History ComicBook / SecretWar2004

* BlahBlahBlah: Nick Fury found a S.H.I.E.L.D. report to be basically like that. Then he heard that Luke Cage was attacked, and he suddenly become interested.

All that took place a year back. In modern-day, all those who were involved in that operation (but didn't remember) were starting to be attacked, and begin finding clues of what 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 to the superheroes that he will now become clandestine.

''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 1980's ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|1984}} crossover, or the [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 2015 crossover of the also identical name.]] No, we don't know why three different Marvel stories all have the same name.

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 Latveria and stage a coup against Von Bardas. Those heroes were ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, ComicBook/LukeCage, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents ComicBook/BlackWidow and Daisy Johnson. And when they had done it, Fury erased their memories of the whole thing, except for the two agents.

* CutLexLuthorACheck: Finally acknowledged in-story.

* OhNoNotAgain: Wolverine does not like people messing with his memory... again.

* SequelHook: Of a sorts. [[spoiler:The US President's interview with Maria Hill after she's named director of S.H.I.E.L.D. show's him saying that he's never liked superheroes and was looking for a way to keep them in check. This foreshadows the Superhuman Registration Act that would be the centerpiece of ''ComicBook/CivilWar.'']]

'''''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 1980's ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|1984}} crossover, or the [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 2015 crossover of the also identical name.]] No, we don't know why three different Marvel stories all have the same name.

* AuthorAppeal: Nick Fury handpicks a squad of superheroes to invade Latveria. They happen to all be characters Brian Bendis is openly fond of, especially Luke Cage, Daredevil, and Spider-Man. Especially obvious when the files in the supplementary materials show Fury opted to pass on Iron Man for the mission because he'd ask too many questions, which the entire team sans Black Widow and Daisy would do as well.

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 Latveria and stage a coup against Von Bardas. Those heroes were ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, ComicBook/{{LukeCage}}, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents ComicBook/BlackWidow and Daisy Johnson. And when they had done it, Fury erased their memories of the whole thing, except for the two agents.

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 Latveria and stage a coup against Von Bardas. Those heroes were Captain America, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Wolverine, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Black Widow and ComicBook/DaisyJohnson. And when they had 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 (but didn't remember) were starting to be attacked, and begin finding clues of what 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 to the supeheroes that he will now became clandestine.

* AuthorAppeal: Nick Fury handpicks a squad of superheroes to invade Latveria. They happen to all be characters Brian Bendis is openly fond of, especially ComicBook/LukeCage, ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, and Franchise/SpiderMan. Especially obvious when the files in the supplementary materials show Fury opted to pass on ComicBook/IronMan for the mission because he'd ask too many questions, which the entire team sans Black Widow and Daisy would do as well.

** In the introduction for the collected edition, a supposed real life member of the intelligence community mentions stuff like this (intel suggests someone is engaging in terrorism, leadership opts to use it as leverage instead of actively stopping it) happens all the time.

* SequelHook: Of a sorts. [[spoiler: The US President's interview with Maria Hill after she's named director of S.H.I.E.L.D. show's him saying that he's never liked superheroes and was looking for a way to keep them in check. This foreshadows the Superhuman Registration Act that would be the centerpiece of ''ComicBook/CivilWar.'']]