Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #4
September 1968 · 0.12 USD · 36 pages
On sale 1968-06-04
Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Synopsis
HYDRA repeatedly tries to murder Nick Fury before he can be recruited to head SHIELD. The agent in charge of the operation, Agent L, is executed for his failure by Agent H. After reminiscing about his days in World War II, Fury meets Tony Stark, who introduces him to the SHIELD board of directors, then shows him a film detailing HYDRA's operations. After Fury uncovers a bomb in the room and dispatches it, along with the spy who planted it, he realizes the danger facing the free world and takes the job.
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee, Gary Friedrich
- Pencils
- Jim Steranko, Frank Springer, Bob Fujitani, Russ Heath, Dick Ayers, Herb Trimpe
- Inks
- Jim Steranko, Frank Springer, Bob Fujitani, Russ Heath, John Severin, Herb Trimpe
- Colours
- Jim Steranko, Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Jim Steranko, Sam Rosen
- Editor
- Stan Lee
- Plot, dialogue
- Roy Thomas
- Plot, uncredited
- Frank Springer
Characters
Notes
"SHIELD Origin Issue!" is a misnomer; story retells Fury's recruitment to SHIELD from STRANGE TALES #135 (August 1965); SHIELD's origin not revealed until FURY #1 (May 1994). On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1968, page 250, registration number B474943.
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