The story includes a sequence pencilled by Jack Kirby and inked by Jim Steranko that had never seen print as part of a series before.

The series holds an average rating of 7.9 by 72 professional critics according to review aggregation website Comic Book Roundup.

[15] Jesse Schedeen of IGN stated that the series may not appeal much to the fans who are craving an old school type Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

revival, but the first issue does a fine job of drawing elements from the TV series and merging them with the traditional Marvel Comics universe.

He also enjoyed the fact that Phil Coulson in his opinion got more characterization in the first issue than he had ever been given before in comics where he is usually portrayed as Nick Fury Jr's sidekick.