Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

American comic book series

This article is about the comic book. For other uses, see Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (disambiguation).

Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Cover nr 6 from the 1968 series, drawn by Jim Steranko

Publication information
Publisher| Marvel Comics
Format| Ongoing series
Publication date|

* Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1968):
* 1968 - 1971
* Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1989):
* 1989 - 1992

No. of issues|

* Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1968): 18
* Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1989): 47

Main character(s)| Nick Fury

Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. is the title of several American comic book series published by Marvel Comics focusing on the various adventures of the character Nick Fury while working for the fictional organization S.H.I.E.L.D.

## Publication history

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### As part of Strange Tales

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Main article: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (feature)

Further information: Strange Tales

The Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. feature replaced then running Human Torch serial that ran alongside Dr Strange in Strange Tales, starting with issue #135. Though Dr Strange was a commercial and critical hit for Marvel, Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. was given priority and the cover of the anthology book for the first year of the title's serialized run. Both books would eventually alternate covers starting with #146. The early stories introduced the government spy organization S.H.I.E.L.D., which had Nick Fury as its top agent and leader. Early stories had Nick as a plain clothed spy, but the character would ultimately be transitioned into a leather catsuit with white gloves S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform. Many of Nick's fellow Howling Commandos would be established as fellow agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., along with other characters such as the Contessa, who was Nick Fury's primary love interest and second-in-command. The series introduced several different spy groups to the series: Hydra (formed by a businessman's rogue personal assistant), AIM (a mad scientist guild that was originally part of Hydra before splintering off), along with mercenary spies for hire such as the Fixer and Mentallo. Stories would be serialized, lasting several issues each. In Strange Tales #151, the series would undergo a major shift: Stan Lee gave control of the book to Jim Steranko. Steranko's art style would revolutionize the book, drawing critical and commercial acclaim. Furthermore, Steranko would retcon the origin of Hydra as the creation of Sgt Fury recurring villain Baron Wolfgang von Strucker. Strucker would be killed off shortly after appearing in the strip, though the character would be brought back to life in the 1989 Nick Fury series decades later. Ultimately the serial would end with issue #168 and Nick Fury spun off into his own title.[1][2]

### Volume 1

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In 1968, Strange Tales was canceled and Dr. Strange and Nick Fury spun off into their own books. While Dr. Strange kept the original numbering of Strange Tales, Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. was re-launched with a new #1. The series would be short-lived; Steranko had issues meeting a monthly deadline for a 20 page book and ultimately left the series after 5 issues, only writing and drawing issues #1-3 and #5. Steranko would continue to provide covers for the book through issue #7. The five issues that Steranko wrote set up a new rival for Nick Fury in the form of "Scorpio"; a foreign assassin/race car driver whose true identity was a mystery to readers and S.H.I.E.L.D. With the departure of Steranko, the sales for the book collapsed and was quickly canceled. The final original issue (#15, November 1969) of the series saw Nick Fury killed by a masked assassin known as "Bulls-eye" (no relations to the Daredevil villain of the same name). Nick Fury would not stay dead for long; two months after the publication of his book's final issue, the character would be revived in Avengers #72 (January 1970). Shortly after Avengers #72 was published, Marvel briefly revived Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. as a reprint book for three issues with issues #16-18 would reprise the Nick Fury stories from Strange Tales #135-144.

### Volume 2

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As part of their direct market "Special Edition" reprint line, the two Jim Steranko Scorpio issues of volume one (#1 and #5) were reprinted in a two part mini-series.

### Volume 3

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During the 1980s, Marvel began promoting a Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. limited series. First announced in 1984 in Marvel Age, the mini-series was referenced in the pages of Incredible Hulk and West Coast Avengers (with it implied in Incredible Hulk that the events were occurring at the same time as Incredible Hulk #299-300). The Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. series was subjected to several years of developmental limbo due to issues over the plot and format in which the limited series would be published. The series ultimately saw publication in 1988, and sold well enough to justify a new ongoing.

