Nick Fury in other media

Adaptations of Nick Fury in other media
Created by	Stan Lee Jack Kirby
Original source	Comics published by Marvel Comics
First appearance	Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963)

Since his debut in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963), the Marvel Comics superhero Nick Fury has appeared in many different forms of media, including film, television and video games.

Television

Nick Fury from the Iron Man episode "The Beast Within"

• Nick Fury appeared as a guest character in the Iron Man animated series, voiced by Philip Abbott.
• He appeared in X-Men: The Animated Series' season-five episode Old Soldiers with his World War II band of Howling Commandos. Captain America referred to him as "Sarge". Dum Dum Dugan and Izzy Cohen, both members of the Howling Commandos, were present in the scene, Dugan with his derby and mustache and Cohen sporting his trademark mustache, but had no dialogue.
• He appeared in episodes of Spider-Man: The Animated Series, initially voiced by Philip Abbott and later by Jack Angel. He confronts the identity-changing terrorist the Chameleon in "Day of the Chameleon", "The Cat", and "The Black Cat". In the "Six Forgotten Warriors" six-part episode, Fury calls 1940s superhero Keane Marlow (the Destroyer) out of retirement.
• He appeared in the Spider-Man Unlimited episode "Worlds Apart" Pt. 1 voiced by Mark Gibbon. He appears to stop Spider-Man from commandeering a shuttle only to learn of Spider-Man's mission to rescue John Jameson.
• He had numerous mentions and a few major appearances in The Incredible Hulk voiced by Philip Abbott.

X-Men: Evolution

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Fury appeared as a supporting character, voiced by Jim Byrnes. In "Operation: Rebirth," Nick Fury comes to Wolverine to recover a copy of the Operation: Rebirth machine (which gave Captain America his powers) from Magneto. In "Day of Recovery," he and some S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents appears before the X-Men and the Brotherhood where he gives them info on where to find their captive teammates. In "X-23," he introduces Wolverine to Dr. Deborah Risman who created X-23 on behalf of HYDRA. In "Target X," he appeared with the S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents to arrest Omega Red and the surviving HYDRA Agents. In "Uprising," Nick Fury is given orders to release Bolivar Trask from prison in order to reinstate the Sentinel program during the threat of Apocalypse. In the two-part episode "Ascension," Nick Fury appears at the X-Mansion following what Apocalypse did to Professor X and Storm. When he has Beast zoom in to show the Sentinels descending upon the pyramids that were raised by Apocalypse, Wolverine gets angry at Nick Fury about resurrecting the Sentinels as Nick Fury stated that it was not his choice to make. During the fight with Apocalypse, he brings Rogue and Cannonball to Egypt after obtaining Dorian Leech to do his part in Rogue's mission.

Wolverine and the X-Men

Nick Fury from the Wolverine and the X-Men episode "Wolverine vs. The Hulk"

Main article: Wolverine and the X-Men (TV series)

Fury appeared in the episode "Wolverine vs. The Hulk" voiced by Alex Désert. This version is an amalgam of the mainstream Marvel version and the Ultimate Marvel version. He and S.H.I.E.L.D. intervene on the MRD's hunt on Wolverine so that Wolverine can take down the Hulk. After Hulk and Wolverine defeated the Wendigo, Nick Fury arrived and Wolverine revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. was behind the Wendigo incident. Wolverine told Nick Fury that if he breathes a word about the X-Men's identities, he will mention about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s involvement in the Wendigo incident. Following Bruce Banner being punched by Wolverine and turning into the Hulk, Wolverine is thrown far by the Hulk. Wolverine then quotes "Have fun, Fury!" His patch however is on the right eye and not the left.

