Nick Fury Gallery

Here's a nice photograph of the new Nick Fury action figure from Marvel Legends Series V. I've picked up two of these puppies myself, and when posed with the rocket jet-pack and blast-off flame props, it's like a mini-statue unto itself.

These are sketches Andy Kubert did of Fury's design for the Neil Gaiman "1602" mini-series. Fury plays a major role in that series as the Queen of England's spy-master.

While I was never a big fan of Ladronn's "Kirby-esque" style, I have to admit this cover for Cable #62 rocks. The sub-title was "Howlin' Commandos."

Jim Lee was my favorite artist during his stint on the X-Men in the 90's. Here's the poster version of one of his classic X-Men covers that also featured Kazar and Nick Fury. That was a good book too, and I loved the way Nick and Rogue interacted.

Joe Jusko did this awesome piece of art for the Nick Fury paperback novel "Empyre." It's now available as a lithograph from Dynamic Forces (www.dynamicforces.com).

I've already said how much I love Robertson's artwork on Max's "Fury" limited series, eventhough Ennis' story betrayed so much of what I love about this character. Getting away from the kevlar armor and gunstraps, here's a great pic by Robertson of Fury in his "second battle-armor" - a dark suit. That's what's cool about Fury - he's imposing whether he's in a suit or in battle gear.

The Punisher video game included Nick Fury as one of the possible characters the player could choose. A lot of the promos put out included Nick. Here's an image of Fury from one promo (I've cropped the picture to be just Nick and not the rest of the Punisher logo or character - hey, this is a Nick Fury fanpage, not a Punisher one).

Howard Chaykin's now classic cover for the Wolverine/Nick Fury graphic novel "Scorpio Connection" which helped bring back a lot of interest in Fury. Chaykin, by the way, created the Infinity Formula storyline for Fury way back in Marvel Spotlight #32.

I'm not sure who did this artwork, so if you know please e-mail me so that I can update this entry. Regardless, this picture of Fury from a trading card series is simply one of the best I've ever seen. What singularity of purpose!

Another classic image by Steranko, this from the opening page of one of his last issues back in 1968. I always loved what Steranko did for Fury - he made him more "James Bondish" than the character originally created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Steranko made Fury cooler, more handsome, more stylish, and as seen by an image like this, more three-dimensional and soulful.

Here's a rare glimpse of the Howling Commando. By the time Nick Fury was all the rage in his own series, the US was neck-deep in the Viet Nam war. Marvel brought the "tough-as-nails" infantryman into the Viet Nam conflict in Sgt. Fury's King-Size Annual #3, drawn by Dick Ayers. I guess due to the passionate dissent that war provokes to this day, not much is ever said about this particular book. My father fought in that war, so I'm not afraid to pull out this intense image, complete with eye-patch as Nick supposedly first donned the patch before the Viet Nam war got hot and heavy.

Going again to the patriotic aspect of Fury, while everyone knows the classic Steranko cover from Strange Tales # 167, few seem to remember the covers Steranko did for the short-lived series of SHIELD reprints Marvel put out in the early 70's. Here's the cover of issue #2 of that series, with Steranko doing an even better job of showing Fury as the All-American defender of freedom. Gotta love that Flag!

Back in the mid 90's, Marvel tried a new Fury series, thanks to the efforts of a Fury fan by the name of Howard Chaykin (the creator of the Infinity Formula and writer of the popular "Scorpio Connection" graphic novel). While meant to be an ongoing series, "Fury of SHIELD" ended up as a mini-series after only 4 issues. Thanks again to poor script writing and no real direction for the character, this series ended up as a footnote in the Marvel Universe.

Fury almost seems to be more porular overseas than in the US. I've collected comic books from Germany, England, Spain, and this one from France - "Nick Fury, Agent du SERVO." Please don't ask me what SERVO stands for; but in any event, Steranko did this cover for a reprint book done all in French - it's classic Fury in ultra-action as he was meant to be. Please please please Marvel... don't just have Steranko do new covers - get him to do new stories!

Marvel intended Nick to be permanently "killed-off" in the Punisher mini-series "Double Edge", from which this image of Fury in the vid-screen comes. This two-issue mini-series saw Nick get the drop on the Punisher, only to let it go and ultimately get gunned down by Frank Castle. But, like your average soap opera, no character in an ongoing continuity truly dies, and Nick came back shortly after this "death" - turns out old Frankie knocked off an LMD... what a shocker!

When Fury did turn up alive once again, it was in the 2 issue mini-series "Fury - Agent 13" co-starring Sharon Carter (the second issue of which comes this image - from the cover). This 2 issue series was about the lamest story I ever read. I mean sheesh, it's a wonder there are any Fury fans left after this time-traveling, inter-dimensional, pocket-universe piece of garbage! And since then Marvel has never really explained how Nick went from soul-searching vet to all-time spy-supreme again; nor did Marvel even try to show how "dead" Nick explained to those closest to him how/why he was still alive! Let's hope "Secret Wars" in 2004 is at least a somewhat decent story!

While I was never a big fan of Liefield's style (the body proportions were always odd and everything looked the same), I thought his run on the second Captain America series was probably some of the best work of his career. During Liefield's run on Cap, Nick Fury was a major player in the series. This is a picture of Nick from that Captain America series as drawn by Rob Liefield. It's kind of cool to see how Nick looks here done in the "Cable" style that got Rob such notoriety.

