Nick Fury
Colonel Nicholas Joseph Fury is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/artist Jack Kirby and writer Stan Lee, he first appeared in "Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos" #1 (May 1963), a World War II combat series that portrayed the cigar-chomping man as leader of an elite U.S. Army unit.

The modern-day character, initially a CIA agent, debuted a few months later in "Fantastic Four" #21 (Dec. 1963). In "Strange Tales" #135 (Aug. 1965), the character was 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 he 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 1998 live action television movie "Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." where he was portrayed by David Hasselhoff. Samuel L. Jackson portrays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in "Iron Man" (2008), "Iron Man 2" (2010), "Thor" (2011) "Captain America: The First Avenger" (2011), "The Avengers" (2012), "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" (2014), "" (2015), "" (2018), "Captain Marvel" (2019), "" (2019) and "Spider-Man: Far From Home" (2019) as well as two episodes of the first season of the television series "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 being 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 who is also patterned on Jackson.

A popular character over a number of decades, he has become a recognizable aspect of the whole Marvel Universe. He has sometimes been considered an anti-hero.
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