Iron Man: Armored Adventures

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This version is based primarily on Ultimate Fury as stated in the episode "Titanium vs. Iron" where he is addressed specifically as "General Fury" and is specifically shown to have little regard for sacrificing his agents when needed as shown in episode "Fun with Lasers", same as his Ultimate printed page counterpart. Iron Man Armored Adventures General Fury does have some superficial elements of mainstream Marvel version such as hair instead of being bald. Fury first appeared in the episode "Fun With Lasers" voiced by Dean Redman. He and S.H.I.E.L.D. tell Iron Man not to interfere with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s plan to reclaim a laser satellite from Living Laser. After a space assault failed, Nick considered to set the laser satellite on self-destruct. After Living Laser is defeated and remanded to one of the Helicarrier's prisons, Nick Fury tells Iron Man that when he messes up, S.H.I.E.L.D. will hunt him down. In "Technovore," General Fury has some S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents send for Tony Stark so that he can repair the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier's engines built by Howard Stark. Tony ends up in an argument with Nick Fury when he learns that Living Laser is dying. In "Designed Only For Chaos," he appears with S.H.I.E.L.D. when they raid A.I.M.'s headquarters following MODOK's defeat. In "Line of Fire" after arresting and imprisoning the Black Knight, General Fury tells the Black Panther that he owes Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. for keeping Wakanda out of any legal entanglements. Fury also implies that he knows young Stark is Iron Man and will continue to monitor both Panther and Iron Man closely. In "Might of Doom" General Fury, Maria Hill and agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. prevent Iron Man from finishing off Doom. They arrive pointing their weapons at the naive young hero before escorting the weakened Doom out of the USA due to Doom's diplomatic immunity. General Fury continues to imply that he knows young Stark is Iron Man when he tells young Stark "Son, we know all about Doom. When he makes a mistake, S.H.I.E.L.D. will be there to take him down."

The Super Hero Squad Show

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Fury initially appears in episode "From the Atom...It Rises" voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.^[1] This version is an amalgam of the mainstream Marvel version and the Ultimate Marvel version. He poses as Scorpio to find out what Doctor Doom is up to. When he discovers the Particle Collapser at the bottom of Super Hero City, he ends up caught by Abomination and MODOK. The Super Hero Squad ends up coming to his rescue and Nick Fury breaks free. He uses MODOK's hat to disrupt the Particle Collapser. His inspection on the Helicarrier is put on hold when he is called back to Washington DC, though he does manage to autograph Iron Man's armor before leaving. In "Wrath of the Red Skull," he appears at Captain America's birthday party and assists him and the Super Hero Squad in fighting the Red Skull. In "This Al Dente Earth," he assists the Super Hero Squad and the other superheroes of Super Hero City fight Galactus.

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

Main article: The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

Alex Desert reprises his role as Nick Fury in the TV series The Avengers: Earth's Mightest Heroes. He^[2][3] is the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. who oversees the supervillain prisons the Cube, the Vault, the Big House, and the Raft. Like other animated versions, this one is an amalgam of the mainstream Marvel version and the Ultimate Marvel version, though unlike any previous version of the character is a young man. Avengers' Nick Fury is the son of Jacob "Jack" Fury, the leader of the World War II Howling Commandoes of this reality (this makes Avengers' Nick Fury to be the counterpart of the mainstream Nick Fury's son who is named Jacob "Jake" Fury, same true name, differing nicknames, as the father of Avengers' Nick Fury). Despite being a young man chronologically, Avengers' Fury has grey hair. The grey hair is artifical as the result of Baron Strucker draining off some of Fury's life force using his Satan Claw during their battle as shown in the episode "Breakout, Part 1". In "Iron Man is Born", Nick Fury arrives at the Vault to interrogate Baron Strucker about HYDRA's attack on the United Nations. The interrogation is interrupted when the Grim Reaper infiltrates the prison in a plot to free Baron Strucker. After Grim Reaper pins down Nick Fury, Baron Strucker is freed by Grim Reaper who gives Baron Strucker his mechanical hand. Both Baron Strucker and Grim Reaper make it to one of the hovercars and take off. Nick Fury ends up throwing Baron Strucker back onto the landing pad where the S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents subdue him and take Baron Strucker back to his cell. In the two-part episode "The Breakout," it was shown that Nick Fury had accepted Franklin Hall in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s project to duplicate the Super-Soldier Serum until an accident caused Nick Fury to remand Franklin Hall to the Raft. Throughout the Kang saga, Fury coordinates with the Avngers, stating in the episode "Come the Conqueror" that Kang's forces are "not merely attacking the United States, but at strategic locales all over the world". At the end of the Kang saga in "The Kang Dynasty" SHIELD is shown taking control of Kang's flagship and all its technology. In the episode "Hail, Hydra!", Nick Fury has disappeared and did not leave a message, where Maria Hill was in charge of director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Series producers Joshua Fine and Christopher Yost have revealed that Director Fury returns in Season 2 appearing more like the Ultimate universe Fury with a shaved head and goatee.^[4]

