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Comic Book: S.H.I.E.L.D.

What This Book is About:
The 1st volume of Jonathan Hickman's series about the Brotherhood Of The Shield. It has very little to do with Nick Fury's S.H.I.E.L.D. organization. I believe the dots in the name on the cover were because DC had copyright on Shield.

Data Sheet:
Dates
Apr 2010 to Feb 2011
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Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.

Brotherhood Of The Shield, Leonardo da Vinci, Howard Stark, Isaac Newton, Leonid, Nostradamus, Nathaniel Richards, Night Machine (Nikola Tesla), Star Child, Forever Man (Michelangelo).
S.H.I.E.L.D. #1
S.H.I.E.L.D. #1

(Apr 2010)

Comics Index

Total Indexed Comics: 6

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S.H.I.E.L.D. #1
4.5 stars

S.H.I.E.L.D. #1

April 2010
"The unholy resurrection of Leonardo da Vinci"
Script: Jonathan Hickman
Our story opens in New York in 1953 as Leonid is walking home from High School. 2 men meet him and tell him to get into their car. His father always told him to expect such a thing so he obeys. [...]
S.H.I.E.L.D. #2
4.5 stars

S.H.I.E.L.D. #2

June 2010
"Newton's theory of eternal life"
Script: Jonathan Hickman
This issue begins with  a restatement and continuation of a panel early in last issue. A man is dictating into a steampunk typewriter with an enormous selection of 'letters'. But the document he's producing only uses the conventional Western alphabet and is headed S.H.I.E.L.D.. [...]
S.H.I.E.L.D. #3
4.5 stars

S.H.I.E.L.D. #3

August 2010
"The theory of eternal life"
Script: Jonathan Hickman
This issue tells the Marvel life story of Isaac Newton.His journal (translated by the magic of comics into pictures) begins with him as a youngish adult working on something mathematical when someone calls on him to take him away in a carriage. [...]
S.H.I.E.L.D. #4
4.5 stars

S.H.I.E.L.D. #4

October 2010
"The madness, the Star Child, and the Celestial Madonna"
Script: Jonathan Hickman
We open in 1956 with Leonardo da Vinci (and the youth Leonid) confronting Isaac Newton and the Council of the Brotherhood Of The Shield in the Immortal City below the Eternal City of Rome (ie the end of both #2 and #3). [...]
S.H.I.E.L.D. #5
4.5 stars

S.H.I.E.L.D. #5

December 2010
"The forgotten machines of Nikola Tesla"
Script: Jonathan Hickman
This issue Howard Stark gets his 1960 panel in 1st with his dictation of a summary of the events we have been witnessing. This time he reflects that there comes a time when a man must choose between keeping his head down and standing up for what is right. [...]
S.H.I.E.L.D. #6
4.5 stars

S.H.I.E.L.D. #6

February 2011
"The master's hand"
Script: Jonathan Hickman
The opening segment of the issue is in Rome in 1960 with an ongoing voiceover by Leonid. A crack appears in a fountain in the Eternal City, a small sign of the events in the Immortal City deep beneath. The followers of Isaac Newton and Leonardo da Vinci are at war with each other. [...]