#870 Steranko's "Nick Fury," pt 1: Spy or superhero?

About this episode

The episode discusses Jim Steranko's run on Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., exploring its storytelling and artistic elements.

Somehow it's taken us 20 years of podcasting to get to Jim Steranko's fabled run on Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. But is the early stuff really so fabled? There's lots of action and it's exciting, but don't dare think about it too much, because the seat-of-the-pants plotting is all over the map, and the anatomy drawing sometimes leaves something to be desired. Still, as you go issue by issue, you start to see new ideas coming to him as he starts to innovate with Marvel's Jack Kirby house style. Tim and Kumar discuss the "Fury" stories in Strange Tales 154-163. Brought to you by: Waxy Buildup podcast Our supporters on Patreon

People in this episode

Host: Tim Young

Guest: Kumar

Topics covered

• comics
• Nick Fury
• Jim Steranko
• Marvel
• art style
• storytelling

Keywords

• Nick Fury
• Jim Steranko
• comics analysis
• Marvel
• Strange Tales
• art style
• storytelling

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Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Strange Tales

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