Nick Fury (Ultimate Marvel character)

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Nick Fury
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Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceUltimate Marvel Team-Up #5
Created byBrian Michael Bendis and Mike Allred, based on the character created by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby
In-story information
Alter egoNicholas Joseph Fury
Team affiliationsS.H.I.E.L.D.
Ultimates
United States Army
Ultimate X-Men

General Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury is a fictional military officer, Gulf War veteran and spy, featured in Marvel Comics.

Ultimate Nick Fury is a reinterpretation of the classic Marvel character Nick Fury. A notable difference between the two is the fact that Classic Fury is a Caucasian colonel with brown hair, while Ultimate Fury is a bald African-American general, and was in fact specifically tailored after actor Samuel L. Jackson with his permission.[1] While his eyepatch is generally worn over his left eye (consistent with his mainstream Marvel counterpart), it has occasionally mistakenly been switched to his right in some comics.

Fury has a heavy presence in all the Ultimates books, appearing first in Ultimate Marvel Team-Up and Ultimate X-Men and later reappearing regularly in Ultimate Spider-Man and finally securing a regular, recurring role as the General of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the leader of The Ultimates, a re-imagining of the Avengers.

Fictional character biography

Ultimate Nick Fury's history has not been as clearly established as Earth-616 Nick Fury, but some information is known. After attending college in India, Fury enlisted in the military, where he was deployed into various conflicts such as the Vietnam and Kosovo Wars. He was later assigned to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Weapon X program in the original Gulf War. He has also claimed within the pages of Ultimate Spider-Man that he had once worked at Burger King, and regretted it; this was presumably before going to his Indian college. While transporting Wolverine in his adamantium cage, an Iraqi guerilla ambush killed his team and inadvertently freed Wolverine from his prison. After slaughtering the Iraqi guards, Wolverine discovered Fury, the only survivor of the ambush, and transported him back through the desert to the Allied forces. Although Wolverine was summarily subdued and reimprisoned by his handlers, a bond between the two men was formed.

The relationship between Fury and Wolverine would prove essential years later when the X-Men were abducted and imprisoned by the Weapon X program. This program was overseen at the time by Wraith, who had previously staged a coup against General Ross. This coup had prevented Ross from dismantling the Weapon X program altogether. Wolverine, the only X-Man who eludes capture, later asks Fury for help in freeing the other X-Men and bringing down the Weapon X program. During the operation, which also involves the Brotherhood of Mutants, Wraith was about to kill one of the X-Men and is shot dead by Fury.

Fury is summarily promoted to General and resumes the duties of the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. He was tasked with forming a team to battle metahuman threats and resurrecting the Super-Soldier program, two objectives that resulted in the formation of the Ultimates. Fury operates as the commander of the team, at times leading them into action, though he often shares duties with Captain America. Nick Fury is also responsible for monitoring metahumans who are not affiliated with the U.S. Military, including Peter Parker and the X-Men.

Nick Fury recently lost his right arm in a battle against the Liberators in Ultimates Vol. 2. However, in story arcs that appear to be set after this, he has 2 arms - in issue #107 of Ultimate Spider-Man, after Peter tells Ben Urich and J. Jonah Jameson that his house has just been trashed and his aunt is in the hospital, Ben asks if it was "the Ultimates thing", likely meaning the "Grand Theft America" arc of Ultimates 2, in which Fury lost his arm. Fury may have gotten a prosthetic arm by this time, however.

Nick Fury has also been involved in the Ultimate Spider-Man comics. In them he meets Peter after Norman Osborn returns. He states that S.H.I.E.L.D. was able to figure out who Peter was because of the security shots of the Oz Spider biting Peter, as well as Dr. Octopus screaming that Peter Parker is Spider-Man while in jail. Nick Fury has been watching Peter as he will eventually be property of S.H.I.E.L.D due to him being an illegal mutant. Although Fury wants him to be part of the Ultimates, this may have changed due to the fact that the Ultimates broke apart. Peter and Fury's relationship became strained after the Hobgoblin arc. Peter punches Fury for ignoring his questions for why Harry became the Hobgoblin. At that point Fury told one of his scientists that he wanted to know everything about Oz and that it was time for Peter Parker to lose his Spider powers. This follows on to the Clone Saga in which it is revealed by Fury that the Tinkerer's Spider Slayers were developed to handle Peter if and when he ever went insane; after learning that Pete, who idolises Fury, is not an immediate threat to him or S.H.I.E.L.D, Nick decides against removing his powers. It can be assumed that he's on somewhat good terms with Peter Parker.

Fury was judged to be at least partially responsible for the devastation of much of Earth-31916 along with Emil Burbank. Burbank had sought a means to defeat the Hyperion of that universe. An alien organism, unleashed in an attempt to achieve this, spread throughout the United States causing widespread devastation. A probe sent by Reed Richards provided evidence that an "invasion from another universe" was responsible. The Squadron Supreme was dispatched to the Ultimate universe in order to arrest Richards so that he could stand trial for his 'crimes'. A lengthy battle ensued between the Squadron on one side and the Ultimates, Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four on the other. Richards, believing himself to be responsible when the Squadron produced his probe as evidence, surrendered himself. Fury was unwilling to accept this and convinced Thor to create a bridge to Earth-31916 through which the Hellicarrier was able to travel. Once there, another battle between the Squadron and the Ultimate universe heroes begins. Spider-Man learns that Fury had an ulterior motive - the retrieval of the probes and their data, and had conspired with Doctor Doom to do so. In addition, Fury had brought insurance in the shape of the Hulk. It takes the combined power of the Ultimate universe heroes, the Earth-31916 Squadron Supreme and their counterparts from Earth-712 to defeat the Hulk, but Doom had proven to be simply a Doombot. To stop the fighting, the Ultimates agree to turn over Fury to the Earth-31916 Squadron and to allow Power Princess to return with them to their universe. Fury tries to convince them that they are making a mistake, but his pleas are ignored.[2]

Fury is set to return, still stranded in Earth-31916, in the pages of Squadron Supreme 2 #1. [3]

Technologies

Fury has no trace of the Infinity Formula or other enhancements that the regular continuity's Fury has claimed. He is an exceptional combatant and strategist and a gifted field leader. He operates with technology years ahead of traditional forces, including the latest experimental weaponry, and some form of projected invisibility and the ability to walk through solid matter. These powers have very limited windows due to massive expense for any moment of 'uptime;' costs for these literally burn millions of dollars per microsecond. He once used a chewing gum that was programmed to explode after 200 chews. Fury is constantly monitored and shadowed by dozens of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and all known observation technologies - and some which is not known.

Design changes

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The original design for Ultimate Nick Fury

When Nick Fury first made his appearance in the Ultimate Universe, despite being African-American, he had a vastly different design and was characterizated much more in the James Bond mold of super-spy. The more familiar Samuel L. Jackson inspired design didn't appear until Nick Fury resurfaced in the Ultimates. It's also worth noting that despite having appeared in previous Ultimate marvel books, Iron Man and Hulk were both redesigned in the new launch as well. This so far unexplained 'replacement' of characters may feature in Brian Michael Bendis' 2008 mini-series, Ultimate Origin, which promises to both explain the mysteries of the Ultimate Universe and provide revelations about Fury himself.

Movies and television

Comics

  • In Mighty Avengers 13, Nick Fury (616) uses a disguise that is almost completely similiar to Ultimate Fury. This receives comment from Daisy Johnson as "his worst disguise ever"


References

  1. ^ Samuel L. Jackson's Official Site - August 2005 Interview
  2. ^ Ultimate Power #1-9
  3. ^ [1]
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