The battle being fought is between men who believe that they can choose their future and those who believe they cannot. ... And it's time you learned da Vinci and Newton are both wrong. It's time you learned they are both right. You have been looking for a third way, Leonid...this is it.Time is not linear. There is no great cause and effect. There is no final destiny. We must live our lives...in between. Look now, Leonid... Look! It is what you have been waiting for... It is what has always been coming... It is hope. 
Appearing in "Terribilita"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Brotherhood of the Shield (Main story and flashback)
- ⏴ Forever Man (Michelangelo) ⏵ (Appears in flashback)
- ⏴ Leonardo da Vinci ⏵ (Appears in flashback)
- ⏴ Grandmaster Isaac Newton ⏵ (Appears in flashback)
- Grandmaster Galileo Galilei (Death) (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Nostradamus ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Howard Stark ⏵
- ⏴ Nathaniel Richards ⏵
- ⏴ Night Machine (Nikola Tesla) ⏵
Other Characters:
- Mary of Nazareth (Statue) (Only in flashback)
- Jesus Christ (Statue) (Only in flashback)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Morda (Death) (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ "Bird" ⏵ (Appears in flashback)
- Émile Boirac (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Human-Deviant Hybrids (Main story and flashback)
- Deviants (Only in flashback)
Locations:
Items:
- Statue of David (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Leonardo da Vinci's Armor
- High Council of the Shield's Armor
- Human Machine (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "Terribilita"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
The most acclaimed book of 2010 is back in 2011! The second volume of S.H.I.E.L.D. has arrived and Jonathan Hickman (FANTASTIC FOUR) and Dustin Weaver (X-MEN) are making the second volume of S.H.I.E.L.D. even better than the first! In this issue, the secret history of Michelangelo. He has been pulling the strings for years and is now becoming the prime mover. Can he keep Da Vinci and Newton from killing each other and destroying the Brotherhood of the Shield? Don’t miss this new start of the book that everyone is talking about!
Notes
Chronology Notes
A flashback in this story affects the chronology of the following characters:
1502 A.D.
1630 A.D.
1642 A.D.
1645 A.D.
Publication Notes
- Also includes profiles on Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, Nostradamus, Zhang Heng, Nathaniel Richards and Howard Stark, and Nikola Tesla, written by Roger Ott, Rob London, Jeff Christiansen, and Mike O'Sullivan.
Trivia
- Among Michelangelo's completed statues can be seen his famous Statue of David and a statue of Ikaris.