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Secret War (2004 series) #4

May 2005

Brian Michael Bendis
writer 		 |  Gabriele Dell'Otto
penciler

Secret War (2004 series) #4 cover

Story Name:

[Secret War Book Four]

Synopsis

Secret War (2004 series) #4 synopsis by reviewer Peter Silvestro
Rating: 3.5 stars

Late at night, Wolverine is sitting out in front of the school when he is attacked by two villains firing rockets, setting his clothes on fire….

At the hospital, the group of heroes Captain America, Daredevil, Spider-Man and Nick Fury are engaged in a horrific battle with a large group of high-tech villains. Cap and Fury send out urgent calls for back-up to everyone they can think of. Soon the Fantastic Four arrives on the scene to join in—but then so does a cyborg Lucia von Bardas, vowing vengeance against her foes. Suddenly, she springs her real plan: the tech suits of the assembled villains link together to create a massive bomb. As the chain reaction starts, Thing tries to break through the force field but can’t, Invisible Woman tries to contain it with one of her own but is unable to. The device explodes—and von Bardas has her triumph….

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Additional material:

Ten pages of profiles of all the villains in the issue.

Eight pages of pin-ups of various Marvel characters by Gabriele Dell’Otto.

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Characters
Good (or All)
CAP  
Captain America
(Steve Rogers)
DAREDEVIL  
Daredevil
(Matt Murdock)
FF  
Fantastic Four
(FF)
TORCH2  
Human Torch
(Johnny Storm)
INVISIBLEWOMAN  
Invisible Girl
(Sue Storm)
MRFANTASTIC  
Mister Fantastic
(Reed Richards)
FURY  
Nick Fury
(Nicholas Fury)
SPIDERMAN  
Spider-Man
(Peter Parker)
THING  
Thing
(Ben Grimm)
WOLVERINE  
Wolverine
(Logan)

Enemies
BMRANG  
Boomerang
(Fred Myers)
COBRAKV  
Cobra
(Klaus Voorhees)
CONSTRICTOR  
Constrictor
(Frank Payne)
CRIMSONDYNAMO  
Crimson Dynamo
(Anton Vanko)
GREAPER  
Grim Reaper
(Eric Williams)
SCORPIONMG  
Scorpion
(Mac Gargan)
SHOCKER  
Shocker
(Herman Schultz)
WIZARD  
Wizard
Plus: Diamondback (Debbie Bertrand), Goldbug, Hobgoblin (V), Lady Octopus, Lucia von Bardas, Mentallo (Marvin Flumm), Mister Fear (Alan Fagan), Scorcher, Spider-Slayer, Trapster.

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Secret War (2004 series) #4 cover

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Main/1st Story Full Credits

Gabriele Dell'Otto
Gabriele Dell'Otto
Gabriele Dell'Otto
Gabriele Dell'Otto (Cover Penciler)
Gabriele Dell'Otto (Cover Inker)
Gabriele Dell'Otto (Cover Colorist)




Review / Commentaries

reviewer
Secret War (2004 series) #4 Review by (January 2, 2014)
Review: Very gritty art with a frighteningly intense use of color hides the fact that this issue is nothing more than an extended fight scene. This offbeat spy story has segued completely into a conventional superhero tale; Bendis has a lot of backtracking to do in the final issue to make this something to remember.

Comments: Black Widow is on the cover but does not appear in the issue. Boomerang and King Cobra have been added to the gang of villains since last issue; Crossfire and Eel, seen in the last issue, are now absent. The story doesn’t have a title but it’s not too hard to guess what it would be.



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