

So I had to think of a name, and I love names, so I came up with the name S.H.I.E.L.D. . But it's now years later and I'm going to make him a colonel, and I'm going to make him the head of an outfit like U.N.C.L.E., a secret military outfit. And I thought, just for fun, I'm going to bring Sgt. Here was a very popular television show called The Man from U.N.C.L.E., sort of a James Bond type of thing. The 12-page feature was initially created by Lee and Kirby, with the latter supplying such inventive and enduring gadgets and hardware as the Helicarrier – an airborne aircraft carrier – as well as human-replicant LMDs ( Life Model Decoys), and even automobile airbags. (Supreme Headquarters International Espionage Law-enforcement Division) and its nemesis Hydra. In Strange Tales #135 (August 1965), Fury, now a colonel, became a James Bond-esque Cold War spy, with Marvel introducing the covert organization S.H.I.E.L.D.

Main article: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. The Howling Commandos encountered Office of Strategic Services agent Reed Richards (later Mister Fantastic of the Fantastic Four) in #3 (September 1963), and fought alongside Captain America and Bucky in #13 (December 1964). Annuals featured the "Howlers" called back to fight in the Korean War and Vietnam War.
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Roy Thomas succeeded Lee as writer, followed by Gary Friedrich, whom became a signature series as well. Following several issues by creators Lee and Kirby, penciller Dick Ayers began his long stint on what would be his signature series John Severin later joined as inker, forming a long-running, critically acclaimed team. The series ran 167 issues (May 1963 – December 1981), though only in reprints after issue #120 (July 1974). Fury and his Howling Commandos, as the cigar-chomping NCO who led a racially and ethnically integrated elite unit. Fury and his Howling Commandosįury first appeared in the World War II combat series Sgt. The recognizability of the character portrayed by Jackson in the films later led Marvel in 2012 to retire the original character in the comic book continuity, replacing him with his son Nick Fury Jr., who is also patterned on Jackson. When the character was introduced in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2008's Iron Man, Jackson was cast in the role, which he has played in eleven films, the first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Ī version of the character appearing in Marvel's 2001 Ultimate Marvel imprint was based on Samuel L. Jeff Ward also portrayed Deke Shaw, a character based on the original Fury, from the fifth to the seventh season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998), with Andre Braugher portraying General Hager, a character based on Fury, in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007). The character was first portrayed in live-action by David Hasselhoff in the television film Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury appears in several Marvel series set in alternate universes, as well as multiple animated films, television shows, and video games based on the comics. It is eventually revealed that he takes a special medication called the Infinity Formula that halted his aging and allows him to be active despite being nearly a century old, later leading to him becoming The Unseen, herald of Uatu the Watcher, and forming a new team of Exiles. government or the United Nations and various superheroes. The character makes frequent appearances in Marvel books as the former head of S.H.I.E.L.D., and as an intermediary between the U.S. In Strange Tales #135 (August 1965), the character was transformed into a James Bond-like spy and leading agent of the fictional espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. The modern-day character, initially a CIA agent, debuted a few months later in Fantastic Four #21 (December 1963). Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963), a World War II combat series that portrayed the cigar-chomping man as leader of an elite U.S. Created by writer/artist Jack Kirby and writer Stan Lee, he first appeared in Sgt. is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Skilled armed and unarmed combatant/martial artistĬolonel Nicholas Joseph " Nick" Fury Sr.Master in espionage and intelligence gathering.