	Here's a nice photograph of the new Nick Fury action figure from Marvel Legends Series V. I've picked up two of these puppies myself, and when posed with the rocket jet-pack and blast-off flame props, it's like a mini-statue unto itself.
	These are sketches Andy Kubert did of Fury's design for the Neil Gaiman "1602" mini-series. Fury plays a major role in that series as the Queen of England's spy-master.
	While I was never a big fan of Ladronn's "Kirby-esque" style, I have to admit this cover for Cable #62 rocks. The sub-title was "Howlin' Commandos."
	Jim Lee was my favorite artist during his stint on the X-Men in the 90's. Here's the poster version of one of his classic X-Men covers that also featured Kazar and Nick Fury. That was a good book too, and I loved the way Nick and Rogue interacted.
	Joe Jusko did this awesome piece of art for the Nick Fury paperback novel "Empyre." It's now available as a lithograph from Dynamic Forces (www.dynamicforces.com).
	I've already said how much I love Robertson's artwork on Max's "Fury" limited series, eventhough Ennis' story betrayed so much of what I love about this character. Getting away from the kevlar armor and gunstraps, here's a great pic by Robertson of Fury in his "second battle-armor" - a dark suit. That's what's cool about Fury - he's imposing whether he's in a suit or in battle gear.
	The Punisher video game included Nick Fury as one of the possible characters the player could choose. A lot of the promos put out included Nick. Here's an image of Fury from one promo (I've cropped the picture to be just Nick and not the rest of the Punisher logo or character - hey, this is a Nick Fury fanpage, not a Punisher one).
	Howard Chaykin's now classic cover for the Wolverine/Nick Fury graphic novel "Scorpio Connection" which helped bring back a lot of interest in Fury. Chaykin, by the way, created the Infinity Formula storyline for Fury way back in Marvel Spotlight #32.
	I'm not sure who did this artwork, so if you know please e-mail me so that I can update this entry. Regardless, this picture of Fury from a trading card series is simply one of the best I've ever seen. What singularity of purpose!
	Another classic image by Steranko, this from the opening page of one of his last issues back in 1968. I always loved what Steranko did for Fury - he made him more "James Bondish" than the character originally created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Steranko made Fury cooler, more handsome, more stylish, and as seen by an image like this, more three-dimensional and soulful.
	Here's a rare glimpse of the Howling Commando. By the time Nick Fury was all the rage in his own series, the US was neck-deep in the Viet Nam war. Marvel brought the "tough-as-nails" infantryman into the Viet Nam conflict in Sgt. Fury's King-Size Annual #3, drawn by Dick Ayers. I guess due to the passionate dissent that war provokes to this day, not much is ever said about this particular book. My father fought in that war, so I'm not afraid to pull out this intense image, complete with eye-patch as Nick supposedly first donned the patch before the Viet Nam war got hot and heavy.
	Going again to the patriotic aspect of Fury, while everyone knows the classic Steranko cover from Strange Tales # 167, few seem to remember the covers Steranko did for the short-lived series of SHIELD reprints Marvel put out in the early 70's. Here's the cover of issue #2 of that series, with Steranko doing an even better job of showing Fury as the All-American defender of freedom. Gotta love that Flag!
	Back in the mid 90's, Marvel tried a new Fury series, thanks to the efforts of a Fury fan by the name of Howard Chaykin (the creator of the Infinity Formula and writer of the popular "Scorpio Connection" graphic novel). While meant to be an ongoing series, "Fury of SHIELD" ended up as a mini-series after only 4 issues. Thanks again to poor script writing and no real direction for the character, this series ended up as a footnote in the Marvel Universe.
	Fury almost seems to be more porular overseas than in the US. I've collected comic books from Germany, England, Spain, and this one from France - "Nick Fury, Agent du SERVO." Please don't ask me what SERVO stands for; but in any event, Steranko did this cover for a reprint book done all in French - it's classic Fury in ultra-action as he was meant to be. Please please please Marvel... don't just have Steranko do new covers - get him to do new stories!
	Marvel intended Nick to be permanently "killed-off" in the Punisher mini-series "Double Edge", from which this image of Fury in the vid-screen comes. This two-issue mini-series saw Nick get the drop on the Punisher, only to let it go and ultimately get gunned down by Frank Castle. But, like your average soap opera, no character in an ongoing continuity truly dies, and Nick came back shortly after this "death" - turns out old Frankie knocked off an LMD... what a shocker!
	When Fury did turn up alive once again, it was in the 2 issue mini-series "Fury - Agent 13" co-starring Sharon Carter (the second issue of which comes this image - from the cover). This 2 issue series was about the lamest story I ever read. I mean sheesh, it's a wonder there are any Fury fans left after this time-traveling, inter-dimensional, pocket-universe piece of garbage! And since then Marvel has never really explained how Nick went from soul-searching vet to all-time spy-supreme again; nor did Marvel even try to show how "dead" Nick explained to those closest to him how/why he was still alive! Let's hope "Secret Wars" in 2004 is at least a somewhat decent story!
	While I was never a big fan of Liefield's style (the body proportions were always odd and everything looked the same), I thought his run on the second Captain America series was probably some of the best work of his career. During Liefield's run on Cap, Nick Fury was a major player in the series. This is a picture of Nick from that Captain America series as drawn by Rob Liefield. It's kind of cool to see how Nick looks here done in the "Cable" style that got Rob such notoriety.