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6. Fury MAX
(Marvel Comics)
Nick Fury is a hard-fightin’ son of a gun.
And Ennis is just the man to put that on display. In the Fury MAX mini, Fury continues to fight in United States conflicts throughout the Twentieth Century. ‘Nam, Cuba, Nicaragua, everywhere your history books forgot to teach you, America invaded.
It’s a book about war, yes, but moreso about the types of people who go to war. And what their chosen profession says about them. The series also guest stars some notable MAX regulars, including Punisher and Barracuda. But their appearances never feel like cameos or fan service. They’re in there to make points. We’re meant to compare these two men of war to our protagonist and ask what makes him different than they. Goran Parlov’s art excels at drawing out the darkness and sadness in every panel, and in making the horrors of war more visceral.
It may be the best single treatise on war Ennis has produced. It’s certainly the most cohesive.