Volume three would take place after the events of Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D., which Nick Fury rebuilding S.H.I.E.L.D. following the revelation that the agency had been subverted by a renegade group of evolved LMDs. Opposing them was a revived Hydra, who early in the series announce their return by blowing up the main office building Nick Fury's rebuild S.H.I.E.L.D. operated out of; killing several thousand S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. Furthermore, it is revealed that the revived Hydra was being led by a resurrected Baron Von Strucker. The bulk of the series would follow the cat and mouse game between Fury and Strucker, who sought to hide his resurrection from the rest of the world.

### Volume 4

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In 2000 Marvel republished several issues of the 1968 series as a series.

## Collected editions

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Title | Material collected | Publication date | ISBN

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Son of Origins of Marvel Comics | Includes Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. story from Strange Tales #135[a] | October 1975  | 978-0-671-22166-9
Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Strange Tales #135-153[b]
Strange Tales #154-168 and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Volume 1 #1-3[c]
Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Volume 1 #4-15[d] | September 2007
December 2009
December 2011  | 978-0-7851-2686-7
978-0-7851-3503-6
978-0-7851-5034-3
S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Complete Collection Omnibus | Strange Tales #135-168, Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Volume 1 #1-15[e] | October 2015  | 978-0-7851-9852-9
Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Strange Tales Vol. 1, Issues #150-168  | September 2001  | 978-0785107477
Nick Fury: Who Is Scorpio? | Includes Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol. 1, Issues #1-3 & #5  | November 2000  | 978-0785107668
Steranko is Revolutionary! | Strange Tales #135-168, Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Volume 1 #1-3, 5[f] | September 2020  | ISBN 978-1302922894

## In other media

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* Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., a 1998 TV film starring David Hasselhoff

## See also

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* 1965 in comics
* 1968 in comics
* 1989 in comics
* 1983 in comics
* 2000 in comics

## Notes

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1. ^ This collection contains other material not published under the title Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2. ^ This collection contain other material not published under the title Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
3. ^ This collection contain other material not published under the title Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
4. ^ This collection contain other material not published under the title Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
5. ^ This collection contains other material not published under the title Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
6. ^ This collection contains other material not published under the title Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

## References

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1. ^ Daniels, Les (1991). Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics. New York, New York: Harry N. Abrams. p. 144\. ISBN 9780810938212. "Perhaps the most innovative new talent to emerge at Marvel during the late 1960s was Jim Steranko, whose bold innovations in graphics, layout, and design startled the readers...Steranko transformed the look of the comic book page."
2. ^ Ross, Jonathan (July 20, 2010). "Jonathan Ross meets Jim Steranko, his comic-book hero". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. Archived from the original on July 7, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013. "His work on his first hit book, Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., took the wildly popular Bond secret-agent schtick and gave it a jazzy makeover, with outlandish plots, eye-popping visuals and even 'adult themes' that had the Comics Code Authority demanding several panels in one landmark issue be redrawn."

## External links

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* Nick Fury at the Comic Book DB

* v
* t
* e

Nick Fury

* Stan Lee
* Jack Kirby

Characters|

| Supporting|

* Nick Fury Jr.
* Mikel Fury
* Jake Fury
* Monica Chang-Fury
* Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
* Dum Dum Dugan
* Gabe Jones
* Rebel Ralston
* Junior Juniper
* Pinky Pinkerton
* Eric Koenig
* Punisher
* Happy Sam Sawyer
* Sharon Carter
* Jasper Sitwell
* Maria Hill
* Iron Man
* Captain America
* Bucky Barnes
* Black Widow
* Hawkeye
* Wolverine
* Clay Quartermain
* Falcon
* Mockingbird
* Avengers

