Nick Fury

Known Biography

Born and raised in the area of New York City known as Hell's Kitchen around 1920, Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury is a World War II veteran, having led the famous Howling Commandos, a highly trained first-strike squad, as a sergeant in the United States Army's G-2, or Intelligence, Section. When he was injured by a grenade during the Second World War, his life commenced to be extended by annual injections of the Infinity Formula. This was also the cause of the injury to his eye that he took to covering with a cosmetic black eye-patch, which became one of his trademarks, after he lost its vision. When he was still in the CIA, he recruited Richard Parker and Mary Parker to rescue Agent Ten (Wolverine). Nick also became the superhero liaison for the superhero family called the Fantastic Four. He was then recruited by Anthony Stark, who is secretly the Invincible Iron Man, to be the next director of SHIELD. Under his command, SHIELD became the primary organization in dealings with superhuman activities and forged an alliance with the superhero team known as the Avengers. At one time, Nick had to disband SHIELD because it was being manipulated by free-thinking Life Model Decoys, android duplicates of him intended to take his place in situations where he risked assassination, which were not supposed to possess more than a rudimentary intelligence that enabled them to follow commands. But when he manipulated the heroes during the Secret War and the consequent memory erasure, he was forced into hiding. Even more enigmatic than before, he earned the distrust of all his former allies. Yet he continues to be one of the most important figures in the Marvel Universe, pulling many strings from behind the scenes and keeping in touch with only those who he trusts most--or whose obedience he feels that he can use to his advantage.

Secret Invasion

At the beginning of the Secret Invasion, Nick Fury had been AWOL from S.H.I.E.L.D. for years because he knew of an oncoming threat. It has been revealed that one of the Skrull Empire's main goals is to capture Nick Fury. The Skrulls soon sent in an impostor of Contessa Valentina Allegro de Fontaine only to be killed by Nick Fury.  Fury then escaped to safe house and warned current S.H.I.E.L.D. deputy director Maria Hill about an oncoming threat and to trust no one.  Nick Fury then used his friend, Daisy Johnson, to gather a team of super humans that ranged in powers so they could be trained for the oncoming invasion.  Training hard for several months, the invasion of the Skrulls ignited and Nick Fury sent in his team to save several Initiative heroes and bring them back to his safe house to regroup. During this time Nick Fury used Deadpool to gain valuable information on the Skrull Queen but the information was captured unknowingly by Norman Osborn. They later joined up with the rest of the heroes in Central Park for the last stand against the Skrulls.  When his old friends Dum-Dum Dugan and Contessa Valentina DeFontaine come out of the Skrull ship with the rest of the captured heroes Nick just teleprts away without saying a word.

Dark Reign
 After the Invasion was over Fury and his team went underground in a secret S.H.E.I.L.D. facility were he reveals to Daisy Johnson that he's found out that HYDRA is secretly controlling several goverment agencies, and has been controlling S.H.E.I.L.D. the entire time.

SECRET WARRIORS

Powers and Abilities

Though Nick Fury has no real super-human powers, he is in peak physical condition as a human. He is a skilled tactician and an experienced leader. He is an expert in hand to hand (unarmed) combat, as well as a master of virtually all forms of weaponry. As one of the longest-running Directors of SHIELD, Fury has access to some of the world's most advanced weapons and technology. His position has also made him one of the most powerful men in the world in terms of his connections. He has taken the Infinity Formula, giving him enhanced longevity and slowing the aging process so that despite his old age his body is that of a much younger man.

Physical Characteristics

Height: 6'1"

Weight: 225lbs

Eyes: Blue

Unusual Physical Characteristics: Fury wears a cosmetic black eye-patch over his useless eye, whose vision he lost when it was injured in the explosion of a grenade.

Alternate Realities

Earth-1610 - Ultimate Universe

Ultimate Fury

Very little has been revealed about the Ultimate Universe's version of Nick Fury. The earliest story involving him took place during the Gulf War. Nick Fury was transporting Wolverine through Iraq. After an Iraqi ambush, Nick Fury and Wolverine relied upon one another as they made their way back to allied forces.

Nick Fury assisted Wolverine once again when the majority of the X-Men were captured by the Weapon X project. Nick Fury, leading a team of soldiers rescued the X-Men and killed Colonel Wraith.

This got Fury his promotion to General and allowed him to restart the super soldier program and bring together the team of super powered individuals known as the Ultimates.

He later crossed over to Earth-31916, the Supreme Power universe, and still remains there.

Earth-311 - Marvel 1602

In the world of Marvel 1602, Sir Nicholas Fury takes the place of historical personage Sir Francis Walsingham as Queen Elizabeth's spymaster. He is one of the primary protagonists of Marvel 1602, and sacrifices himself in issue 8 to repair the time-rift that created the alternate history of 1602.

Earth-9997 - Earth X

In this reality, Nick Fury is dead, but several of his LMDs are still operational and are fighting the current leader of Russia, Colossus.

Sir Nicholas

Earth-58163 - House of M

In this reality, many of human soldiers were killed but Nick Fury had disappeared. When he was found, Nick was given the task of being a drill instructor because of his talents are too much of an asset. Nick was then assassinated by one of his soldiers.

Earth-## - Marvel Mangaverse

In this reality, Nick Fury is responsible of the death's of 99% of all superhuman beings.

Earth-2149 - Marvel Zombiverse

In this reality, Nick Fury is the leader of SHIELD and he assembled the last uninfected heroes for an attack against the Marvel Zombies. He was later eaten by the zombified Fantastic Four.

Earth-1298 - Mutant X

In this reality, Nick is the leader of SHIELD, a police force that hates mutants.

David Hasselhoff as Nick Fury in the 1998 made-for-TV film.

Nick Fury, Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D., 1998