Secret Warriors (2009 series)

This article is about original Marvel series. For other uses, see Secret Warriors (disambiguation).

Secret Warriors is a 2009 comic book ongoing series published by Marvel Comics, the series focuses mainly on Nick Fury and his secret teams (Team White being one off), which the title is referencing to as well as members of other hidden groups, such as the ones from Hydra. The series was written by Brian Michael Bendis and Jonathan Hickman, with art by Stefano Caselli.^[1] The series ran for 28 issues and ended in 2011.

Secret Warriors
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	2009
No. of issues	28
Main character(s)	Several; Daisy Johnson Nick Fury
Creative team
Created by	Jonathan Hickman & Stephano Caselli
Written by	Brian Michael Bendis Jonathan Hickman
Artist(s)	Stefano Caselli
Penciller(s)	Stefano Caselli
Inker(s)	Stefano Caselli
Letterer(s)	Artmonkeys, David 'Dave' Lanphear – 'Comicraft/DL & Artmonkeys Studios'
Colorist(s)	Daniele Rudoni – 'Danielle Rudoni'
Editor(s)	Tom Brevoort Joe Quesada Jeanine Schaefer

Publication history

The series has been published in several collected editions, two for each storyline with one version in hardcover and the other in trade paperback format. The hardcover for the first storyline was published with the tagline: "The greater sin is doing nothing when you could be giving everything...of dreaming too small. I will be the ONE MAN."^[2]

Plot

The series focuses on Nick Fury and his secret teams who are meant to combat Hydra who have infiltrated the spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D.^[3][4][5]

Roster

• Nick Fury
• Quake
• Hellfire
• Druid
• Phobos
• Stonewall
• Eden Fesi

Reception

The series holds an average rating of 7.7 by 128 professional critics on the review aggregation website Comic Book Roundup.^[6]

Prints

Issues

No.	Title	Cover date	Comic Book Roundup rating	Estimated sales (first month)	Rated
#1	—	April 2009	8.2 by eight professional critics.[7]	57,694, ranked 19th in North America[8]	T[9]
#2	—	May 2009	7.9 by seven professional critics.[10]	48,079, ranked 24th in North America[11]	T[12]
#3	—	June 2009	8.0 by seven professional critics.[13]	50,122, ranked 31st in North America[14]	T[15]
#4	—	July 2009
#5	—	August 2009
#6	—	September 2009
#7	—	October 2009
#8	—	November 2009
#9	—	December 2009
#10	—	January 2010
#11	—	February 2010
#12	—	March 2010
#13	—	April 2010
#14	—	May 2010
#15	—	June 2010
#16	—	July 2010
#17	—	August 2010
#18	—	September 2010
#19	—	October 2010
#20	—	November 2010
#21	—	December 2010
#22	—	January 2011
#23	Rebirth	February 2011
#24	—	March 2011
#25	—	May 2011
#26	—	June 2010
#27	—	July 2010
#28	—	September 2010

Collected editions

Title	Material collected	Pages	Publication date	ISBN
Secret Warriors Vol. 1: Nick Fury, Agent of Nothing	Secret Warriors #1–6 and material from Dark Reign: New Nation #1	184	September 16, 2009	978-0-7851-3999-7[16]
Secret Warriors Vol. 2: God of Fear, God of War	Secret Warriors #7–10, Dark Reign: The List – Secret Warriors #1	144	January 27, 2010	978-0-7851-4306-2[17]
Secret Warriors Vol. 3: Wake the Beast	Secret Warriors #11–16	145	July 28, 2010	978-0-7851-4757-2[18]
Secret Warriors Vol. 4: Last Ride of the Howling Commandos	Secret Warriors #17–19, Siege: Secret Warriors #1	99	November 10, 2010	978-0-7851-4759-6[19]
Secret Warriors Vol. 5: Night	Secret Warriors #20–24	128	June 15, 2011	978-0-7851-4802-9[20]
Secret Warriors Vol. 6: Wheels Within Wheels	Secret Warriors #25–28	112	September 28, 2011	978-0-7851-5814-1[21]
Secret Warriors: The Complete Collection Vol. 1	Secret Warriors #1-16, Dark Reign: The List — Secret Warriors #1 and material from Dark Reign: New Nation #1	480	June 2, 2015	978-0785197638
Secret Warriors: The Complete Collection Vol. 2	Secret Warriors #17-28, Siege: Secret Warriors #1	352	July 28, 2015	978-0785197645
Secret Warriors Omnibus	Secret Warriors #1-28, Dark Reign: The List — Secret Warriors #1, Siege: Secret Warriors #1, Mighty Avengers #13, 18 and material from Dark Reign: New Nation #1	904	July 18, 2012	978-0785163336