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{{Short description|Alternate version of Nick Fury in the Marvel Multiverse}}
#REDIRECT [[Nick Fury#Ultimate Marvel]]
{{Infobox comics character <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics-->
| image = UltimateNickFury.jpg
| image_size = 165
| caption = General Nick Fury. Art by Greg Land.
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| character_name = Nick Fury
| full_name = Nicholas Joseph Fury
| publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]
| debut = ''[[Ultimate Marvel Team-Up]]'' #5 (August 2001)
| creators = [[Brian Michael Bendis]] <br />[[Mike Allred]]<br />(based upon the [[Nick Fury|original character]] by [[Stan Lee]] and [[Jack Kirby]])
| alliances = [[S.H.I.E.L.D.#Ultimate S.H.I.E.L.D.|S.H.I.E.L.D.]] <br />[[Ultimates]] <br />[[United States Army]] <br />[[Ultimate Comics: Avengers|Avengers]]
| aliases = One-Eyed Eagle<ref>''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #101</ref> Scorpio<ref name="Ultimate Comics: Ultimates #20">''Ultimate Comics: Ultimates'' #20</ref>
| powers = Leadership<br />Genius-level strategist<br />Slowed or halted aging from the Infinity Formula<br />Skilled and experienced soldier<br />Skilled with many weapons and fighting techniques<br />Superhuman strength, speed, and agility
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[[General (United States)|General]] '''Nicholas Joseph''' "'''Nick'''" '''Fury''' is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by [[Marvel Comics]]' [[Ultimate Marvel]] section as a [[alternative versions of Nick Fury|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 (comics)|Avengers]]. This character was designed to look like [[Samuel L. Jackson]], who later went on to portray the [[Nick Fury (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|character]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]];<ref name="jackson">{{cite web|url= http://www.collider.com/2010/04/19/samuel-l-jackson-talks-iron-man-2-nick-fury-captain-america-thor-and-the-avengers/|first= Sara|last= Wayland|title= Samuel L. Jackson Talks ''Iron Man 2'', ''Nick Fury'', ''Captain America'', ''Thor'' and ''The Avengers''|website= [[Collider (website)|Collider]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131002172822/http://collider.com/samuel-l-jackson-talks-iron-man-2-nick-fury-captain-america-thor-and-the-avengers/|archive-date= October 2, 2013|url-status= live|date= April 19, 2010|access-date= April 23, 2010}}</ref><ref name="NickFury4Ever">{{cite news|last=Kit|first=Borys|title=Jackson's Fury in flurry of Marvel films|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i57845f198f95ed93c4667e6a026a4c6b|date=February 25, 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090228022957/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i57845f198f95ed93c4667e6a026a4c6b|archive-date=February 28, 2009 |url-status= dead|access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref> the recognizability of the MCU version later led Marvel to retire the original [[Earth-616]] character with his [[Nick Fury Jr.|son]]. {{citation needed|date=June 2023}}


{{Fictional character redirect|series_name=Marvel Comics|history=y}}
==Publication history==
[[File:First Ultimate Fury.jpg|frame|right|The original design for Ultimate Nick Fury seen in ''[[Ultimate X-Men]]'' #10. Art by [[Tom Raney]]]]
Ultimate Nick Fury first appeared in ''Ultimate Marvel Team-Up'' #5 (2001), where he was drawn as a younger version of the original iteration of the character. His clothing integrated high-tech capabilities such as invisibility and shoes capable of flight and addressed as "Colonel Fury".<ref>''Ultimate X-Men'' Vol. 1 HC</ref><ref>''Ultimate X-Men'' #10</ref>

In 2002, the character had a starring role in ''[[The Ultimates (comic book)|The Ultimates]]'', where artist [[Bryan Hitch]] redesigned him to look like actor [[Samuel L. Jackson]].<ref name="samueljackson">{{cite web|last=Larsuel|first = Kamal|title=August 2005 Interview|publisher=Samuel L. Jackson Official Website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928015124/http://www.samuelljackson.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=44|archive-date=September 28, 2007|url=http://www.samuelljackson.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=44|url-status= dead|access-date= May 14, 2008}}</ref> The similarity is noted within the story.

