

Appearing in "Book One"
Featured Characters:
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
Colonel Nick Fury
(Appears in flashback and main story)
- Black Widow (Natasha Romanov) (Only in flashback)
- Agent Johanna Maley (First appearance) (Unnamed) (Only in flashback)
- Agent Jimmy Woo (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Agent Jasper Sitwell (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Val Fontaine (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Agent Sharon Carter (Cameo)
- Dum Dum Dugan (Cameo)
- Agent Clay Quartermain (Cameo)
Supporting Characters:
- President of United States (Appears in shadow only) (Only in flashback)
Adversaries:
- Lucia von Bardas (First appearance) (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Killer Shrike (Simon Maddicks) (Only in flashback) (Apparent Death)
Other Characters:
- Tinkerer (Phineas Mason) (Only in flashback)
- Avengers (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only) (Only in flashback)
Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only) (Only in flashback)
- Thor (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only) (Only in flashback)
- Jack O'Lantern (Jason Macendale, Jr.) (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only) (Only in flashback)
- Scorcher (Jamal Hudak) (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only) (Only in flashback)
- Grim Reaper (Eric Williams) (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only) (Only in flashback)
- Goldbug (Jackson Smith) (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only) (Only in flashback)
- Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only) (Only in flashback)
- Scorpion (Mac Gargan) (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only) (Only in flashback)
- Grizzly (Ted Winchester) (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only) (Only in flashback)
- Heroes for Hire (Mentioned)
- Mister Fear (Alan Fagan) (Mentioned)
- Hydra (Mentioned)
- F.B.I. (Mentioned)
- Hammerhead (Joseph) (Mentioned)
Locations:
- United States of America
- New York State
- North America
- Pennsylvania (Only in flashback)
- Philadelphia (Only in flashback)
- Washington, D.C. (Only in flashback)
- White House (Only in flashback)
- Latveria (Only in flashback)
- International Airport (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Renaissance Armor (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
- Pumpkin Bomb (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
- Doctor Octopus' Tentacles (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Book One"
In Harlem, Luke Cage and Jessica Jones return to their apartment, and Luke pressures a group of neighborhood kids to get him the name of a local drug-dealer who is selling to kids. Inside the apartment they discover a woman who prompertly destroys the apartment with a massive energy blast.
"1000 feet over Langley, Virginia" aboard the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, Nick Fury listens to a lengthy list of reports, and learns that the attack in Harlem put Cage in the hospital in a coma.
Fury travels to Metro Hospital where he finds Danny Rand and Jessica sitting with the comatose Cage. Jessica demands to know why Fury has come.
"One year ago," the Killer Shrike was apprehended by Iron Man and Thor, and interrogated by S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents Woo and Sitwell, who demand to know where Maddicks got the funding for his expensive equipment. Maddicks ultimately agrees to turn over the Tinkerer and leads S.H.I.E.L.D. to Philadelphia, but is killed by a trap left by Mason.
"Later," Fury searches the Tinkerer's workshop, finding little, and resorts to calling Natasha Romanoff, who has tracked the Tinkerer at the Latverian International Airport where he is picked up by a car with government plates.
Some time later, Fury meets with the President at the White House and delivers a report "on a project codenamed CIRCUIT" which has revealed that a number of "technological themed criminals" – including Jack O'Lantern, Killer Shrike, Goldbug, Grizzly, and Grim Reaper – "were getting their materials from...the Tinkerer," whose criminal endeavors were in turn being financed by Lucia von Bardas, "the elected Prime Minister of Latveria." Fury recommends taking decisive action against von Bardas, but the President suggests handling the situation "diplomatically" instead.
Fury storms out of the White House, explaining to Contessa Valentina de la Fontaine that the government's inaction will get innocent people killed, and that he refuses to "go through it again."
In the "present day," Fury looks on the comatosa Luke Cage, and asks himself: "What have I done?"
Solicit Synopsis
The most popular and acclaimed writer in comics reveals the darkest chapter in MARVEL UNIVERSE history in this quarterly limited series MEGA-EVENT!
- When Nick Fury finds a disturbing connection between many of Marvel's deadliest villains, he puts together a ragtag team of the MU's most misunderstood heroes for a secret mission to do what the U.S. government could never allow, eventually leading to a super-powered blowout between a "Who's Who" of NYC heroes and mutants!
- Featuring the American debut of the stunning, fully painted work of Italian artist Gabrielle Dell'otto. 48 pages (with ads) include special material detailing the events leading up to the war, who the major players are and what is the SECRET in this SECRET WAR?
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in comics and books, see references for info.[1]
- Page 3 of this issue matches page 3 of The Pulse #6, while pages 6-7 and 24 of SW #1 correspond to pages 9-10 of Pulse #6.
- Special thanks to Adam Cichowski, Patrick McGrath & Omar Otieku.
See Also
Links and References
References
- ↑ This story is reprinted in the following comics/TPB's:* Secret War TPB #1