Writer Jason Aaron
Artist Mike Deodato
Color Artist Frank Martin
Letterer VC’s Chris Eliopoulos
Part Three of Eight
I feel a little tricked by this issue.
On the cast list :
Kitty and Magik are clearly listed.
But the only panel they could be present in is this one –
Which I can’t make out which one could be either of them from that upper middle panel with the blue light putting all of the secrets in their heads.
I added the Art Adams’ Interlocking variant cover to my Wishlist as Kitty is definitely on that cover so if I ever get to own that, I will most likely take this issue out of my collection and keep the variant in its place. Sort of like how I would do with Wolverine and the X-Men Volume One Issue 25 that Carmen Drake is on the cover but outside of a bonus page in the back, Kitty isn’t present at all.
Nick Fury narrates later in the issue that only those heroes (and people) present at this depicted moment are the ones that know all of the secrets that Uatu the Watcher knew – so at least Kitty and Magik now got some gossip that they can enjoy.
Though it also seems like they only know secrets that pertain to them that they didn’t know about themselves.
The big moment from this issue is that Winter Solider not only strands Moon Knight and Gamora on an alien planet – but also kills Nick Fury! Nick Fury is definitely dead, as Bucky cut off his dead.
The mystery of who has Uatu’s other eye is at least mentioned. Who has that thing?
Other highlights are :
The Orb is working for Doctor Midas. Exterminatrix is Midas’ daughter.
Hulk wants to smash Iron Man. There is a mini to explain why.
Thor knows he has a sister. There is a mini to explain that. I predict it will be lame. Though I like how Aaron is writing it, so it should be important to this overall story.
I wonder what secrets Kitty and Magik now know.
Fury takes Orb prisoner.
Wolverine and Hulk are watching Orb. I really like how Orb summarizes his guards – a tortured school teacher and a deranged physicist.
Fury tells Captain America that after the secrets bomb – Thor, Spider-Man and Daredevil took off for their tie in adventures.
Captain America won’t tell Fury what he saw. Did everyone just see one secret about themselves, or did they just focus on those ones?
Fury saw no secrets. Maybe his brain is already full of secrets.
Winter Soldier, Moon Knight and Gamora see a planet, who isn’t Ego, get shot to death with the same green bullets that Ant-Man / Emna Frost / Black Panther as well as Doctor Strange / Punisher are finding. The bullets range in sizes.
Winter Soldier abandons his two teammates.
Winter Soldier kills Nick Fury, who I am sure is not a LMD.
I already seen the cast list for issue four and neither Shadowcat or Magik are in that issue. Maybe I will get issue five. Time will tell.
Shadow and Flame with Magik 