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Post by Uatu the Watcher on Feb 12, 2007 18:37:20 GMT -5
Secret War
In 2003, Nick Fury, Director of the international security force S.H.I.E.L.D., uncovers a secret plot by the Latverian Prime Minister, Lucia von Bardas, to fund super criminals with advanced technology presumably left from previous Latverian dictator Doctor Doom as a means of wreaking terror on American soil. Fury immediately takes his findings to the President of the United States but is denied the authorization requested to overthrow the post-Doom Latverian government, which is sponsored by the U.S. Dismissed, Fury is enraged at what he sees as the same pre-9/11 security complacency inviting disaster yet again.
Fury recruits Captain America, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Black Widow, Luke Cage, Wolverine, and superhuman S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Daisy Johnson in a private attempt to covertly overthrow Latveria. The heroes are subsequently brainwashed by Fury to keep the mission secret.
A year later, a mass reprisal is unleashed across New York City, leaving Luke Cage in a coma as Fury and a cadre of NYC heroes face off against Von Bardas and her hi-tech army. Fury's mind-tampering is revealed, enraging all the heroes involved (with the exception of the Black Widow and Johnson, who, as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, were allowed to retain their memories). Nick Fury is forced underground, replaced by Maria Hill as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
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