Finished reading S.H.I.E.L.D: Perfect Bullets, this begins Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D series that introduces the team from Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D TV show into the Marvel's comic universe. The book opens up with a quick origin to Phil Coulson before he gets promoted to the supreme commander of S.H.I.E.L.D's special ops department as Coulson leads the heroes of the Marvel universe against multiple forces of the Norse realms due to the Bifrost Bridge being broken by an unknown crystal leading to Heimdall falling on to Earth and losing his sword. The next story has S.H.I.E.L.D agent Jemma Simmons going undercover in the school of Ms Marvel due to one of her classmates selling supervillain weapons within the school. The following story has Coulson teaming up with Spider-Man as the pair embark on a mission into Dr Strange's home which has been broken into by a group lead by Colonel Myrdden who has been hired to retrieve a few items form the Sanctum Sanctorum. The penultimate story has Coulson calling up Sue Storm who has apparently been an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D for quite some time, to rescue a scientist from Hydra. The final story has Coulson and his team coming together to fight against the forces of Dormammu who has put all of the mystics of the world into comas thanks to magical bullets allowing him to begin an invasion on Earth without being opposed. Overall this was a good book as writer Mark Waid does a great job of integrate the cast of the TV very organically. The episodic feel to the book is great as it helps to give time to each character to further develop each of them and to show how they react within the main Marvel universe. With the book being very episodic means that each part of the book has a different artists on each story, as each artist bring their own unique style which works extremely well for each story. Additionally thanks to Phil Coulson being the point of view character for the book it helps to show how each hero deal with their mission as he helps to bring out each hero's perennial in some very interesting ways. 7.5/10.
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