Ultimate Spider-Man

Chi McBride will voice Nick Fury in the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series.^[5] This version is specifically adapted from the printed page Ultimate version. Ultimate Spider-man TV series' Nick Fury retains a bald head, as well as knowing specifically of Peter Parker's superpowers and secret identity and using Parker for SHIELD's purposes.

Parodies

• The Tick animated TV series has included secret agent Jim Rage, Agent of SHAVE. Unlike Nick Fury, there's nothing wrong with his eye; he wears the patch just to look cool.
• The character of Col. Hunter Gathers in a number of episodes of The Venture Bros. is a nod to Nick Fury (along with Hunter S. Thompson) as is the Office of Secret Intelligence, a nod to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Nick Fury appears in the Robot Chicken episode "Tell My Mom", voiced by Donald Faison.
• There is a British Professional wrestler using the name Nick Fury working for long running promotion WAW.

Film

David Hasselhoff as Nick Fury in Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D..

Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury in Iron Man.

• David Hasselhoff portrayed Fury in the 1998 Fox TV movie Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D..
• Andre Ware voiced Ultimate Nick Fury in the direct-to-video animated feature Ultimate Avengers (2006) and its sequel.^[6]
• According to the audio commentary of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, director Tim Story said the script originally contained Nick Fury, but the role eventually became that of General Hager (played by Andre Braugher).^{[citation needed]}

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Main article: Marvel Cinematic Universe

Samuel L. Jackson plays Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise. The Ultimate Marvel characterization of Fury was originally modeled after him to begin with and he has stated that he is currently due to star as the character in at least nine more films.

• A post-credits scene in the movie Iron Man (2008) depicts Nick Fury in Tony Stark's home where he tries to recruit Iron Man for the Avengers.
• During the opening credits of The Incredible Hulk (2008), Nick Fury's name appears briefly on a government document. Tony Stark fills his place of attempting to recruit the Hulk in this film.
• Nick Fury has a much larger role in Iron Man 2, again played by Jackson. After Stark's out-of-control behavior results in the Mark II Iron Man armor falling into the hands of the U.S. military, Fury confronts Stark for becoming a problem that he has to deal with. As well as providing information on the background of Ivan Vanko, Fury provides Stark with information and materials from his father, which proves instrumental in finding a replacement power source for his personal arc reactor, as continued use of palladium is slowly killing him. Fury assigned Phil Coulson to guard Stark and Natasha Romanoff to remain Stark's assistant. At the film's conclusion, Fury informs Stark that he has been deemed unsuitable for the Avengers Initiative, but offers to recruit his services as a consultant.
• Jackson returned in a post-credits scene in the movie Thor, in which Fury reveals the Cosmic Cube to Erik Selvig, who is under the control of Loki.
• Jackson's Fury makes an appearance in the final scene of Captain America: The First Avenger, sympathetically explaining to a recently unfrozen Steve Rogers that he has been asleep for almost 70 years. In the post-credits scene, Fury approaches Rogers in a gym and he briefly alludes to The Avengers before the scene switches to a trailer for that aforementioned film.
• Samuel L. Jackson is also signed to reprise the role in several more Marvel movies, including The Avengers (2012).^[7]

