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
- Gaffer ("Sidney Levine")
Antagonists:
- Project: Delta (First appearance)
- Hydra
- Roxxon Corporation
- 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
- Executive Board
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)
- Howling Commandos (Recap)
- Nazi Germany (Mentioned)
- Baron Wolfgang von Strucker (On-screen)
- Avengers (Referenced)
Races and Species:
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)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Central
- Midtown
- Manhattan
- New York City
- 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)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
Items:
- Power Core (First appearance)
- Adamantium (Mentioned)
- 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 S.H.I.E.L.D. 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 S.H.I.E.L.D. 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 S.H.I.E.L.D. 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 S.H.I.E.L.D. 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 S.H.I.E.L.D.'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 S.H.I.E.L.D. 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!
See Also
- 10 image(s) from Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 1 1
- 2 reprint(s) of Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 1 1