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Enemies|

* A.I.M.
* Baron Strucker
* Baron Zemo
* Heinrich Zemo
* Helmut Zemo
* Centurius
* Fixer
* Hate-Monger
* Hydra
* Madame Hydra
* Viper
* Mentallo
* Mitchell Carson
* Red Skull
* Scorpio
* Super-Patriot
* Werner von Strucker

Teams|

* Howling Commandos
* S.H.I.E.L.D.
* Team White

Comics|

| Ongoing|

* Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos
* Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* 1965 feature
* Secret Warriors
* Nick Fury's Howling Commandos
* Nick Fury

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Miniseries
and storylines|

* Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.
* Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* Fury/Agent 13
* Ennis
* Fury (2001)
* Fury: Peacemaker
* Fury: My War Gone By
* Avengers 1959
* Battle Scars
* "Nick Fury, Agent of Nothing"
* Original Sin
* Fury's Big Week

Graphic novels
and one-shots|

* Fury (1994)
* Fury: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary
* Wolverine/Nick Fury
* The Scorpio Connection
* Bloody Choices
* Scorpio Rising
* "Nick's World"
* Fury/Black Widow: Death Duty
* Captain America and Nick Fury: Blood Truce
* Captain America and Nick Fury: The Otherworld War
* Sgt. Fury & his Howling Commandos: Shotgun Opera
* Fury (2023)

In other media|

* Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Empyre
* "For Your Eye Only"
* Nick Fury (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Related|

* Life Model Decoy
* Dirk Anger
* Jim Steranko
* Strange Tales
* Ultimate Nick Fury

* Category

* v
* t
* e

S.H.I.E.L.D.

* Stan Lee
* Jack Kirby

Characters|

| Directors|

* George W. Bridge
* Sharon Carter
* Timothy Dugan
* Nick Fury
* Maria Hill
* Daisy Johnson
* Norman Osborn
* Steve Rogers
* Tony Stark
* Rick Stoner
* Monica Chang

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Field Agents|

* Clay Quartermain
* Victoria Hand
* Jasper Sitwell
* Al MacKenzie
* Mitch Carson
* Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
* Jessica Drew
* Clint Barton
* Natasha Romanova (Natasha Romanoff)
* Bobbi Morse
* Sam Wilson
* Jimmy Woo
* Alexander Pierce
* John Garrett
* Nick Fury Jr.

Antagonists|

* A.I.M.
* Baron Strucker
* Baron Zemo
* Crossbones
* Doctor Doom
* H.A.M.M.E.R.
* Hydra
* Leviathan
* Loki
* Maggia
* Magneto
* Masters of Evil
* Mentallo
* Mys-Tech
* Norman Osborn
* Red Skull
* Secret Empire
* Skrulls
* Ultron
* Zodiac

Affiliations|

* Avengers
* New
* Dark
* Mighty
* Secret
* Howling Commandos
* Project Livewire
* Team White (Secret Warriors)
* S.T.R.I.K.E.
* S.T.A.K.E.
* S.W.O.R.D.

Bases and facilities|

* Helicarrier
* Stark Tower
* The Vault

Technology and units|

* Life Model Decoy
* Mandroid
* Red Ronin
* Superhuman Restraint Unit
* Iron Patriot
* S.H.I.E.L.D. Flying Car

Publications|

* Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* 1965 feature
* Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.
* Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* Kitty Pryde, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* S.H.I.E.L.D.
* 2010 series
* 2014 series
* Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* Agent Carter: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary
* Fury: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary
* Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

In other media|

| Marvel Cinematic
Universe|

* Item 47
* Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* characters
* Phil Coulson
* Leo Fitz
* Nick Fury
* Daisy Johnson
* Melinda May
* Jemma Simmons
* Daniel Sousa
* Grant Ward
* episodes
* season 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* web series
* Slingshot
* Most Wanted

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Other|

* Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Empyre

Related|

* Ultimate Nick Fury
* Ultimate Captain America
* Peggy Carter
* Howard Stark

* Category

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