Sketch Sunday: Nick Fury

Nicholas Joseph Fury first appeared chomping cigars and leading an elite unit of hellcats in Marvel's world war II adventure title Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos, dated May 1963. A prototype incarnation of the Bond riffing super spy Colonel Nick Fury turned up a few months later in Fantastic Four #21, initially reporting to the CIA, before making the full jump to SHIELD front-man in Strange Tales #135 in August 1965.

Fury is a particular favourite of mine, best seen performing pop-art superfeats in Steranko's peerless run, and as an undying meddle-bot in continuity clog Earth X.



Take that HYDRA!