History ComicBook / FuryMyWarGoneBy

* DirtyCommunists: From Vietnam, to Cuba, to Nicaragua, the ideal of stopping the evils of communism is used as the catch-all excuse for American intervention. Of course, the reality is [[GrayandGreyMorality far more complex]]. [[TruthinTelevision Truth in Television]] for the Cold War.

Second ''Comicbook/NickFury'' comic series released on the Creator/MarvelComics' MAX imprint, which ran for thirteen issues between 2012 and 2013.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[ThePunisherMAX Frank Castle]] co-stars in the Vietnam arc, set during his [[NoodleIncident secretive second tour]] which had been teased by Ennis for ten years.

An old Nick Fury sits in a dark hotel room. Beside him is a recorder, to which he tells about his work in the CIA and their involvement in First Indochina War, BayOfPigsInvasion, UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar and the Contra War in UsefulNotes/{{Nicaragua}}.

* AllForNothing: Both Nick Fury and [[spoiler:Leitrong Giap]] realize that the Cold War amounted to this;
-->'''[[spoiler:Leitrong Giap]]''': I believe that Heaven is just: that is why were triumphant. But Heaven never stops watching. Our Communist utopia was never realized, because we brought the same cruelty and tyranny with which we fought the war to peacetime. ''(close-up on Nick Fury)'' I saw my comrades grow corrupt. Rule our people with oppression, fear and violence. I had degraded and dehumanized myself, sacrificed the lives of thousands, and for what?

* NotSoDifferent: In the final issue, [[spoiler:Letrong Giap]] delivers a rather convincing one to Fury in front of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial.
--> [[spoiler: '''Letrong Giap''']]: ''Perhaps that is why the likes of you and I are spared: so we might witness the full extent of our follies. Oh, how we abuse our warriors' faith. We send them to fight for unspeakable things. We are both bound for hell, Colonel Fury. But I hope you find a comfortable place to wait.''

* AllForNothing: Both Nick Fury and Leitrong Giap realize that the Cold War amounted to this;
-->'''Leitrong Giap''': I believe that Heaven is just: that is why were triumphant. But Heaven never stops watching. Our Communist utopia was never realized, because we brought the same cruelty and tyranny with which we fought the war to peacetime. ''(close-up on Nick Fury)'' I saw my comrades grow corrupt. Rule our people with oppression, fear and violence. I had degraded and dehumanized myself, sacrificed the lives of thousands, and for what?

* KarmaHoudini: Several characters:
** [[spoiler:Letrong Giap]] is revealed to have survived [[spoiler:Frank Castle shooting him in the neck]], despite him having committed several war crimes and atrocities before and during Vietnam. Somewhat averted in that he could be considered a AntiVillain.

* NotSoDifferent: At the end, [[spoiler:Letrong Giap says to Fury that they both have condemned themselves to hell in their actions, but both have done it for their country and both have ended up with their sacrifice having been made pointless due their governments' corruption.]]
--> ''[[spoiler: '''Letrong Giap''']]:'' ''Perhaps that is why the likes of you and I are spared: so we might witness the full extent of our follies. Oh, how we abuse our warriors' faith. We send them to fight for unspeakable things. We are both bound for hell, Colonel Fury. But I hope you find a comfortable place to wait.''

* BloodKnight: Cheff Steinhoff, a Nazi war criminal, evaded capture after WWII and joined the French Legion to continue fighting in wars. He has no problem with the atrocities he has committed, which includes executing Jews, instead viewing them only as his duty as a soldier.

* ILoveTheDead: After [[spoiler:Shirley]] [[MoeGreeneSpecial shoots a whore in the eye]] that her husband was laying with, she forces him to continue humping the dead woman's corpse before shooting him and [[DrivenToSuicide then herself]].

--> ''[[spoiler: Letrong Giap]]:'' ''Perhaps that is why the likes of you and I are spared: so we might witness the full extent of our follies. Oh, how we abuse our warriors' faith. We send them to fight for unspeakable things. We are both bound for hell, Colonel Fury. But I hope you find a comfortable place to wait.''

--> ''[[spoiler: Letrong Giap]]:''' ''Perhaps that is why the likes of you and I are spared: so we might witness the full extent of our follies. Oh, how we abuse our warriors' faith. We send them to fight for unspeakable things. We are both bound for hell, Colonel Fury. But I hope you find a comfortable place to wait.''

-->''Perhaps that is why the likes of you and I are spared: So we might witness the full extent of our follies. Oh, how we abuse our warriors' faith. We are both bound for hell, Colonel Fury. But I hope you have found a comfortable place to wait.''

->''My name is Nick Fury. I've had a bullet in my head since Nineteen Forty-Four. I can't seem to die, don't even age much. I fight and fuck like a goddamn demon. I lick up war like it was sugar. These are the things I have done for my country...''

Second ''Comicbook/NickFury'' comic series released on the Creator/MarvelComics' MAX imprint, which run for thirteen issues between 2012 and 2013.

* DownerEnding: The final page of the series is Fury sitting alone in a hotel room [[spoiler: [[EverybodyDies having lost everyone he cared about]] and possibly considering suicide.]] You know its bad when [[spoiler:the MAX version of The Punisher]] got a happier ending.

* BloodKnight: Steinhoff, a Nazi war criminal, escaped authorities after WWII and joined French Legion to continue fighting in wars. He has no problem with the things that he has done up to that point, which includes excuting Jews, since for him they were just part of his duties as a soldier.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Five years after the atrocities in Nicaragua, Fury retaliates on Barracuda by breaking most of his bones in a darkned room by beating him with a baseball bat while wearing NightVisionGoggles.

->''My name is Nick Fury. I've had a bullet in my head since Nineteen Forty-Four. I can't seem to die, don't even age much. I fight and fuck like a goddamn demon. I lick up war like it was sugar. These are the things I have done for my country...''

[[caption-width-right:343:[[OlderThanTheyLookIt ain't the years. It's the wars.]]]]

* MercyKill: After [[spoiler:Elgen]] loses his [[AnArmAndALeg limbs]] to [[ThreateningShark a bunch of sharks]] in Cuba, Fury, after seeing his reaction to it, grants his wish for death

* NotSoDifferent: At the end, [[spoiler:Letrong Giap says to Fury that they both have condemned themselves to hell in their actions, but both have done it for their country and both have ended up with their sacrifice having been made pointless due the governments corruptions.]]
* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: One happens off-panel in the Nicaragua arc, led by Barracuda. The most horrifying moment being a [[spoiler: the corpse of a pregnant woman who had her stomach cut open and her baby stomped on.]]

** [[spoiler: Barracuda]] would easily be one, if one has not read Ennis' ''Punisher'' MAX books, which takes place after this storyline and shows his KarmicDeath.

* ChainsawGood: Barracuda is introduced in the Nicaragua arc with three tied men on front of him and a chainsaw hanging over his shoulder.

* NotSoDifferent: At the end, [[spoiler: Letrong Giap says to Fury that they both have condemned themselves to hell in their actions, but both have done it for their country and both have ended up with their sacrifice having been made pointless due the governments corruptions.]]

* NeverSuicide: In order to get Fury finish his investigation about the possible drug relations in their outpost, Barracuda forces the place's Commanding Officer to "confess" about trading drugs by having him telling about them on a suicide note that he was forced to write on a gunpoint, before killing him. Fury isn't fooled, and continues his investigations in secret.