and Geoff Johns' straightforward-but-fun superhero plotting. I find myself engaged in his writing and actio...