Issue(s): Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD #11
Cover Date: May 90
Title: "Greetings from Scotland"
Credits:
Alan Grant - Writer
Cam Kennedy - Penciler
Cam Kennedy - Inker
Suzanne Dell'Orto - Assistant Editor
Gregory Wright - Editor

Review/plot:
This is a fill-in by Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy, both of whom, i will note, are Scottish. And the story has Nick Fury trying to take a vacation in Scotland but winding up getting involved with... something. Including meeting up with a guy that he knew from World War II.

Only problem is i have no idea what anyone is saying.

And that's before we get into shaman that worship sea eagles.

You guys are just lucky it was Nick Fury dealing with whatever this is and not me. Because i would just be saying, "Huh?! WHAT?!" the whole time.

Quality Rating: D

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References: N/A

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A

I never understood the concept of a "fill-in". Do writers get to take off when they want and have somebody write an issue for them ? Also, isn't it a little early in this run to have a fill-in? It's only the 11th issue. I always feel cheated by fill-ins. It seems to be replacing the "reprints" of the 60's and 70's.

The most common reason I have seen for fill-in stories is lateness. Christopher Priest has mentioned that he would run a fill-in at the first sign of a book being late. The stories themselves are sometimes previously-written ones that never got used for whatever reason.

Yet another "Old friend of the hero that's never been mentioned before turns out to be evil" story.

In the late 70s/80s Marvel had a policy of preparing fill-in issues as a hedge against issues running late. When no emergency arose they were run between storylines.