Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 3 5

	Published
	December, 1989
"Memory and Menace"
	Writer Bob Harras; Penciler Keith Pollard; Inker Kim DeMulder; Colourist Bernie Jaye; Letterer Richard Starkings; Editor Greg Wright;

Appearing in "Memory and Menace"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Death's Head Squadron
- Gnobian Mother (Possesses Wilhelm Schmidt) (Illusion and main story)
Nazi Germany (Illusion)
- Wilhelm Schmidt (Possessed by Gnobian Mother) (Illusion and main story)
- Schutzstaffel (Illusion)
  - Death's Head Squadron (Illusion) (Death)
- Baron Wolfgang von Strucker (Illusion)

Other Characters:

Races and Species:

Locations:

Earth (Illusion and main story)
- Europe (Illusion and main story)
  - Germany (Illusion and main story)
    - Black Forest (Illusion and main story)
    - Gruenstadt (Only appearance; destruction in illusion)
Moon (Cameo)

Events:

The climax of the battle between Nick Fury and the Death's Head Commandos! Plus: the origin of Lump and the Incredible rebirth of SHIELD!

According to Fury #1, the whole Gnobian and Delta affair were plans set up by Wolfgang von Strucker to distract Nick Fury while Red Skull and Hydra were planning to resurrect him. As per Fury #1, the Gnobians and the Deltite were constructs build by Arnim Zola.
- As a consequence, Wilhelm Schmidt and Werner von Strucker were also part of this plan; since the Gnobians were LMDs, Schmidt has never been possessed by the Gnobian Mother. Schmidt faked the "possession" to persuade the Death's Head Squadron, also "Gnobians" unaware of their real origins, to follow his orders.
- Every "flashback" featured between Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 3 #3 and issue #6 needs to be considered as an illusion created by the "Gnobians". It remains uncertain how Fury can remember something that likely have never happened like the destruction of Gruenstadt. The "flashback" featured in Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 3 #6 is a mere recollection of false events told by Schmidt as a part of Strucker's plan to confuse Fury.

This issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.^[1]