==Fictional character biography==
===Origins===
Nicholas Fury fought for the United States in [[World War II]]. During the [[invasion of Sicily]], he, along with Private Fisk (the grandfather of [[Kingpin (character)|Wilson Fisk]]) and Canadian paratrooper Corporal [[Wolverine (Ultimate Marvel character)|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.<ref>''Ultimate Origins'' #1 (2008)</ref> 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.<ref name="Ultimate Origins #2 2008">''Ultimate Origins'' #2 (2008)</ref>

After attending college in [[India]], Fury enlisted in the U.S. military, where he was deployed into various conflicts such as the [[Kosovo War]]. He was later assigned to [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'s [[Weapon X]] program in the original [[Gulf War]]. While transporting the mind wiped Wolverine in an [[adamantium]] cage, an Iraqi guerrilla ambushed and killed his team, inadvertently freeing 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 re-imprisoned by his handlers, a bond between the two men was formed.<ref name="Ultimate X-Men: Return to Weapon X">''Ultimate X-Men: Return to Weapon X''</ref> The next day, Fury, already mostly healed, was confronted by [[Thunderbolt Ross|General Thaddeus Ross]]. The General had discovered much was unusual about Fury and questioned him at length, prompting him to reexamine where he was going in life.<ref>''Ultimate Origins'' #3 (2008)</ref>

===Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Ultimates===
Years later, the [[Ultimate X-Men|X-Men]] were abducted and imprisoned by the Weapon X program. This program was overseen at the time by [[John Wraith|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 Nightcrawler, but was shot dead by Fury.<ref name="Ultimate X-Men: Return to Weapon X"/>

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 posthuman threats and resurrecting the [[supersoldier|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 the revived World War II hero [[Captain America (Ultimate Marvel character)|Captain America]] and billionaire genius [[Iron Man (Ultimate Marvel character)|Iron Man]]. Nick Fury is also responsible for monitoring superhumans who are not affiliated with the U.S. Military, including [[Spider-Man (Ultimate Marvel character)|Peter Parker]] and the X-Men.<ref>''Ultimates #1''</ref>

Nick Fury lost his right arm in a battle against the [[Masters of Evil|Liberators]] in [[The Ultimates 2]]. He replaced it shortly thereafter with a bionic one.

===Ultimate Spider-Man===
Nick Fury has also been involved in the ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' comics. In them, he meets Peter after [[Alternative versions of Green Goblin#Ultimate Marvel|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 (Ultimate Marvel)|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 and informs him that, due to his illegal genetically altered status, he will become the property of S.H.I.E.L.D. when he turns eighteen. Although Fury wants him to be part of the Ultimates, this may have changed because the Ultimates broke apart. Peter and Fury's relationship became strained after the [[Hobgoblin (comics)|''Hobgoblin'']] arc. Peter punches Fury for ignoring his questions for why [[Harry Osborn]] 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 ''[[Ultimate Clone Saga]]'', in which it is revealed by Fury that the [[Tinkerer]]'s [[Spider-Slayer]]s were developed to handle Peter if and when he ever went insane. [[Mary Jane Watson]], upon discovering Fury's intentions, tells him that Peter looks up to him like a father. This convinced Fury to let Peter keep his powers, and he apologizes to Peter, stating that in his line of work he's been trained to expect someone in Peter's position to crack under stress.<ref>''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #100</ref>

===Ultimate Power===
During ''[[Ultimate Power]]'', Fury was judged to be at least partially responsible for the devastation of much of [[Earth-31916]] along with [[Emil Burbank#Supreme Power|Emil Burbank]]. Burbank had sought a means to defeat the [[Hyperion (Supreme Power)|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 [[Maker (Reed Richards)|Reed Richards]] provided evidence that an "invasion from another universe" was responsible. The [[Squadron Supreme (Supreme Power)|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 [[Ultimate X-Men|X-Men]], and the [[Ultimate Fantastic Four|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 (Ultimate Marvel character)|Thor]] to create a bridge to Earth-31916, through which the [[Helicarrier]] was able to travel. Once there, another battle between the Squadron and the Ultimate Universe heroes began. 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 form of the [[Hulk (Ultimate Marvel character)|Hulk]]. It took the combined power of the Ultimate Universe heroes, the Earth-31916 Squadron Supreme, and their [[Squadron Supreme|counterparts from Earth-712]] to defeat the Hulk, but Doom had proven to be simply a [[Doombot]]. To stop the fighting, the Ultimates agreed to turn over Fury to the Earth-31916 Squadron and to allow [[Power Princess#Power Princess: Supreme Power|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.<ref>''Ultimate Power'' #1-9</ref>

Fury is seen still stranded in Earth-31916 in ''Squadron Supreme'' (Vol. 2) #1. He has apparently fulfilled the prophecy made by Hyperion in ''Ultimate Power'' #9: "Given the strength of our military industrial complex, Fury would have risen here to even greater heights than your homeworld."<ref>[http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?id=9099 ''SQUADRON SUPREME 2'' #1 - Marvel Comics Publishing Catalog<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

