Nick Fury (Ultimate Marvel character)

General Nicholas Joseph Fury is a fictional character appearing in comic books published

by Marvel Comics' Ultimate Marvel section as a different version of Nick Fury. He has a substantial
presence in all the Ultimate Marvel comics, 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. This character was designed to look like Samuel L. Jackson who later went on to
portray Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Publication history[edit]

The original design for Ultimate Nick Fury

When Nick Fury first made his appearance in the Ultimate Universe, he had a vastly different design,
resembling more the original mainstream version with notable differences, featuring a full head of
close-cropped hair, a clean-shaven, younger appearance (particularly as depicted in Ultimate Marvel
Team-Up) and less visible scarring around his eye-patch, not to mention lacking a specific
resemblance to any actor. He wore seemingly normal clothing which integrated outlandishly high-
tech capabilities such as phasing, invisibility, and "para-shoes" that allow him to descend hundreds
of feet without the aid of a parachute (shown to be capable of flight in later issues).[2]
When the character resurfaced in 2002 in The Ultimates, he had been redesigned to look like
actor Samuel L. Jackson.[3] and first appeared with this revised look in The Ultimates #1, as drawn
by Bryan Hitch. The similarity is even noted within the comic itself, in a scene in which the Ultimates
discuss who they think should play each of them in a hypothetical movie about the team. Fury's
answer for himself is "Mr. Samuel L. Jackson, of course, no discussion."
In The Mighty Avengers #13, Nick Fury (of the Earth-616 universe) uses a disguise that is similar in
appearance to Ultimate Fury. This receives comment from Daisy Johnson as "his worst disguise
ever." Conversely, in Ultimate Mystery, it is the Ultimate version of the character who disguises
himself, resembling his Earth-616 counterpart and gets the same comment. In the mainstream event
of Battle Scars (a follow-up to the Fear Itself crossover), it is revealed that the 616 Fury fathered a
child with an African-American woman named Nia Jones. His child went under the alias "Marcus
Johnson", but his real name is Nick Fury, Jr.. Fury Jr. closely resembles the Ultimate version of Fury.
[4]
 When the original Nick Fury decided to retire as director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the mantle was handed
onto Fury Jr., who had recently lost his left eye and took to wearing an eye patch.
Origins[edit]
Nicholas Fury fought for the United States in World War II. During the invasion of Sicily, he, along
with Private Fisk (the grandfather of Wilson Fisk) and Canadian paratrooper Corporal Howlett,
attempted to loot a house. American military police arrived to arrest them, and all three were
subdued. Fisk was grazed by a bullet, while Fury was imprisoned in an unknown location alongside
several other black men, and Howlett, despite protests that he was Canadian, was also shipped to
an unknown location.[5] Fury was selected to be the next test subject for Project: Rebirth, as his blood
work most closely matched that of Subject #22, the most successful of the previous test subjects. He
was injected with a serum that gave him super-strength, which he used to free himself and the other
prisoners, who then escaped. The scientists who were working on him let him escape, deciding that
they have all the information that they needed for now.[6