Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD Vol 1 4

Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #4
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Art by: Jim Steranko
Release Date	June 4, 1968
Cover Date	September, 1968
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Stan Lee

1. "And Now It Begins..."
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Roy Thomas Frank Springer
Penciler(s)	Frank Springer
Inker(s)	Frank Springer
Colorist(s)	Uncredited
Letterer(s)	Sam Rosen
Editor(s)	Stan Lee

 It wuzn't exactly no bed of roses back in the big one... no matter what nutty movies they make about it nowadays! Mebbe we didn't have the A-Bomb hangin' over our heads... but it never killed anybody deader than a Nazi Luger! 

—Nick Fury

Appearing in "And Now It Begins..."

Featured Characters:

• ⏴ Colonel Nick Fury ⏵

Supporting Characters:

• S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Numerous unnamed agents
  • Supreme International Council
    • ⏴ Tony Stark ⏵
    • Numerous unnamed members

Antagonists:

• Hydra
  • Agent R
  • Agent L (First appearance as Agent L) (Death)
  • Agent T (Voice only)
  • Agent N (Voice only)
  • Agent C
  • Supreme Hydra (Arnold Brown)
  • Agent H (Laura Brown)
  • Charles Atkins (First appearance)
  • Numerous unnamed agents

Other Characters:

• Numerous Nick Fury LMDs
• United States Government
  • CIA
  • United States Army (Only in recap)
    • Howling Commandos (Only in recap)
      • Corporal "Dum-Dum" Dugan (Only in recap)
      • Gabriel Jones (Only in recap)
      • Robert "Rebel" Ralston (Only in recap)
• Nazis (Only in recap)
  • Unnamed Officer (Only in recap)
  • Unnamed Soldier (Only in recap)
• Sam Hill (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Life Model Decoys
• Humans (Main story and recap)
• Panthers

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and recap)
  • North America
    • United States of America
      • Washington, D.C.
        • National Mall
          • Washington Monument
      • New York
        • New York City
          • Manhattan
            • Hydra Headquarters
              • Pendulum
      • Alaska (Mentioned)
  • Europe (Only in recap)
    • Poland (Only in recap)
    • Germany (Only in recap)
      • Bavaria (Only in recap)
        • Alps (Only in recap)
          • Bavarian Alps (Only in recap)
  • Pacific Ocean (Only in recap)

Vehicles:

• S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier and Flying Car

Events:

• World War II (Only in recap)

Synopsis for "And Now It Begins..."

The origin of S.H.I.E.L.D. is recounted as well as it finding its leader: Colonel Nick Fury.

Notes

Publication Notes

• This issue contains a letters page, "Don't Yield, Write S.H.I.E.L.D.!". Letters are published from Edward Romero, Donlad F. McGregor, Steve Shuchart, Steven Grant, Mike Richmond, and Ralph Duby.

Continuity Notes

• This issue is a reworked version of the origin story told in Strange Tales #135.
• The caption on page 16 which recounts Nick Fury's introduction to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier was lifted from Stan Lee's narration in Strange Tales #135.
• Nick Fury thinks back on his time as Sergeant in the United States Army. The images shown are scenes from Sgt. Fury #49, 52 and 53.

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