Battle Scars Vol 1 1

Part of the Shattered Heroes event
Battle Scars Vol 1 #1
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Art by: Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz and Guru-eFX
Alternate Covers
1 - Textless
Release Date	November 9, 2011
Cover Date	January, 2012
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Axel Alonso

1st story
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Chris Yost Cullen Bunn Matt Fraction
Penciler(s)	Scot Eaton
Inker(s)	Andrew Hennessy
Colorist(s)	Paul Mounts
Letterer(s)	Joe Sabino
Editor(s)	Alejandro Arbona John Denning Tom Brevoort

 My name is Staff Sergeant Marcus Johnson, 2nd Battalion, Army Rangers. That's Cheese, my best friend. And even faced with the end of the world...rangers lead the way. 

—Marcus Johnson

Appearing in 1st story

Featured Characters:

• Staff Sergeant Marcus Johnson (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• "Cheese" (First appearance)
• Secret Avengers
  • Captain America (Steve Rogers)
  • Agent 13 (Sharon Carter)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. (Return)
  • Numerous unnamed agents

Antagonists:

• Taliban
• Skadi (Sinthea Shmidt) (Only in recap)
• Thule Society (Only in recap)
• Russian mercenaries
• Taskmaster
• Elderly man
• Elderly man's assistant

Other Characters:

• United States Army
  • Anderson (First appearance)
  • McAdams (Mentioned) (Dead)
• Avengers (Appears on screen)
  • Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Appears on screen)
  • Thor (Appears on screen)
  • Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Appears on screen)
  • Thing (Ben Grimm) (Appears on screen)
• United Nations (Mentioned)
• Pashtun farm kid (First and only known appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
• Afghan soldiers (Main story and flashback)
  • Farshad (First and only known appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Ahmad (First and only known appearance)
• Nia Marie Johnson (Behind the scenes)
• Atlanta P.D. officer
• Blackwater (Referenced)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Asgardians

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and flashback)
  • Afghanistan
    • Bagram Airfield (First appearance)
  • City of Asgard (Appears on screen)
  • United States of America (Main story and flashback)
    • New York City, New York State (Only in flashback)
    • Washington, D.C. (Only in flashback)
    • Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia (Mentioned)
    • Georgia
      • Atlanta
        • Cemetery
        • Nia Johnson's home
  • Europe (Mentioned)
    • France (Mentioned)
    • Eastern Europe (Mentioned)
  • South America (Mentioned)

Items:

• Bleeding Edge Armor (Appears on screen)
• Thor's Armor (Appears on screen)
• Spider-Man's Suit (Appears on screen)
• Hammer of Skadi (Only in flashback)
• Captain America's Shield
• Captain America's Uniform

Vehicles:

• S.H.I.E.L.D. Flying Car

Events and Eras:

• War in Afghanistan

Synopsis for 1st story

• Synopsis not yet written

Solicit Synopsis

• The post-Fear Itself Marvel Universe begins here! • Who is Army Ranger Marcus Jones, and how could he tear the Marvel Universe apart?

See Also

• 8 image(s) from Battle Scars Vol 1 1
• 2 reprint(s) of Battle Scars Vol 1 1

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