| Wolverine/Nick Fury: Scorpio Rising | |
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| Date | 1994 |
| Main characters | Wolverine,Nick Fury andMikel Fury |
| Series | Marvel Graphic Novel |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Creative team | |
| Writers | Howard Chaykin |
| Artists | Shawn McManus |
| Letterers | Chris Eliopoulos |
| Colourists | Gloria Vasquez |
| Original publication | |
| Date of publication | 1994 |
| Language | English |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Wolverine: Bloody Choices |
Wolverine/Nick Fury: Scorpio Rising, sometimes just known asScorpio Rising is agraphic novel published by American companyMarvel Comics in 1994.[1][2]
The story was reprinted inWolverine & Nick Fury: Scorpio in 2012, which contains the three stories of theWolverine/Nick Fury trilogy,Wolverine/Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection andWolverine: Bloody Choices being the other two.[3][4]
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]
The trilogy was originally collected as in the following trade paperback.
| Title | Material collected | Publication date | ISBN |
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| 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 theMarvel Epic Collection of Wolverine.
| Title | Vol. | Vol. title | Material collected | Publication date | ISBN |
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| 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 |
The book was the third American highest selling trade-paperback of 1994.[8]
SuperMegaMonkey ofComics Chronology stated that, despite being a sequel toThe 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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