===Ultimatum===
Fury returns to the Ultimate Universe in ''[[Ultimatum (comics)|Ultimatum]]'' #4 and is instrumental in defeating [[Alternative versions of Magneto|Magneto]]. [[Alternative versions of Jean Grey|Jean Grey]] telepathically relays the information discovered by Fury in ''[[Ultimate Origins]]'' that mutants are not the next stage in human evolution, but are in fact the result of experimentation done by humans. This revelation causes Magneto to reverse the damage done to the Earth's magnetic poles.<ref>''Ultimatum'' #4-5</ref>

Following the events of ''Ultimatum'', Fury is informed by [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Hawkeye]] about how Captain America discovered the secret of the [[Red Skull]]. Fury asks head of S.H.I.E.L.D. [[Carol Danvers]] for permission to start up a "death squad" in order to catch the Red Skull and Cap, which he then carries out with the help of Hawkeye, [[Gregory Stark]], and the rest of the [[Ultimate Comics: Avengers|Ultimate Avengers]].<ref>''Ultimate Comics: Avengers'' #1</ref>

===Project: Avengers===
In ''[[Ultimate Comics: Avengers]]'' Fury returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. again. After learning that Captain America went rogue after discovering that the [[Red Skull]] was his biological son, Fury re-activated "Project Avenger" and recruited a team of questionable super humans to find Captain America.<ref>''Ultimate Avengers'' #1-5</ref> Following Captain America's capture, Fury briefed the Avengers of AIM's purpose of creating the Cosmic Cube to build their visioned utopia and readied his team to thwart the organization's plans.

Fury guided his team of Avengers from headquarters, with the secret intent to go ahead with "Plan B", which is to detonate a nuclear warhead that was built into War Machine's armor by Dr. [[Gregory Stark]] in case the mission failed.

Captain America managed to arrive at the location of the battle between the Red Skull and the Avengers and teleported the jet to the exact location where the Red Skull was standing, impaling him through the chest with one of the rods that protrudes from its nose. The Red Skull was taken to a hospital and kept alive long enough for Gail, his mother, to say her goodbyes. Red Skull explained to Fury that all he wanted to do with the Cosmic Cube was turn back time and prevent Steve Rogers from being lost during the war so that he could grow up with him and lead a normal life, rather than the one he was given. [[Petra Laskov]], dressed as a doctor, then entered the room and shot Red Skull in the head, killing him.

A short time later, Fury is fixing his damaged prosthetic arm while speaking with Gregory Stark. Gregory concludes that it was in fact Fury himself who hired the Red Skull to come out of retirement, in some sort of plot to resurrect Project Avengers, securing him a position in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s employment and eventually regaining his old title as Director. Fury told him that was how he got the job the first time, and expects the same outcome this time as well.<ref>''Ultimate Comics: Avengers'' #6</ref> Fury and his Avengers later faced threats from the [[Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)|Ghost Rider]]<ref>''Ultimate Comics: Avengers 2'' #1-6</ref> and a [[vampiric]] menace.<ref>''Ultimate Comics: Avengers 3'' #1-6</ref> In ''Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates'', Stark would end up framing Fury for selling information to [[North Korea]] and stealing his position as S.H.I.E.L.D. Director and charging Fury's ex-assistant [[Carol Danvers]]' New Ultimates to apprehend him, ending in a standstill when Stark caught Fury, revealing he was manipulating both. Fury and his Avengers take down Stark's forces with Thor landing a strike from his hammer, killing Gregory.<ref>''Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates'' #6</ref>

In "[[Ultimate Enemy]]", approximately six months after Ultimatum, Fury is Black OPS and is "Off the Grid". He was enjoying a meal while under cover when the restaurant he was at was attacked by a creature with energy powers. Fury manages to hold the creature at bay until Spider-Man and [[Johnny Storm|Human Torch]] arrive at the scene to investigate. The creature vanishes after a short battle with the three of them. Peter is surprised to see Fury alive, as he has not seen him for months.<ref>''Ultimate Enemy'' #1</ref>

Nick breaks into the Triskelion and confronts Carol Danvers in the ladies' room and points a gun to her head, exclaiming that she is the only person who knew he was alive and would have motive to have him killed. The two fight before being interrupted by a female S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, informing Danvers that an attack has been made in Queens, which Fury knows is where the Parker residence is located. Simultaneously, the two order a Battalion of [[Hulkbusters|Hulkbuster]] agents to get to Queens to intercept the attacker, where they succeed in apprehending the monster attacking superhumans.<ref>''Ultimate Enemy'' #3</ref>

Attempting to atone for his mistakes with Peter, Fury has taken on a more direct mentor role for [[Miles Morales]] as the new Spider-Man.

