If Garth Ennis is known for anything as a writer then it's surely his uncompromising approach to violence. Sometimes that has worked for me - like most teenagers reading comics in the late '90s I was very into Preacher - and other times it has left me entirely cold. The Boys, for instance, did absolutely nothing for me. Still, when you hear that Get Fury is a Marvel MAX series (ie. for adult readers only) that pits Frank Castle and the original Nick Fury against each other then Ennis makes total sense as the series' writer.
The first issue published this week, drawn by Jacen Burrows and colored by Guillermo Ortego. Ennis's long history of writing war comics is reflected in a book that offers a far more realistic view of the Marvel universe, one without a superhero in sight. Likewise, as one of the definitive Punisher writers, his love of Frank Castle shows through here. The comic is called Get Fury, but this first issue feels very weighted towards the young Punisher-to-be.
