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S.H.I.E.L.D. #4

THE MADNESS, THE STAR CHILD AND THE CELESTIAL MADONNA

The hottest book of 2010 continues! The world is still shaking from the revelations of #3 and there are more where those came from.

IN THIS ISSUE – The true history of Nostradamus, the defeat of a Celestial at the hands of a mortal man and HOW THE WORLD ENDS! Oh, and Jonathan Hickman (FANTASTIC FOUR) and Dustin Weaver (X-MEN) have also created the most troubling idea ever…THE FOETUS OF GOD!

WRITER: JONATHAN HICKMAN
PENCILS: DUSTIN WEAVER
INKS: DUSTIN WEAVER
COLORED BY: CHRISTINA STRAIN
LETTERED BY: TODD KLEIN
COVER BY: GERALD PAREL

Price: $2.99
iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 2.2%

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  1. Avatar photo USPUNX says:
    October 4, 2010 at 2:25 pm

    and cue the comments about how this is all just ‘big ideas…’

  2. Avatar photo Malecema says:
    October 4, 2010 at 2:27 pm

    I didn’t dig issue #2 all that much but I thought #3 was great, I’m excited to see where this goes.

  3. Avatar photo blulew23 says:
    October 4, 2010 at 3:12 pm

    Maybe it is all big idea, but it’s damn exciting big idea! Why should every book be about blowing shit up and big guys beating the crap out of each other? S.H.I.E.L.D has been intriguing and beautiful.

  4. Avatar photo JumpingJupiter says:
    October 4, 2010 at 4:51 pm

    Cool cover!

  5. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    October 4, 2010 at 4:57 pm

    big ideas + outstanding art still = good comics!

  6. Avatar photo Peterparker18102 says:
    October 4, 2010 at 5:15 pm

    This series is a blast

  7. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    October 4, 2010 at 6:37 pm

    The only hit comic with the word Foetus in it…..well that and Tiny Titans.

  8. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    October 4, 2010 at 6:46 pm

    I’m loving this book. But I have to say, it’s a good thing the art is amazing or else most people wouldn’t buy this.

  9. Avatar photo Diabhol says:
    October 4, 2010 at 7:20 pm

    This book liquefies my brain…and that’s *awesome*. 🙂

  10. Avatar photo DarthDuck says:
    October 4, 2010 at 7:26 pm

    This should come with some sort of drool protection.  First, as I drool over the art and then for when my brain shuts down trying to wrap my head around it all.

  11. froggulper says:
    October 4, 2010 at 8:24 pm

    This is the sort of series I just flip back through multiple times and ponder over. Sort of like Morrison’s Batman in a way. There’s a lot here to digest. Not sure I think this is a "perfect" book or whatever, but it’s so unique and I’m really digging it. Can’t wait to see what Hickman’s going to do with the "Star Child" foetus thing that seems like it’s straight out of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

  12. Avatar photo jwaesch says:
    October 4, 2010 at 11:59 pm

    Usually, when I decide to trade-wait for something, I let myself just kind of forget about and then let it take me by surprise when the trade is finally released.  Such is not the case with this title.  My patience is be excruciatingly tested right now, but I know I will be completely blown away when I finally get to read this thing in one good chunk of collected issues.

    When should we expect vol. 1 anyway?  anyone know?

  13. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    October 5, 2010 at 12:14 am

    http://www.amazon.com/S-H-I-E-Architects/dp/0785148949/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1286251996&sr=1-1

    HC on April 20 

  14. Avatar photo jwaesch says:
    October 5, 2010 at 12:38 am

    April 20th!?!?!  Sheeesh!  that seems like such a long time away.  Seems about right though, all things considered.  Oh well,  thats just a couple of weeks after my birthday so maybe I can see it as a belated birthday gift to myself?

  15. Avatar photo devildog says:
    October 5, 2010 at 1:21 am

    Anybody know how many issues this series is planned for? 

  16. Avatar photo jwaesch says:
    October 5, 2010 at 2:07 am

    @devildog – TEN YEARS!

     

  17. Avatar photo wangman31888 says:
    October 5, 2010 at 5:11 am

    is this really 2.99? cuz i swear it was a 3.99 title last time i bought it…

  18. Avatar photo Roly says:
    October 5, 2010 at 9:06 am

    This will read so goddamn well when collected. That’s not to say that it doesn’t read really well currently.

  19. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    October 5, 2010 at 1:43 pm

    Yeah, I think I’m out. I must not be smart enough for this one. Maybe it’ll make sense in trade, but with 2 months between issues containing a "story" that doesn’t seem to have a point or anything to grasp on to… well, it’s not for me, I suppose.

  20. Grandturk says:
    October 5, 2010 at 4:51 pm

    I’m with you Casey.  I jumped off after 2 and am either trade-waiting or trade-forgetting.

  21. Avatar photo OttoBott says:
    October 5, 2010 at 5:01 pm

    I anticipate this trade with great interest…

  22. Avatar photo JumpingJupiter says:
    October 5, 2010 at 5:38 pm

    It’s weird, for me it doesn’t feel late for some odd reason…

  23. edward says:
    October 5, 2010 at 5:52 pm

    i give this until issue eight until everyone gets sick of the mumbo jumbo and drops it 

  24. Avatar photo diebenny says:
    October 5, 2010 at 7:04 pm

    All these bi-monthly books never feel late or like its been a long time between issues, at least to me.  The production put into Astonishing Spidey and Wolverine, Avengers Children’s Crusade, and this are all well worth the wait.

  25. Avatar photo tomstewdevine says:
    October 5, 2010 at 10:52 pm

    Come on haters Hickman is the man, he is the kind of creator marvel needs to bring them a story that will be talked about for a long time, I don’t know if this is that project, but I sure hope it is.

  26. Avatar photo JimBilly4 says:
    October 6, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    Issue 2 wandered a bit, but last issue was spectacularly awesome. More of the same please, Mr. Hickman.

  27. Avatar photo JumpingJupiter says:
    October 7, 2010 at 7:32 am

    Yeah, I liked this. Pieces are being put in place.

  28. Avatar photo DarthDuck says:
    October 7, 2010 at 6:57 pm

    It took four issues but I’m finally at the point were I’m starting to figure it all out and am not always confused.

  29. Avatar photo Malecema says:
    October 8, 2010 at 10:44 am

    I dig this title, the art alone is worth the price but what the $#%! is going on…

  30. Avatar photo JumpingJupiter says:
    October 8, 2010 at 4:02 pm

    Here’s a snippet of my review which gets published tuesday at comicsbulletin.com

    S.H.I.E.L.D.  is the story of fate versus choice, destiny versus free will and the conflict between the factions sided with either one of those ideals. It retells a facet of Marvel history in which Da Vinci being the first man in space, Galileo defeats Galactus with a hope machine, and Isaac Newton is apparently an obsessed despot who imprisoned Nostradamus for 500 years in order to extract from him a prophecy integral to the survival of mankind. Da vinci in fact travels back and forth through time and space in order to  tear down Newton’s “kingdom” and liberate mankind’s ability of choice. Oh and there’s also a giant robot mother who lays a divine egg in the sun which Da Vinci seeks out and finds a “god fetus”.

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