Marvel Comics Will Celebrate 60 Years Of The Greatest Super Spy In Comics With FURY #1 This May

Marvel Comics Will Celebrate 60 Years Of The Greatest Super Spy In Comics With FURY #1 This May

This May, Al Ewing and an all-star lineup of artists will craft a thrilling saga across Nick Fury's storied history in a double-sized anniversary one-shot, and you can find everything we know right here...

By JoshWilding - Feb 08, 2023 04:02 PM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics

Over the last six decades, Nick Fury has starred in many of Marvel Comics' greatest espionage stories, been at the centre of some of its most iconic events, and served as the keeper of the biggest secrets in the Marvel Universe. Now, we'll get to celebrate his milestone anniversary with a whirlwind saga set across his most iconic eras in Fury #1.

Arriving in May, the one-shot will be written by Al Ewing and illustrated by a dynamic group of leading industry artists: Scott Eaton, Tom Reilly, Adam Kubert, and Ramon Rosanas. This intricate tale will kick off when Fury's son and successor, Nick Fury Jr., is targeted by a new foe using the name S.C.O.R.P.I.O.!

Fans will know that codename has deep roots in Fury's past and a series of top-secret missions will be revealed, each offering a key to unlocking an overarching mystery. Each artist will tackle a different period of Fury's history including his early adventures in Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos and his present-day role as the all-seeing “Man on the Wall."

No stranger to radical character transformations, the one-shot will present a key turning point for the character and in the end, both father and son will emerge with fresh purpose.

Hopefully, that means the original Fury will find some redemption and make his long-awaited return after Marvel Comics delivered the most convoluted and ridiculous explanation for Nick Fury Jr.'s introduction (despite already having a Samuel L. Jackson-inspired version of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Director in the Ultimate Universe) and the original's sudden absence.

"Nick Fury is an entire history of comics in one character," Ewing said. "Shifting from a tough-talking WWII Sergeant specializing in impossible missions, to an U.N.C.L.E.-esque secret agent beating James Bond at his own game, to a machiavellian man in the shadows making the grey moral choices we've come to associate with the evolving espionage genre."

"And when the original Fury went cosmic, his son followed in those same footsteps, doing all that with a modern spin and an eye on the silver screen portrayal of our favorite sci-fi spy-guy," the writer continues. "So how to celebrate sixty years of Nick Fury?"

"With 40 story pages of twists, turns, action, gadgets and old-school thrills - pitting the Fury family against a new menace with a mysterious connection to the earliest days of the Howling Commandos and setting both Nicks up for the adventures of a lifetime!"

You can check out Adam Kubert's cover below ahead of Fury #1 going on sale on May 24.

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Conquistador
Conquistador - 2/8/2023, 4:45 PM
Glad to see they'll celebrate the OG version aswell. I like the ultimate version before they shoe horned him into the 616 as the son, but Sam Jackson did good work.
Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 2/8/2023, 4:47 PM
In sam Jackson Nick fury still original Fury’s son? Cos that was the lamest way to bring in that version of the character ever
bl0odwerk
bl0odwerk - 2/8/2023, 7:46 PM
@Twenty23Three - It's all lame shit. Lame is all they know how to do.
OmegaBlack13
OmegaBlack13 - 2/8/2023, 4:56 PM
Al Ewing has been really strong hits with very few misses so I’m all in on this
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/8/2023, 5:20 PM
@OmegaBlack13 - He hasn't topped his Immortal Hulk run.
OmegaBlack13
OmegaBlack13 - 2/9/2023, 12:30 AM
@marvel72 - I overall liked his Guardians more, but it being so much shorter helped. Immortal was amazing though so I’d be fine with that as his peak, everything has been good.
r1g0r
r1g0r - 2/8/2023, 5:14 PM
Maybe they'll explain how he got a race transplant...
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 2/8/2023, 6:03 PM
@r1g0r - They already did. Back when he was introduced.
r1g0r
r1g0r - 2/8/2023, 8:38 PM
@CorndogBurglar -

So nick fury (white) has a son in a different universe, and therefore the son is black?!?

I like Sam Jackson, but this explanation sounds too much like how bizarro talks...
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 2/8/2023, 9:59 PM
@r1g0r - No man lol. White Nick Fury (616) had a kid with a black lady in the 616 universe. She gave birth to black Nick Fury Jr.

Ultimate Nick Fury was always just black, and is a completely different character, even though 616 black Nick Fury Jr looks exactly like him.

Look, it's a stupid story and Marvel only did it so the main 616 Nick Fury would resemble the MCU Nick Fury. Even though there was already a Nick Fury (Ultimate) in the comics that looked like MCU Nick Fury.
r1g0r
r1g0r - 2/8/2023, 10:39 PM
@CorndogBurglar -

THIS is why comics writers can always have a 2nd career, writing soap operas.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 2/8/2023, 10:53 PM
@r1g0r - Exactly!
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/8/2023, 5:18 PM
I'm glad they are showing the original Nick Fury some love,would be right if they didn't.
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/8/2023, 5:20 PM
@marvel72 - Wouldn't be right
BeNice123
BeNice123 - 2/8/2023, 5:29 PM
Yeah, i still would like to see an original Fury.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 2/8/2023, 6:04 PM
So....60 years of 2 different characters? Because that's Nick Fury Jr.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 2/8/2023, 6:08 PM
Really like it when comics revert back to doing a #1 issue. Really drives home how much of a landmark moment this is that I cannot miss.

Anyway, I like Fury (both versions). Nice to see both get the spotlight.
PatientXero
PatientXero - 2/8/2023, 6:20 PM
That’s not Nick Fury though, that’s his bastard son Nick Fury Jr.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 2/8/2023, 6:27 PM
Published 60 years ago.

DocSpock
DocSpock - 2/8/2023, 7:09 PM

The Howling Commando comics were GREAT. The only war comics I read. Others tried to kinda copy those comics, but they all miserably failed.

jj2112
jj2112 - 2/8/2023, 7:33 PM
The original Agent of Shield books are great, I especially love Steranko's run.
bl0odwerk
bl0odwerk - 2/8/2023, 7:47 PM
Cancelling the 1610 and smashing it up with the 616 was dumb.
OriginalGusto1
OriginalGusto1 - 2/8/2023, 8:00 PM
The poor man's Sgt. Rock. Go!
TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 2/9/2023, 1:17 AM
The 60s Sgt Fury books are some of my favourite comics ever written.

Never read a book with Jr in it and I don't imagine I ever will. Still hoping one day to somehow see OG Nick cameo in the MCU. Make it happen multiverse!
DocSpock
DocSpock - 2/9/2023, 4:10 AM


This is how to do it right.

Jimmy Olsen in Supergirl was terribly done pandering crap.

Sam Jackson as Nick Fury was inspired. Outstanding change with an a$$ kicking actor at the top of his presence & value. 5 stars for this casting!



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