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Please Explain who the Ultimate Nick Fury is


Hi. I've never read any of the comics, but one day I was scanning the internet and I saw a black Nick Fury which said ulitmate. I guess I am asking if anyone can confirm this was done by Marvel and not a fan, and if this was done by Marvel, why change him from traditional?

If anyone could explain, that would mean a lot.

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Thankyou. This little tid bit has been festering in the back of my head for some time now.

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He is the token black guy

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Actually he is Samuel L. Jackson. I'd go to see that movie.

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I disagree 100%.Ultimate Fury couldnt beat a dead fly without his puppets...'ol Nick could kick Logan's ass.

and read Ennis '"Fury"...you'll find that ol Nick can kick serious asses 10xtimes better than Sam Jacko

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oh yeah! Ennis rules!

Nick Fury is the ultimate cold warrior...been in every war since WWII, the ultimates version is a hardass, but he lacks that special IT that the mainstream marvel version got. There is no history with this guy, just some decorated military officer. nick fury (original) has been involved in the shadyest aspects of warware and espionage there is, and has dirt on everyone. nobody messes with him. as ennis portrays him, he is downright scary

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yeah, Ennis' Fury is the real ultimate Fury, the way he should be. Tough as iron, relentless, cold, he is nothing but fighting skills. A old man who doesnt enjoy anything but war. The final showdown is one of the goriest, most shocking hand on hand fights ever..I just saying this: one of the weapons will involve a man's bowels

Ultimate Black Fury would run away in no time if Ennis' Fury showed up pointing at him

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No, Ennis' Fury was a rascist and misogynist. It was yet another gratuitous Ennis book. I understand his point was to show how degenerative the world of the CIA is, but Fury was far more entertaining as a blue collar soldier turned James Bond.

Ennis' Fury would have been fragged when he was a sergeant.

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in short.

Col. Nicholas Joseph Fury aka Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD = Mainstream Badass who you don't want to p*ss off.

Ultitmate Nick Fury aka Director of SHIELD = ultimate tighta$$ Samuel L Jackson with a stick up his butt 24/7



Col. Nick Fury is easily better than sammy jackson's nick fury.

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Back to the original point. The classic Nick fury was first introduced as Sgt. Nick Fury, of the US Army Rangers in WW2, leading the Howling Commandos. He later appeared in issue 21 of the Fantastic Four, set in the present day, as a colonel, attached to the CIA. This utlimately led to Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD, in Strange Tales #135, with Fury becoming the leader of the espionage and law enforcement agency (inspired by The Man From UNCLE and James Bond). This interpretation of Fury carried on through the years, but created a problem. When shown in FF 21, he was in his early 40's. As time wore on, his age became an issue; so, the Infinity Formula was created. It's a serum that Fury takes to keep himself young, but if he doesn't take it he will quickly die. Originally, Fury was portrayed as a superspy, but later writers made him more cynical and manipulative to fit the post-Vietnam and Watergate era (especially after revelations of questionable CIA operations).

When the Ultimate line was begun, a new African American version of Fury was introduced, based visually on Samuel L. Jackson. This Fury was a general and tied to the Gulf War, though it was later revealed that he was around in WW2 and was an early test subject of the Super Soldier Formula that gave Captain America his abilities.

The classic version was the basis for the Hasselhoff movie, though it was based on continuity from the late 80's/early 90's Nick Fury series, not the classic series with Jack Kirby and Jim Steranko. Starting with Iron Man, Samuel L. Jackson portrayed the Ultimate version of Nick Fury, since he was the visual basis and a comic fan. The current crop of movies tend to use more of the Ultimate interpretations of the characters (in varying degrees), so this made sense. Fury should factor heavily in the Avengers movie.

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actually...
Ultimate Nick Fury was visually based on Avery Brooks (in the first issues of Ultimate Avengers), but the writer of the story had NF mention SLJ when asked who should play him in a movie, and later artists has favored a more SLJ look for him

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Basically just Samuel L Jackson with an eye patch.

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