Nick Fury is one of the
key characters of Marvel Universe. He grew up on the mean streets of Hell’s
Kitchen in New York during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Recruited by “happy”
Sam Sawyer, who would serve as his commanding officer for most of the war, Fury
enlisted in the US Army at the outbreak of World War II, eventually becoming
the sergeant in command of the HOWLING COMMANDOS, an elite unit of Able Company
given the most dangerous missions.
INFINITY FORMULA
Fury and his Howlers
racked up impressive victories over the Axis forces, defeating enemies such as
Baron von Strucker and his Blitzerkreig Squad, and the Red Skull. Wounded, Fury
was injected with an experimental Infinity Formula by Professor Berthold
Sternberg. The formula allowed Fury in spite of injuries which could have been
fatal. But he lost his left eye in the process. The drawback of the formula was
that Fury needed a yearly dosage to survive. On the positive note, the formula
greatly expanded Fury’s lifespan. After the war, Fury was an agent for the OSS,
and then the CIA, earning the rank of colonel. When Super Heroes began to
appear, the CIA employed Fury as a liaison between them and the government. Fury
then headed Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate or in
short THE SHIELD.
THE FOES
SHIELD’s first mission
was to destroy the terrorist cartel HYDRA, which had been founded by Fury’s old
foe, Baron von Strucker.
After Fury led a failed
coup attempt in Latveria, he lost his position as director of SHIELD, but he
formed a team of Secret Warriors to help repel the Secret Invasion, after which
he learned that Hydra was secretly behind SHIELD. Fury’s love child Mikel had
thought that Nick Fury’s brother Jake Fury was his father, but when he learned
the truth, he joined the Secret Warriors, only to be killed in action. A long
hidden son of Fury, Marcus Johnson became Nick Fury Jr. and joined SHIELD to
lead the organization’s new team of AVENGERS.
FACT FILE
Real Name : Nicholas
Joseph Fury
Occupation : Spymaster,
director of SHIELD
Base : SHIELD Mobile Helicarrier
Height : 6ft. 1 in
Weight : 102kg
Eyes and Hair : Brown
General Info. :
Nick Fury is a trained
soldier with decades of experience. His youth and vigour have been maintained,
despite his age, by the rejuvenating Infinity Formula. He is an expert martial
artist and highly trained in the use of all kinds of weapons, both conventional
and advanced.
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