This Week in Spandex – The Invincible Iron Man #32 & Secret Warriors #22
There is no question these titles are some of the best in the marketplace. If you are not reading Secret Warriors and Iron Man you are missing out. While my love of Iron Man is well known, I don't think people realize the complexity of the story being constructed in Secret Warriors. An updated and perhaps better version of previous Nick Fury comics, this title takes a gritty look at the superspy/superhero dichotomy. The original Nick Fury is a Cold War character (unlike the ultimate universe version constructed in reaction to the war on terror). As a result, the aesthetics linked to this character are informed by a ideological struggle associated with global political viewpoints competing against each other. While contemporary comic have made a unconscious (or conscious) link between Hydra and al-Qaeda. This interposition of Cold War global framework within the contemporary global terror circumstance help to overcome the cognitive dissonance that should come from trying to bridge these circumstances.
There is no question these titles are some of the best in the marketplace. If you are not reading Secret Warriors and Iron Man you are missing out. While my love of Iron Man is well known, I don't think people realize the complexity of the story being constructed in Secret Warriors. An updated and perhaps better version of previous Nick Fury comics, this title takes a gritty look at the superspy/superhero dichotomy. The original Nick Fury is a Cold War character (unlike the ultimate universe version constructed in reaction to the war on terror). As a result, the aesthetics linked to this character are informed by a ideological struggle associated with global political viewpoints competing against each other. While contemporary comic have made a unconscious (or conscious) link between Hydra and al-Qaeda. This interposition of Cold War global framework within the contemporary global terror circumstance help to overcome the cognitive dissonance that should come from trying to bridge these circumstances.
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