Unfortunately, my travels and my business usually bring me to New York City a few times a year. I really dont care for it. Bad smells, democracy and Chipotle are. I/51oYUnGaNVL.jpg' alt='Nick Fury Without Eye Patch' title='Nick Fury Without Eye Patch' />Earths ancient oceans were rife with nightmare creatures, from manylimbed worms to sixfootlong crabancestors. This week, scientists are taking the prehistoric. TaQBt_DE4/T56d_aOcv_I/AAAAAAAADMc/wq35BvO8NV4/s1600/Nick-Fury-(Earth-1610).png' alt='Nick Fury Without Eye Patch' title='Nick Fury Without Eye Patch' />Nick Fury Wikipedia. Colonel. Nicholas Joseph Fury is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writerartist Jack Kirby and writer Stan Lee, Fury first appeared in Sgt. General Nicholas Joseph Nick Fury is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics Ultimate Marvel section as a different version of. Fury and his Howling Commandos 1 May 1. World War IIcombat series that portrayed the cigar chomping Fury as leader of an elite U. S. Army unit. A popular character over a number of decades, in 2. Fury was ranked 3. IGNs Top 1. 00 Comic Book Heroes,1 and 3. The Top 5. 0 Avengers. He has sometimes been considered an antihero. The modern day Fury, initially a CIA agent, debuted a few months later in Fantastic Four 2. Dec. 1. 96. 3. In Strange Tales 1. Aug. 1. 96. 5, the character was transformed into a spy like James Bond and leading agent of the fictional espionage agency S. H. I. E. L. D. 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. government or the United Nations and various superheroes. It is eventually revealed that Fury takes a special medication called the Infinity Formula that halted his aging and allows him to be active despite being nearly a century old. Nick Fury Without Eye Patch' title='Nick Fury Without Eye Patch' />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. Progress Bar Upload File Curl there. The character was first portrayed in live action by David Hasselhoff in the 1. Nick Fury Agent of S. H. I. E. L. D. Samuel L. Jackson later signed a nine picture deal to portray the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise, first appearing in the 2. Iron Man. 34 Jackson also cameos in multiple episodes of the related Marvel television show Agents of S. H. I. E. L. D. A version of the character appearing in Marvels Ultimate Marvel imprint was based on Jacksons appearance and screen persona, well before he was cast in the role. The recognizability of the character portrayed by Jackson in the films later led Marvel to retire the original character, replacing him with his African American son Nick Fury Jr., who like the Ultimate Marvel version is patterned on Jackson. Publication historyeditSgt. Height=450&odnWidth=450&odnBg=ffffff' alt='Nick Fury Without Eye Patch' title='Nick Fury Without Eye Patch' />Fury and his Howling CommandoseditFury initially appeared in the World War II combat series Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos,6 as the cigar chomping NCO who led a racially and ethnically integrated elite unit. The series ran 1. May 1. 96. 3 Dec. July 1. 97. 4. 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. Roy Thomas succeeded Lee as writer, followed by Gary Friedrich, for whom this became a signature series as well. Annuals featured the Howlers called back to fight in the Korean War and Vietnam War. The Howling Commandos encountered Office of Strategic Services agent Reed Richards later Mister Fantastic of the Fantastic Four in 3 Sept. Captain America and Bucky in 1. Dec. 1. 96. 4. Strange Tales and solo serieseditIn Strange Tales 1. Aug. 1. 96. 5, Fury, now a colonel, became a James Bond esque Cold War spy, with Marvel introducing the covert organization S. H. I. E. L. D. Supreme Headquarters International Espionage Law enforcement Division and its nemesis Hydra. The 1. 2 page feature was initially 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 automobileairbags. Lee recalled in 2. There was a very popular television show called The Man from U. N. C. L. E., sort of a James Bond type of thing. And I thought, just for fun, Im going to bring Sgt. Fury back again. But its now years later and Im going to make him a colonel, and Im going to make him the head of an outfit like U. Digital Excellence Awards Program. N. C. L. E., a secret military outfit. 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. And I think this was Jacks idea, and it was a wonderful idea they were headquartered in a floating helicarrier, which was like a super dirigible. Writer penciller colorist. Jim Steranko began on the feature in Strange Tales 1. Dec. 1. 96. 6, initially over Kirby layouts. He quickly became one of comic books most acclaimed and influential artists. In some of the creative zeniths of the Silver Age, Steranko established the feature as one of comic books most groundbreaking and innovative. He introduced or popularized in comic books such art movements of the day as psychedelia and op art built on Kirbys longstanding work in photomontage and created comic books first four page spread. All the while, he spun plots of intense intrigue, barely hidden sensuality, and hi fi hipnessand supplied his own version of Bond girls, pushing what was allowable under the Comics Code at the time. The 1. 2 page feature ran through Strange Tales 1. Doctor Strange each issue, after which it was spun off into its own series, titled Nick Fury, Agent of S. H. I. E. L. D. This ran 1. June 1. 96. 8 Nov. Nov. 1. 97. 0 March 1. Steranko wrote and drew issues 1 3 and 5, and drew the covers of 1 7. Fury continued to make appearances in the other Marvel books, from Fantastic Four to The Avengers. In 1. 97. 2, Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos celebrated its 1. Stan Lee and the creative team behind the title. Lee, like other comic books professionals, has made occasional cameos in his own books, in a tradition going back to the 1. Golden Age of Comic Books. A4 Window Envelope Template Word there. The matter of Fury apparently not aging significantly since his term of service in World War II was justified in Assignment The Infinity Formula by writer Jim Starlin and artist Howard Chaykin in Marvel Spotlight 3. Dec. 1. 97. 6, revealing Furys age retarding medication treatment. A six issue miniseries, Nick Fury vs. S. H. I. E. L. D. June Nov. 1. 98. Nick Fury, Agent of S. H. I. E. L. D. vol. The latter series lasted 4. Sept. 1. 98. 9 May 1. Deltite Affair, in which many S. H. I. E. L. D. agents were replaced with Life Model Decoys in a takeover attempt. A year after that series ended, the one shot. Fury May 1. 99. 4, using retroactive continuity, altered the events of those previous two series, recasting them as a series of staged events designed to distract Fury from the resurrection plans of Hydra head Baron von Strucker. The following year, writer Chaykin and penciller Corky Lehmkuhl produced the four issue miniseries Fury of S. H. I. E. L. D. AprilJuly 1. Various publications have additionally focused on Nick Furys solo adventures, such as the graphic novels and one shots WolverineNick Fury The Scorpio Connection 1. WolverineNick Fury Scorpio Rising Oct. FuryBlack Widow Death Duty and Captain America and Nick Fury Blood Truce both Feb. Captain America and Nick Fury The Otherworld War Oct. He starred in the 2. Secret War miniseries. Fictional character biographyeditEarly life and wartimeeditNicholas Joseph Fury is the eldest of three children born to Jack Fury in New York City. His father is a United States citizen who enlists in the United Kingdoms Royal Flying Corps during World War I. Jack enlists in 1. France. He shoots down Manfred von Richthofen early in his flying career, and is a highly decorated combat aviator by the end of the War in 1.