Secret Avengers #2 - Eyes of the Dragon
(2011)

Marvel, 2011 Series
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Volume
2
Price
24.99 USD; 27.99 CAD
Pages
176
On-sale Date
2011-07-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
T+
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Brand
Marvel Premiere Edition; Marvel; Marvel [connected to the UPC box]
ISBN
978-0-7851-4601-8 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9780785146018 52499
Printer
R.R. Donnelley, Inc., Salem, VA, USA
Editing
Jennifer Grünwald (credited) (collection editor); Tom Brevoort (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

Collects Secret Avengers (Marvel, 2010 series) #6-12.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Deodato (credited as Mike Deodato Jr.) (signed as Mike Deodato, Jr.)
Inks
Mike Deodato (credited as Mike Deodato Jr.) (signed as Mike Deodato, Jr.)
Colors
Rain Beredo (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Beast [Hank McCoy]
The Avengers: Steve Rogers
Celestial Order of the Hai-Dai: Hai-Dai ninja; Zheng Zu
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Indexer Notes

This is the dustjacket. The actual front cover of the book is blue with the Secret Avengers logo in silver foil. The actual back cover and inside front and back covers are blank.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

insert or dust jacket / 0 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Deodato
Inks
Mike Deodato
Colors
Rain Beredo
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
An ages-old evil rises, ready to renew his deadly dominion.
Characters
Steve Rogers

Indexer Notes

The inside front flap of the dust jacket contains promotional copy about this volume a quote from Ryan K. Lindsay of ComicBookResources.com and is illustrated by art taken from panel 2 of page 14 of issue #6.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

blank page(s) / 3 pages (report information)


Indexer Notes

Solid blue blank pages at the front of the book.

Secret Avengers: Eyes of the Dragon (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Previously (Table of Contents: 4)

recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[Issue 6] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Marko Djurdjević (painting)
Inks
Marko Djurdjević (painting)
Colors
Marko Djurdjević (painting)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Steve Rogers; Black Widow
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Eyes of the Dragon Part 1 (Table of Contents: 6)

The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Brubaker
Pencils
Mike Deodato
Inks
Mike Deodato
Colors
Rain Beredo
Letters
Dave Lanphear

Genre
superhero
Characters
Shang-Chi; Hai-Dai; Prince of Orphans [Green Mist of Death; John Aman]; Avengers [Steve Rogers; Sharon Carter; Beast; Ant-Man [Eric O'Grady]]; Shadow Council [Aloysius Thorndrake; Max Fury [Nick Fury L.M.D.]]; Fu Manchu (unnamed)
Synopsis
The Shadow Council have revived Shang-Chi's evil father, Fu Manchu.
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[Issue 7] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Deodato (signed)
Inks
Mike Deodato (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Secret Avengers [Moon Knight; Black Widow; Valkyrie]; Shang-Chi
Reprints

Eyes of the Dragon, Part 2 of 5 (Table of Contents: 8)

The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Brubaker
Pencils
Mike Deodato; Will Conrad
Inks
Mike Deodato; Will Conrad
Colors
Rain Beredo
Letters
Dave Lanphear

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hai-Dai; Secret Avengers [Steve Rogers; Shang-Chi; Black Widow; Ant-Man [Eric O'Grady]; Valkyrie; Prince of Orphans [John Aman]; Agent 13 [Sharon Carter]]; Shadow Council [Director Thordrake; Max Fury [Nick Fury L.M.D.]; Fu Manchu; John Steele]
Synopsis
Rogers tries to get inside the Hai-Dai by letting them abduct Shang-Chi, but the plot fails. Prince of Orphans and Valkyrie do manage to capture a Shadow Council soldier alive. Fu Manchu is doubtful of the Council's ability to perform the ritual to restore his health, but the Council has a surprise ace in the hole.
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[Issue 8] (Table of Contents: 9)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Deodato (signed)
Inks
Mike Deodato (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Steve Rogers; Beast]; Fu Manchu; Hai-Dai
Reprints

Eyes of the Dragon, Part 3 of 5 (Table of Contents: 10)

The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Brubaker
Pencils
Mike Deodato; Will Conrad
Inks
Mike Deodato; Will Conrad
Colors
Rain Beredo
Letters
Dave Lanphear

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Steve Rogers; Sharon Carter; Valkyrie; Beast; Ant-Man [Eric O'Grady]; War Machine; Black Widow; Prince of Orphans [John Aman]; Shang-Chi]; Shadow Council [John Steele; Max Fury [Nick Fury L.M.D.]; Fu Manchu [Zheng Zu]]
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[Issue 9] (Table of Contents: 11)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Deodato (signed)
Inks
Mike Deodato (signed)
Colors
Rain Beredo

Genre
superhero
Characters
Secret Avengers [Steve Rogers; Shang-Chi; Prince of Orphans [John Aman]]
Reprints

Eyes of the Dragon, Part 4 of 5 (Table of Contents: 12)

The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Brubaker
Pencils
Will Conrad; Mike Deodato
Inks
Mike Deodato; Will Conrad
Colors
Rain Beredo
Letters
Dave Lanphear

