History ComicBook / SecretWar

* SpiritualSuccessor: The NewAvengers, also by Bendis, An Avengers line-up with more or less the same characters.

* AuthorAppeal: Nick Fury handpicks a squad of superheroes to invade Latveria. They happen to all be characters Brian Bendis is openly fond of, especially LukeCage, DareDevil, and SpiderMan.

'''Secret War''' was a 2004 storyline of Marvel Comics, written by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis. Despite the similar name (in singular instead of plural), it has no relation with the 1986 Comicbook/SecretWars crossover.

AuthorAppeal: Nick Fury handpicks a squad of superheroes to invade Latveria. They happen to all be characters Brian Bendis is openly fond of, especially LukeCage, DareDevil, and SpiderMan.

* InvisiblePresident: Nick Fury details a terrorist threat to the U.S., and the president simply dismiss it? They ''had'' to use the trope, or face very serious legal trouble.

* [[ChekhovsGunman Chekhovs Gunwoman]]: Daisy Johnson, who joined the heroes when everybody was in his civilian identities. Everybody thought, who is she? No, she was not any known super hero.

* [[ChekhovsGunman ChekhovsGunwoman]]: Daisy Johnson, who joined the heroes when everybody was in his civilian identities. Everybody thought, who is she? No, she was not any known super hero.

There are many minor villains in the Marvel Universe with technology-based powers. S.H.I.E.L.D. finally began to think: how can those villains [[CutLexLuthorACheck pay the huge costs of their technology, with their small petty crimes?]]. The answer: because Latveria (ruled by Lucia Von Bardas at the time) is financing them to cause mayhem in the U.S. Nick Fury explains all this to the president, but he is ignored: the president is in good diplomatic terms with Von Bardas. As he was sure that allowing the situation to continue would call for a huge disaster, Fury organizes a secret covert team to infiltrate into Latveria and stage a coup against Von Bardas. Those were Captain America, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Wolverine, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Black Widow and Daisy Johnson. And when they done it, Fury erased their memories of the whole thing, except for the two agents.

All that took place a year back. In modern day, all those who were involved in that operation (and did not even remember that) began to be attacked, and start finding clues of what have happened a year before. It ends with a big fight against a cyborg Lucia Von Bardas, aided by all the petty criminals who use her technology. She is defeated, and the whole coup attempt is finally outed. Nick Fury then announces the Super Heroes that he will now became clandestine.

There are many minor villains in the Marvel Universe with technology-based powers. SHIELD finally began to think: how can those villains [[CutLexLuthorACheck pay the huge costs of their technology, with their small petty crimes?]]. The answer: because Latveria (ruled by Lucia Von Bardas at the time) is financing them to cause mayhem in the US. Nick Fury explains all this to the president, but he is ignored: the president is in good diplomatic terms with Von Vardas. As he was sure that allowing the situation to continue would call for a huge disaster, Fury organizes a secret covert team to infiltrate into Latveria and stage a coup against Von Bardas. Those were Captain America, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Wolverine, and SHIELD agents Black Widow and Daisy Johnson. And when they done it, Fury erased their memories of the whole thing, except for the two agents.

* BlahBlahBlah: Nick Fury found a SHIELD report to be basically like that. Then he heard that Luke Cage was attacked, and he suddenly become interested.

* CutLexLuthorACheck: Finally acknowledged in-story.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: There is a conspiracy theory that says the Bush administration knew that something like the 9/11 may happen, and did not do anything about it. This storyline sets a parallelism, and Nick Fury even mentions that he won't let it happen "again".
* HarmlessVillain: The Killer Shrike had a number of pages with SHIELD agents mocking on how much of a HarmlessVillain he was.
* InvisiblePresident: Nick Fury details a terrorist threat to the US, and the president simply dismiss it? They ''had'' to use the trope, or face very serious legal trouble.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: The Killer Shrike had to suffer one at the hands of SHIELD agents.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Material reveals that the president's plan was to blackmail Von Bardas into cooperating with them, using the evidence of her dirty dealing againt her, which was why no action was taken. So, not only did Fury get Luke Cage (and his pregnant girlfriend) caught in an explosion, messed with the minds of people who previously trusted him, but he created a lot more problems for everyone involved, ended up having to go underground, and his successor was set up to fail. Oh, and him not being in charge of SHIELD provided the Skrulls with an advantage in the lead-up to Secret Invasion.

* OhNoNotAgain: Wolverine does not like people messing with his memory... again
* SecretWar: Obviously. Even more than the original Comicbook/SecretWars (unrelated to this story)

There are many minor villains in the Marvel Universe with technology-based powers. SHIELD finally began to think: how can those villains [[CutLexLuthorACheck pay the huge costs of their technology, with their small petty crimes?]]. The answer: because Latveria (ruled by Lucia Von Vardas at the time) is financing them to cause mayhem in the US. Nick Fury explains all this to the president, but he is ignored: the president is in good diplomatic terms with Von Vardas. As he was sure that allowing the situation to continue would call for a huge disaster, Fury organizes a secret covert team to infiltrate into Latveria and stage a coup against Von Vardas. Those were Captain America, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Wolverine, and SHIELD agents Black Widow and Daisy Johnson. And when they done it, Fury erased their memories of the whole thing, except for the two agents.

All that took place a year back. In modern day, all those who were involved in that operation (and did not even remember that) began to be attacked, and start finding clues of what have happened a year before. It ends with a big fight against a cyborg Lucia Von Vardas, aided by all the petty criminals who use her technology. She is defeated, and the whole coup attempt is finally outed. Nick Fury then announces the Super Heroes that he will now became clandestine.

* VictoryGuidedAmnesia: But not for ''this'' story, for the background story at Latveria.
* WhatTheHellHero: Lots. Fury, obviously, for carrying out an unauthorised attack on Latveria, a move which could easily be viewed as an act of war and lead to a lot more people dying, as well as wiping the memories of heroes without their consent. Special mention goes to Natasha, whose backstory includes her memories being manipulated by people without her consent and knowledge, standing by and letting Fury do this to her friends.

* VictoryGuidedAmnesia: But not for ''this'' story, for the background story at Latveria.

* [[ChekhovsGunman ChekhovsGunwoman]]: Daisy Johnson, who joined the heroes when everybody was in his civilian identities. Everybody though, who is she? No, she was not any known super hero.

'''Secret War''' was a 2004 storyline of Marvel Comics, written by BrianMichaelBendis. Despite the similar name (in singular instead of plural), it has no relation with the 1986 Comicbook/SecretWars crossover.

'''Secret War''' was a 2004 storyline of Marvel Comics, written by Michael Bendis. Despite the similar name (in singular instead of plural), it has no relation with the 1986 Comicbook/SecretWars crossover.

* SecretWar: Obviously. Even more than the original Comicbook/SecretWars (unrelated to this story)