Captain America and Nick Fury: Blood Truce

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Captain America and Nick Fury: Blood Truce
Captain America and Nick Fury Blood Truce cover.png
Cover of the issue.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
Genre
Publication dateFebruary – February 1995
No. of issues1
Main character(s) Captain America
Nick Fury
Creative team
Written by Howard Chaykin
Ben Schwartz
Penciller(s) Andrew Currie
Inker(s) Thomas 'Tom' Palmer Sr.
Letterer(s) John Costanza
Colorist(s) Joe Rosas
Editor(s)Michael 'Mike' Marts
Nelson 'Nel' Yomtov

Captain America and Nick Fury: Blood Truce, also known as Captain America/Nick Fury: Blood Truce is a fortyeight page [1] comic book one-shot [2] published by Marvel Comics in 1995. [3] [4]

Contents

Publication history

The one-shot was written by Howard Chaykin, who had worked on many other Nick Fury projects before and Ben Schwartz. It was published on February 1, 1995.

Plot

Captain America and Nick Fury uncover a rogue faction of S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives determined to undermine a delicate international situation brought about by the defection of former KGB interrogator Dimitri Panshin. The rogue faction seek to make Panshin pay for his crimes. Only by siding with the Titanium Man, and A.I.M., can they save the world from an onslaught of nuclear holocaust.

Reception

The reviewer of NickFuryAgentofShield.com stated that although the comic features a lot of common tropes of Nick Fury stories it has some really nice art and dialogue. [5] The book was ranked second on Diamonds highest selling paperbacks in February 1995. [6]

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References

  1. Captain America / Nick Fury: Blood Truce on comics.org
  2. Overstreet, Robert M. (1995). The Overstreet Comic Book Companion. Avon Books. p. 114.
  3. Frankenhoff, Brent; Thompson, Maggie; Bickford, Peter (2010). Comic Book Price Guide 2010 by the Comic Buyer's Guide. Krause Publications. p. 139. ISBN   978-1440213991.
  4. Robert G. Weiner (2007). Marvel Graphic Novels and Related Publications: An Annotated Guide to Comics, Prose Novels, Children's Books, Articles, Criticism and Reference Works, 1965-2005. McFarland. p. 28. ISBN   978-0786425006.
  5. "Captain America/Nick Fury: Blood Truce (1995)". Review. NickFuryAgentofShield.com.
  6. "February 1995 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops". comichron.com. The Comics Chronicles . Retrieved 2017-07-22.