Genre
superhero
Characters
Secret Avengers [Steve Rogers [Captain America (flashback)]; War Machine [Jim Rhodes]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Shang-Chi; Prince of Orphans [John Aman]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Moon Knight; Valkyrie; Sharon Carter]; Shadow Council [John Steele; Max Fury [Nick Fury L.M.D.]; Fu Manchu [Zheng Zu]]; Nick Fury (flashback); Red Skull [Johann Schmidt] (flashback); Professor Erskine (flashback); Professor Burstein (flashback)
Synopsis
The Shadow Council wants to trade Sharon for Shang-Chi. Steve meets John Steele, and they fight. Sharon is returned, but Shang-Chi is captured and faces his father.
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[Issue 10] (Table of Contents: 13)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Deodato (signed)
Inks
Mike Deodato (signed)
Colors
Rain Beredo

Genre
superhero
Characters
Secret Avengers [Steve Rogers; Ant-Man [Eric O'Grady]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Shang-Chi]
Reprints

Eyes of the Dragon, Part 5 of 5 (Table of Contents: 14)

The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Brubaker
Pencils
Mike Deodato; Will Conrad
Inks
Mike Deodato; Will Conrad
Colors
Rain Beredo
Letters
Dave Lanphear

Genre
superhero
Characters
Shadow Council [John Steele; Thorndrake; Zheng Zu [Fu Manchu]; Max Fury [Nick Fury L.M.D.]]; Hai-Dai; Secret Avengers [Shang-Chi; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]; Steve Rogers; Ant-Man [Eric O'Grady]; Valkyrie; Prince of Orphans [John Aman]; Moon Knight; War Machine [Jim Rhodes]; Sharon Carter]
Synopsis
The Avengers rescue Shang-Chi from his murderous father and, in the process, capture the former hero John Steele.
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[Issue 11] (Table of Contents: 15)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Deodato (signed)
Inks
Mike Deodato (signed)
Colors
Rain Beredo

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; John Steele
Reprints

The Trouble with John Steele Part 1 of 2 (Table of Contents: 16)

The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Brubaker
Pencils
Will Conrad
Inks
Will Conrad
Colors
Rain Beredo; SotoColor
Letters
Dave Lanphear

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Steve Rogers [Captain America (flashback)]; Beast]; John Steele (also in flashback); Shadow Council (flashback)
Synopsis
With the help of a machine modified by Beast, Steve Rogers enters into a memory that he shares with John Steele in order to determine when John became a villain.
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[Issue 12] (Table of Contents: 17)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Deodato (signed)
Inks
Mike Deodato (signed)
Colors
Rain Beredo

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Prince of Orphans [John Aman]
Reprints

The Trouble with John Steele Part 2 of 2 (Table of Contents: 18)

The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Brubaker
Pencils
Will Conrad; Mike Deodato
Inks
Will Conrad; Mike Deodato
Colors
Rain Beredo
Letters
Dave Lanphear

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Steve Rogers [Captain America (flashback)]; Beast; Prince of Orphans [John Aman]]; John Steele (also in flashback); Shadow Council [Thorndrake] (flashback)
Synopsis
Continuing to travel through John Steele's memories, Steve Rogers manages to convert Steele away from his allegiance to the Shadow Council.
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#6 Variant (Table of Contents: 19)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Deodato
Inks
Mike Deodato
Colors
Rain Beredo

Genre
superhero
Characters
Steve Rogers
Reprints

#6 Women of Marvel Variant (Table of Contents: 20)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jelena Kevic Djurdjevic (painting)
Inks
Jelena Kevic Djurdjevic (painting)
Colors
Jelena Kevic Djurdjevic (painting)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Valkyrie
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#6 Vampire Variant (Table of Contents: 21)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Amanda Conner (signed)
Inks
Amanda Conner (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Ant-Man [Eric O'Grady]
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Indexer Notes

Mistakenly described as #7 Vampire Variant in this issue.

#7 Tron Variant (Table of Contents: 22)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mark Brooks (signed)
Inks
Mark Brooks (signed)
Colors
Mark Brooks (signed)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Moon Knight
Reprints

#11 Captain America 70th Anniversary Variant (Table of Contents: 23)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Simone Bianchi (signed)
Inks
Simone Bianchi (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Beast [Henry McCoy]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

blank page(s) / 3 pages (report information)


Indexer Notes

Solid blue pages at the back of the book.

The Creators (Table of Contents: 25)

insert or dust jacket / 0 pages (report information)

Script
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Letters
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Indexer Notes

The inside back flap of the dust jacket contains biographies of Ed Brubaker, Mike Deodato Jr., and Will Conrad.

[It comes to me in the middle of the night.] (Table of Contents: 26)

The Avengers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Deodato (signed)
Inks
Mike Deodato (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Secret Avengers [Moon Knight; Black Widow; Valkyrie]; Shang-Chi
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The back cover of the dust jacket features promotional copy about this volume and a quote from blogger Geoff Arbuckle.