Wolverine/Nick Fury: Scorpio Rising

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Wolverine/Nick Fury: Scorpio Rising
Mikel Fury
SeriesMarvel Graphic Novel
PublisherMarvel Comics
Creative team
WritersHoward Chaykin
ArtistsShawn McManus
LetterersChris Eliopoulos
ColouristsGloria Vasquez
Original publication
Date of publication1994
LanguageEnglish
Chronology
Preceded byWolverine: Bloody Choices

Wolverine/Nick Fury: Scorpio Rising, sometimes just known as Scorpio Rising is a graphic novel published by American company Marvel Comics in 1994.[1][2]

Publication history

The story was reprinted in Wolverine & Nick Fury: Scorpio in 2012, which contains the three stories of the Wolverine/Nick Fury trilogy, Wolverine/Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection and Wolverine: Bloody Choices being the other two.[3][4]

Plot

Fury's son,

Mikel, is having a hard time training to become S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and soon he's seduced away by the cry of his homeland, Carpassia, which is undergoing revolution. He takes the Cosmic Key and heads for Carpassia, where HYDRA is using LMDs to wage war and to bait Mikel so Hydra steal the Key from him. Fury and Wolverine team up again to set Scorpio straight and free the country of HYDRA. It is later revealed that Mikel is the heir to the Carpassian throne from before the country was taken over by the Soviet Union. After Hydra is defeated, he runs for president and wins the election.[5][1][6]

Collected editions

The trilogy was originally collected as in the following trade paperback.

Title Material collected Publication date ISBN
Wolverine & Nick Fury: Scorpio Wolverine/Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection
Wolverine: Bloody Choices
Wolverine/Nick Fury: Scorpio Rising
April 4, 2012[7] 978-0785153481


The trilogy was also later reprinted in the

Marvel Epic Collection
of Wolverine.

Title Vol. Vol. title Material collected Publication date ISBN
Wolverine Epic Collection 2 Back to Basics Wolverine (vol. 2) #17–30; Wolverine/Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection; Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure March 2019 978-1302916091
3 Blood and Claws Wolverine (vol. 2) #31–44 (1988), Wolverine: Bloodlust (1990) 1, Wolverine: Bloody Choices (1991) 1 July 2021 978-1302930899
7 To the Bone Wolverine (vol. 2) #76-86; Wolverine: Evilution; Wolverine & Nick Fury: Scorpio Rising; Ghost Rider, Wolverine, Punisher: The Dark Design; Cable #16 June 2023

Reception

The book was the third American highest selling trade-paperback of 1994.[8]

SuperMegaMonkey of Comics Chronology stated that, despite being a sequel to The Scorpio Connection, it does not really delve into the Scorpio history any further; Howard Chaykin also drew the Scorpio Connection but did not get any writing credits for it and probably felt some ownership or connection with the characters. However, according to him, Scorpio Rising is just a general spy adventure story.[9]

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