Nick Fury

Nick 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) as the leader of an elite U.S. Army Ranger unit. The modern-day Fury, initially a CIA agent, debuted in Fantastic Four #21 (December 1963). In Strange Tales #135 (August 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. Fury 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's eventually revealed that he takes a special medication called the Infinity Formula that halted his aging, allowing him to be active despite being nearly a century old. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Samuel L. Jackson portrays Nick Fury, a former director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the founder of the Avengers. The MCU version of Fury has appeared in several films and television series, including Iron Man (2008), The Avengers (2012), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Secret Invasion (2023).