The Mighty Avengers #12 (2008 Marvel Comics) – VF/NM – Nick Fury’s Secret Invasion Prelude – Bendis & Maleev

📦 Product Description:

Condition: VF/NM (Very Fine to Near Mint)
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Release Year: 2008
Issue: #12
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Alex Maleev
Starring: Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Dum Dum Dugan, The Secret Warriors (first appearance), Skrulls

🧠 About the Comic:
In The Mighty Avengers #12, we pull back the curtain on what Nick Fury has really been up to. Long before Skrulls started impersonating Earth’s heroes, Fury saw the signs — and started recruiting a team of underground operatives to fight a war the Avengers didn’t even know existed.

With gritty pencils by Alex Maleev and a script loaded with spy intrigue by Bendis, this issue gives us the first appearance of Fury’s Secret Warriors, and a direct bridge into Secret Invasion.

📊 Condition Notes (VF/NM Estimate):

• Cover: Glossy and sharp, minimal handling wear

• Spine: Tight with 0–1 faint stress marks

• Corners: Sharp

• Interior Pages: White to off-white, crisp, no writing

• Stored: Bagged and boarded, smoke-free archival storage

🎯 Why This Issue Is Key:

• First appearance of Secret Warriors (Daisy Johnson's black ops team)

• Prelude to Marvel’s Secret Invasion mega-event

• Bendis/Maleev collaboration — legendary team from Daredevil

• VF/NM condition makes this a modern key issue

• Bridges The Mighty Avengers to Marvel’s espionage & paranoia era

🧟 Pulled from the Reaper’s intelligence archive — because even the dead can be Skrulls.