Original Sin Review

Finished reading Original Sin, this book brings back Nick Fury Sr, as lead writer Jason Aaron brings the murder case of Uatu the Watcher to life as it leads to untold secrets being revealed. The book opens up to a prologue story that reveals the origin of Uatu the Watcher as Nova meets with him after asking the Avengers why the Watcher watches over the Earth. After Nova gives Uatu a souvenir from the battle between the Avengers and X-Men leading to Uatu breaking his vow of not intervening, to tell Sam that his father is still alive somewhere. The main story begins with the Watcher entering his home on the Moon as part of the building blows up. Meanwhile on Earth Captain America, Black Widow, Wolverine and Nick Fury are in a diner when Steve gets a call from Thor who has found the dead body of the Watcher with his eyes gouged out prompting the Avengers and Fury to start a murder investigation. Elsewhere a mysterious informant gets three teams of heroes to pursue their own investigations of similar murders as Black Panther, Ant-Man and Emma Frost head to an underground cavern, Doctor Strange and the Punisher teleport to another dimension, and the final team of Moon Knight, Gamora and Winter Solder travel towards a dead planet. Overall this was an amazing book as it brings the Watcher's death to the forefront of the story which brings back the original Nick Fury into the fold as the lead character of the book. The mystery behind the identity of the killer and the importance of the Watcher's eyes are very intriguing and captivating. The tone of the first half of the story works especially well giving the feel of a detective story, while the change to the confrontation at the end of the story is interesting with the battle being less of a fist fight and more of a tactical battle. Also the use of the lesser known villains is great as the book fleshes the characters out with the Orb getting the most development. While the prequel story is a great character piece for Uatu which tugs at the heart strings a little as well. 9/10.