Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 1 1

Alternate Covers: Textless Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 1 #1 Published Released June, 1988 March 1, 1988 Issue Details Pages 48 Original Price $3.50 US $4.75 CAN Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco Cover Artist Jim Steranko Production Milton Schiffman Publisher Stan Lee Michael Hobson President James E. Galton "The Delta Equation" Writer Bob Harras Penciler Paul Neary Inker Kim DeMulder Colourist Bernie Jaye Letterer Janice Chiang Editor Gregory Wright Mark Gruenwald Previous Issue Next Issue — Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #2

Appearing in "The Delta Equation"

Featured Characters:

•  Nick Fury  (Main story and recap)

Supporting Characters:

• S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Gaffer ("Sidney Levine")  (First appearance)
  •  Commander Clay Quartermain  (Death)
  • "Agent Gail Runciter"  (First appearance)
  • Agent Jack Rollins (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
  •  Countess Valentina de Allegro Fontaine 
  •  Commander Dum-Dum Dugan 
  •  Agent Jasper Sitwell 
  •  Commander Gabe Jones 

Antagonists:

• Project: Delta (First appearance)
  • Hydra
  • Roxxon Corporation
    • An unnamed security agent (Only appearance)^[1]
    • Encoders (First appearance) (Unnamed)
  • S.H.I.E.L.D.
    • Executive Board
      •  Director General  (First appearance)
      •  Unnamed Councilwoman  (First appearance)
      •  Unnamed Councilman  (First appearance)
      •  Unnamed Councilman  (First appearance)
      • Two unnamed Councilmen (First appearance)
    • "Commander James Woo"  (First appearance)
    • "Agent Jack Rollins"  (First appearance)
    • Several unnamed agents

Other Characters:

• A.I.M. (Mentioned)
  • M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton) (Mentioned) (Deceased)
• Lord / God (Invoked)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. (On-screen)
  • Agent Gail Runciter (On-screen)
  • Gaffer (Sidney Levine) (On-screen)
  • Commander James Woo (On-screen)
  • Berlin S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Regional Director (Mentioned)
• United States Army (Recap)
  • Howling Commandos (Recap)
    • Izzy Cohen (Recap)
    • Pinky Pinkerton (Recap)
    • Rebel Ralston (Recap)
  • Sam Sawyer (Recap)
• Nazi Germany (Mentioned)
  • Baron Wolfgang von Strucker (On-screen)
• Avengers (Referenced)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and recap)
• LMDs

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and recap)
  • United States of America (Main story and recap)
    • New Mexico (Main story and recap)
    • New Jersey
      • Roxxon Industrial Research Complex (First appearance)
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Midtown
            • S.H.I.E.L.D. Central
              • Nick Fury's Boardroom (First appearance)
              • Exercise Room (First appearance)
              • Nick Fury's Private Office
              • Interrogation Chamber (First appearance)
  • Earth Orbit
    • Moon (Cameo)
    • S.H.I.E.L.D. Satellite (Location unrevealed)
      • S.H.I.E.L.D. Executive Boardroom (Location classified) (First appearance)
  • Germany (Mentioned)
    • Berlin (Mentioned)
  • Pacific Ocean (On-screen)
    • Hydra Island (On-screen)

Items:

• Power Core (First appearance)
• Adamantium (Mentioned)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. Uniforms
• Hydra Uniforms

Vehicles:

• S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier (Destruction in recap)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. Flying Car
• A.I.M. Ship (First appearance)
  
  

Synopsis for "The Delta Equation"

After an act of sabotage brings down the SHIELD Helicarrier, Fury's team risks their lives to extract the machine's powerful energy core only to have it stolen from them in a raid by Hydra agents attacking from a massive AIM ship leaving Agent Quartermain and several others in critical condition. Fury has enough to worry about when one of his deepest cover agents, Rollins, calls him in to his post at Roxxon Chemical with dire news about a mysterious Project Delta, a name that reminds Fury of a proposed SHIELD retraining program that didn't get off the ground. Rollins leads Fury to Roxxon's mainframe where their Delta turns out to be a collection of highly classified data on SHIELD operatives and technology. If that wasn't disturbing enough, they spot from the shadows a group of hooded figures carrying the stolen power core.

News breaks at SHIELD Headquarters the next day of Quartermain's passing. Nick can barely process it on top of what he's learned at Roxxon. He reports everything to SHIELD's shadowy supervising council and demands immediate authorization to raid Roxxon for the core and the sensitive data, but they suspiciously give him the runaround, secretly plotting to stop him. Rollins is soon caught at Roxxon by Agent Woo, and when Fury is called back to the council, they have Rollins there refuting his earlier report. Realizing just how deep the conspiracy to undermine SHIELD from within has gone, Fury makes a break for it. The council orders all agents to stop him, but Nick's closest friends, having no idea what's happening, are naturally reluctant. Dum Dum stops Rollins from shooting Nick, giving him his chance to escape.

Solicit Synopsis

For years, Nick Fury has led S.H.I.E.L.D. But the spy network has become corrupt and Fury's got to go underground to fight it... even though it means fighting— and killing— some of his closest friends as well!

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in comics and books, see references for more info.^[2]

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