The latest S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary special focuses on the top cop himself - Nick Fury. And not just one version of Fury, but both the classic version and his Samuel L. Jackson-inspired son in one time-travel-induced team-up. This issue works well as far as exploring the troubled father/son relationship these two share, but less so when it comes to exploring America's ongoing racial tension.
The fact that the book isn't more successful in terms of the latter element is disappointing considering that this issue also marks writer David F. Walker's Marvel debut. Walker has done a fine job of blending superheroics and sociopolitical conflicts in DC's new cyborg series. But here, perhaps because of the limited scope of the issue, the racial elements feel very perfunctory. There's no depth or insight to the scenes of race riots unfolding in 1965 and 2015. The fact that Walker relied on the inherently goofy Hate-Monger for his choice of villain doesn't help. But more than that or the very "on the nose" ending, what hurts the story is Walker's portrayal of the elder Fury as a naive idealist who can't seem to grasp the idea that Civil Rights-era America isn't one big, happy melting pot of tolerance. If any Marvel character is going to have a pragmatic view of the world and the people in it (even at this early age), it's Nick Fury.
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