Video games

• Nick Fury is the second player's character in the arcade game The Punisher.
• Nick Fury appears as a non-playable character in The Punisher. Several of his S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are featured in a later level.
• Ultimate Nick Fury was featured in the video game adaptation of the 2005 Fantastic Four film voiced by Andre Ware.
• Ultimate Nick Fury appears in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse video game voiced by Khary Payton. When it came to the anti-air platforms, Professor X called in the assistance of S.H.I.E.L.D. to secure the platforms once their defenses are down. Nick Fury gives them their mission at the anti-air platforms by taking out the generators that protect the anti-air weapons, protecting S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Sergeant Charles Kilroy as he shuts down the radar arrays, and destroying the auxiliary power generator.
• Ultimate Nick Fury appears in the Ultimate Spider-Man video game voiced by Dave Fennoy.
• Nick Fury appears in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance voiced by Scott MacDonald. Nick Fury serves as the coordinator of the heroes' campaign against the Masters of Evil after their initial attack on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier U.N.N. Alpha. He has special dialogue with Captain America, Thor, Wolverine, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Mister Fantastic, Deadpool, Iron Man, Black Panther, and Storm. He becomes a playable character after completing the game the first time.^[8] He has two costumes based on the mainstream Marvel universe Fury and two costumes based on the Ultimate Fury.
• Nick Fury appears in the video game Spider-Man: Friend or Foe voiced by Marc Graue. Nick Fury has Spider-Man assemble a group of superheroes and supervillains (who had been controlled by the Control Amulets) to fight the P.H.A.N.T.O.M. (short for Perpetual Holographic Avatar Nanotech Offensive Monsters) threat and discover the mastermind behind it. When the P.H.A.N.T.O.M.s are defeated, Nick Fury analyzes the meteor fragments and dubs it "Project Carnage."
• Nick Fury appears in the PSP and PS2 versions of Spider-Man: Web of Shadows. He calls up Spider-Man and gives him his missions during the symbiote invasion.
• Nick Fury appears in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 voiced by David Kaye.^[9] Like the Secret War, he leads the heroes in a strike upon Lucia von Bardas' castle. Following her attack on New York, Nick Fury goes into hiding. When Iron Man loses control of the nanite-controlled supervillains, Nick Fury comes out of hiding to help the heroes stop them at Prison 42. Nick Fury ends up infected by the control nanites when a transmission by him is encountered in Wakanda and announces the formation of The Fold. After the Nanite Statis Signal at a Repeater Tower in Reykjavík, Iceland is a success, Nick Fury appears in cybernetic armor and attacks the heroes by drawing upon the powers of the Fold victims. The powers he demonstrates are that of A-Bomb's super strength, Bishop's energy absorption, Electro's electric attacks, Firestar's microwave radiation attacks, Havok's energy blasts, and Multiple Man's cloning ability. Once Nick Fury is defeated, he is among those cured. Both news story endings state that Nick Fury has been pardoned by the President. Upon completing the game, Nanite Nick Fury is unlocked as a playable character, who has similar abilities to his boss form.
• Nick Fury appears in the video game adaption to Iron Man 2 voiced by Samuel L. Jackson, with additional dialogue provided by John Eric Bentley.
• Ultimate Nick Fury is mentioned in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions before Carnage attacks the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier.
• The Ultimate version of Nick Fury appears in Crimson Viper's ending for Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, where he offers her a job with S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Nick Fury is a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online.

Toys

• Nick Fury is the 51st figurine in The Classic Marvel Figurine Collection.
• There have been three Nick Fury figures released in Toy Biz's 6" Marvel Legends line. A version of Fury in his classic outfit was released in wave 5, a version of Fury in his Ultimate appearance was released in the first wave of two-packs packed with Ultimate Captain America, and another version of Fury in his classic outfit was released in the second wave of two-packs packed with a Hand Ninja.
• Nick Fury first appeared in wave 5 of the Marvel Super Hero Squad line in his Ultimate guise, packaged with Ultimate Captain America. He later appeared in wave 10 in his classic appearance, packaged with a Skrull.
• A figure of Nick Fury in his classic attire was released in wave 12 of the Marvel Minimates line, and another, Ultimate Nick Fury was released in wave 27. A third figure, based on Fury from the film Iron Man 2, was released in the Battle Tactics boxset.
• A figure of Fury in his classic costume was released in the 3.75" Marvel Universe line. It was available through a special offer involving subscribing to the Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited website.
• A Nick Fury action figure was released in Hasbro's 3.75" Iron Man 2 line in the "Fury of Combat" four-pack.

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