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Colonel Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury is a

fictional World War II army hero and present-day super-spy

appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by

writer/artist Jack Kirby and writer Stan Lee, Fury first appeared

in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963), a World War

II combat series that portrayed the cigar-chomping Fury as leader

of an elite U.S. Army unit. A popular character over a number of

decades, in 2011, Fury was ranked 33rd in IGN's Top 100 Comic Book

Heroes.

The modern-day Fury, initially a CIA agent,

debuted a few months later in Fantastic Four #21 (Dec. 1963). In

Strange Tales #135 (Aug. 1965), the character transformed into a

James Bond-like spy and leading agent of the fictional espionage

agency S.H.I.E.L.D. The character makes frequent appearances in

Marvel books as the former head of S.H.I.E.L.D. and as an

intermediary between the U.S. government or the United Nations and

various superheroes. It is eventually revealed that Fury takes a

special medication called the Infinity Formula that halted his

aging and allows him to be active despite being nearly a century

old.

Nick Fury appears in several Marvel series set

in alternate universes, as well as multiple animated films,

television shows, and Video Games based on the comics. The

character was first portrayed in live action by David Hasselhoff in

the 1998 television movie Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Samuel

L. Jackson later signed a nine-picture deal to portray the

character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise, first

appearing in the 2008 film Iron Man. Jackson also cameos in an

episode of the related Marvel television show Agents of

S.H.I.E.L.D. A version of the character appearing in Marvel's

Ultimate Marvel imprint was based on Jackson's appearance and

screen persona, well before he was cast in the role. The

recognizability of the character portrayed by Jackson in the films

later led Marvel to retire the original character, replacing him

with his African American son Nick Fury, Jr., who like the Ultimate

Marvel version is patterned on Jackson.