Fury: Peacemaker

Fury: Peacemaker
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
Format Limited series
Genre War
Publication date 2006
No. of issues 6
Main character(s) Nick Fury
Creative team
Written by Garth Ennis[1]
Penciller(s) Darick Robertson[2]
Inker(s) Jimmy Palmiotti[3]
Rodney Ramos[4]
Letterer(s) Virtual Calligraphy[5]
Joe Caramagna[6]
Editor(s) Axel Alonso[7]

Fury: Peacemaker is a six issue miniseries written by Garth Ennis and drawn by Darick Robertson. It was published under Marvel Knights[8] imprint and takes place within the same continuity as Ennis's other Marvel Max and Marvel Knights series. The story functions as an origin story for Nick Fury and takes place before he joined the Howling Commandos.

The series is more conservative about it's violence compared to Ennis' two other Fury series.[9]

Publication history

The series was originally published in 2006 America. It was also reprinted in France in 2012.[10]

Plot

After seeing his troops butchered at Sidi Bou Zid in the lead-up to the battle of Kasserine Pass, Fury has a run in with Stephen Barkhorn, a German Field Marshall, who, seeing the broken Fury, advises him that the only way to be good at war is to "learn to enjoy it". Fury soon falls in with a group of irregular SAS soldiers, led by a Captain Kynaston, fighting in the deserts behind German lines. Contrasting the meat grinder at Sidi Bou Zid with the efficiency of Captain Kynaston's unit, Fury learns to truly enjoy war by fighting intelligently.

Reception

The series has been described as far more realistic than other Marvel war comics and has been praised for portraying Nick Fury in a very flawed light, as a rather ruthless soldier but who drives to do the right thing.[11][12]

Arya Ponto of Artboiled.com stated that the series lacks the excesses that turned people off from Ennis first Fury series and that Peacemaker is a swift, excellent WWII caper reminiscent of movies like Where Eagles Dare and Inglourious Basterds, that also serves as an updated origin story for Fury.[13][14]

Prints

Issues

No. Title Cover date Comic Book Roundup rating Estimated sales (first month) Rated
#1 "1: Kasserine Pass" April 2006 N/A 27,412, ranked 74th in North American[15] T+[16]
#2 "2: The War Without The Army" May 2006 N/A 21,609, ranked 114th in North American[17]
#3 "3: Weapon of Choice" June 2006 N/A 19,177, ranked 110th in North American[18]
#4 "4: Final Solution" July 2006 N/A 18,372, ranked 123th in North American[19]
#5 "5: Beasts" August 2006 N/A 16,982, ranked 114th in North American[20]
#6 "6: The End of the Beginning" September 2006 N/A 16,579, ranked 121th in North American[21]

Collected editions

TitleFormatMaterial collectedPagesPublication dateISBNEstimated sales (North America)
[Trades]		Rated
Fury: Peacemaker Trade Paperback Fury: Peacemaker #1-6 144 November 15, 2006 0-7851-1769-5 Combined sales: 2,377[22] T+[23]

Sequel

The series takes place before Ennis's first Fury series published in 2001 and was later followed by Fury: My War Gone By in 2013.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://ftp.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=72769
  2. ↑ http://ftp.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=72769
  3. ↑ http://ftp.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=72769
  4. ↑ http://ftp.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=72769
  5. ↑ http://ftp.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=72769
  6. ↑ http://ftp.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=72769
  7. ↑ http://ftp.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=72769
  8. ↑ http://www.artboiled.com/2013/nick-fury-the-cold-war-and-all-the-stars-in-the-sky/
  9. ↑ Ching, Albert (May 1, 2012). "Ennis Returns to FURY MAX for 'Cold War Greatest Hits'". COMICS. Newsarama. Archived from the original on July 1, 2017. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  10. ↑ http://www.comics.org/issue/968722/
  11. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=YbkJ0QJrEZ8C&pg=PA567&lpg=PA567&dq=Nick+fury+Peacemaker&source=bl&ots=SBZrJ-kja4&sig=ud7iyf_7-3-mnu0IN85QxdwVMzM&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwia_b6nu7DRAhWC_ywKHQ0UCO04FBDoAQg4MAQ#v=onepage&q=Nick%20fury%20Peacemaker&f=false
  12. ↑ http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/02/04/fury-peacemaker-1-review https://archive.is/JApWA
  13. ↑ http://www.artboiled.com/2013/nick-fury-the-cold-war-and-all-the-stars-in-the-sky/
  14. ↑ https://www.popmatters.com/fury-peacemaker-2496003474.html https://www.webcitation.org/6w0Jyk6NR
  15. ↑ "February 2006 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. The Comics Chronicles. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  16. ↑ Fury: Peacemaker #1
  17. ↑ "March 2006 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. The Comics Chronicles. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  18. ↑ "April 2006 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. The Comics Chronicles. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  19. ↑ "May 2006 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. The Comics Chronicles. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  20. ↑ "June 2006 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. The Comics Chronicles. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  21. ↑ "June 2006 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. The Comics Chronicles. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  22. ↑ "November 2006 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. The Comics Chronicles. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  23. ↑ http://marvel.com/comics/collection/5487/fury_peacemaker_trade_paperback
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