When the [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker]] of Earth-616 is [[Spider-Men|sent to the Ultimate Universe]], Fury interrogates him for information about his presence in this universe, accepting Peter's story that he came from another universe as nobody would come up with something that insane as a lie. Peter also notes that Ultimate Nick Fury is a lot cooler than the [[Nick Fury|version]] Peter knows.<ref>''Spider-Men'' #2</ref> Attempting to atone for his mistakes with his Peter, Fury allows the other Peter to visit his counterpart's family,<ref>''Spider-Men'' #4</ref> and is satisfied when Peter gives Miles his blessing to become that world's new Spider-Man.<ref>''Spider-Men'' #5</ref>

===Taking on HYDRA, Formation of the Howling Commandos===
Nick joined [[Hydra (Marvel Comics)|HYDRA]] using a bio-camouflage to change his appearance under the name of "Scorpio" (resembling his classic mainstream look), stating that his motivations were to destroy the government that took everything away from him, although he still had a different agenda apart from Hydra's. The Ultimates managed to track him and tried to capture him, believing he was the traitor who provided Hydra with S.H.I.E.L.D. weapons. During an attack to Hydra's [[Death's Head]] camp, it was revealed Nick Fury was trying to destroy Hydra from the inside, while the S.H.I.E.L.D. traitor was actually Hydra leader Commander Crimson who used an [[Infinity Gem]] to battle her enemies, until a burst of energy made her disappear along with the artifact.<ref name="Ultimate Comics: Ultimates #20">''Ultimate Comics: Ultimates'' #20</ref>

In the aftermath of the battle, Nick told [[Monica Chang]] he was planning to create his own team, the [[Howling Commandos]], to battle Hydra the way the Ultimates couldn't, along ex-Hydra agent [[Abigail Brand]]. Before leaving, Chang told Fury he would be under her supervision.<ref>''Ultimate Comics: Ultimates'' #21</ref>

===Secret Wars===
As the final Incursion of [[Ultimate Marvel|Earth-1610]] and [[Marvel Universe|Earth-616]] begins, the [[Maker (Reed Richards)|Maker]] (the Mister Fantastic of Earth-1610) urges Fury to defend his world by attacking Earth-616. Despite not trusting the Maker, Fury sends every weapon and hero in his arsenal against the Marvel Universe's heroes. His invasion fails against the might of the defending forces, but it buys time for the Maker to launch his doomsday weapon.<ref>''Secret Wars'' #1</ref>

==Abilities and technologies==
Like his Earth-616 counterpart, Nick Fury is an active physical man despite being over 80 years of age. Initially, he was not shown to use the Infinity Formula or other physical enhancements that his mainstream Marvel Universe counterpart possessed. However, Fury was later revealed to have served during World War II and was a test subject of the Super Soldier program (albeit as an unwilling participant). In this reality, the Super Soldier serum not only gave Fury low level super-human strength and agility but has also reduced his aging, allowing Fury to continue to be active despite his advanced chronological age.<ref name="Ultimate Origins #2 2008"/>

Fury has had his right arm replaced with a cybernetic arm that gives him even greater strength than his enhanced biological original.<ref>''Ultimates 2'' #7</ref> The exact level of his cybernetic arm has not been specifically revealed. Unlike his mainstream counterpart who retains his injured eye despite being legally blind in it with a 95% vision loss, Fury has actually lost his left eye. The skin around the left eye-socket is shown to be badly scarred, extending beyond the eye patch.

Fury is an exceptional combatant and strategist and a gifted field leader. In his earliest appearances, he operated 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 run to the millions for less than a minute of use. He once used a chewing gum that was programmed to explode after 200 chews. The number of instances in which Fury uses these technologies has decreased since ''[[The Ultimates]]'' #1, and Fury is shown to primarily use conventional firearms.

While General Fury was Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. he was constantly monitored and shadowed by dozens of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and all known observation technologies. After leaving S.H.I.E.L.D., Fury has shown that he knows how to elude all such monitoring devices to the point that he was able to enter the S.H.I.E.L.D helicarrier and attack the current Director Carol Danvers.

==In other media==
{{Main|Nick Fury in other media|Nick Fury (Marvel Cinematic Universe)}}
Most appearances of Nick Fury in other media since the 2000s have been modeled on the Ultimate Marvel version of the character, most notably in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] where he is portrayed by [[Samuel L. Jackson]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://worldofblackheroes.com/2010/08/20/nicholas-nick-fury/ World of Black Heroes: Nick Fury Biography]
* {{Marveldatabase|Nicholas Fury (Earth-1610)|Ultimate Nick Fury}}

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