The Sssh Avengers!

[badficwriter]

Secret Avengers 6 (4 scans under cut)

Steve Rogers is leading an Avengers black ops team, composed of War Machine, Black Widow, Valkyrie, Antman, Moon Knight and Beast. (Nova left.)

A mysterious group called the Shadow Council released a godlike entity on Mars. While the Avengers were fighting that, another Shadow Council team seized the Serpent Crown that the Avengers had been safeguarding. They were led by a Nick Fury duplicate, who was revealed to be the experimental synthetic organism Life Model Decoy that Scorpio used the Zodiac Key to give memories and free will to. The Shadow Council rescued the LMD and named him 'Max.'





While looking for the Council in China, the Prince of Orphans found a reactivated group of the Black Dragon's looking for a resurrection mcguffin. Steve has Pete Wisdom track down the Black Dragon's son, Shang Chi. The Prince of Orphans rescues Shang from the Black Dragon group.



Shang agrees to accompany Steve and the Widow to infiltrate China to find the mcguffin. It's a trap.



The guy with the crazy horn mask is a zombie Black Dragon.

Comments

[q99]

Shang Chi and Prince of Orphans? Sweet :)

[nonners]

Is that Natasha massaging him? Why is her hair blonde? Unless it's Yelena?

[jlbarnett]

I'm pretty sure that's Sharon

[nonners]

Well that would make much more sense.

[spockfran.livejournal.com]

Is Marvel allowed to use Fu Manchu or is that still unlikely?

[crinos]

I'm pretty sure Fu Manchu is Public domain by now.

[badficwriter]

Alan Moore had to use a pseudonym 'Doctor' because he wasn't.

[crinos]

According to TV Tropes, Fu Manchu is public domain in the US, but not Europe (which is why Moore couldn't name him). Also some of Fu Manchu's supporting cast (like his daughter) aren't public domain yet.

[pyynk]

One of the things I've loved about this series is how Brubaker is using characters besides the A listers as regular cast members and support for the Secret Avengers. That and the fact that it's just been a great run so far!

[badficwriter]

Shang is practically fanboying over meeting the Prince of Orphans. :)

[q99]

Can you blame him? Guy's the star of the Seven Immortal Warriors, even Iron Fist isn't on Orphan's level :)

[lucky_gamble]

Wow Steve looks...ho....good. The artist seems to have an affinity for drawing the male body.

[badficwriter]

Yes indeedy. That uniform is almost tight enough to tell if he's circumcised.

[minyandu]

Shang Qi looks a lot like Bruce Lee. O_o

[badficwriter]

I thought he looked familiar, but I was putting it to Generic Chinese Template.

Artist working off pictures, or deliberate?

[darkknightjrk]

Wasn't Chi based on Bruce Lee? I could see it, then.

[apexpredator]

Yelena as the masseuse just "pinged" in my head. Time to sail that ship!

[kirke_novak]

Steve should be shown shirtless in every issue.
For equality
>_>

[badficwriter]

I dunno. I like a little mystery. Something like that skintight number he's wearing is good for me. :)

[heartsalliance]

Wow. This artist really likes muscles. I like muscles too

[badficwriter]

Yep! You can tell just looking at Sharon's muscle tone--if he used photo references--they were from muscle and exercise magazines.

[heartsalliance]

Question; So just how much is Ant-Man in this, and is it still Eric?

[badficwriter]

It's still Eric the Awful, and he doesn't show up this issue. He's in the next issue though.