New Escapist Column! On How “Secret Invasion” Finally Foregrounds Nick Fury…

Posted on June 22, 2023 by Darren

We’ll be running weekly reviews of Secret Invasion at The Escapist. To start with, the premiere.

Secret Invasion is notable as the first Marvel Studios project to truly foreground Nick Fury, a character who has been essential to the shared universe dating back to the closing credits of Iron Man. It’s interesting that it took the shared universe fifteen years to build a narrative around Samuel L. Jackson. Secret Invasion adopts an interesting approach to the character, treating him as an avatar for the increasingly beleagured media franchise, a veteran and hero that might be over the hill with his best years behind him.

You can read the piece here, or click the picture below.