S.H.I.E.L.D.
S.H.I.E.L.D. is an organization that features in Marvel Comics.
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History
The first Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. was a man by the name of Colonel Rick Stoner. (Secret Warriors v1 #1)
After the assassination of Director Stoner, Nick Fury was appointed as the executive director of the organization. (Secret Warriors v1 #1)
In the aftermath, the agency was being disbanded with its assets being redistributed to other branches such as the military with the organization's many agents going unemployed as a result. (Marvel Legacy v1 #1)
Overview
It was held as being the most valuable proactive intelligence asset. (Secret Warriors v1 #1)
The agency fell under the United Nation's jurisdiction with funding and oversight provided by the United States of America. (Secret Warriors v1 #1) Oversight over the agency was provided by the World Security Council that had the power of stripping a Director of their authority or placing them on probationary whilst an investigation was made over their conduct. (Avengers Standoff: Assault On Pleasant Hill Omega v1 #1)
The organization was divided into numerous sub-branches that included:
- Silvereye : a group that specialized in hunting Vampires.
- T.I.M.E. : the Time Irregularity Management and Eradication was a secret splinter branch operating at the Chronal Experiment Lab. (Indestructible Hulk v1 #11)
- W.A.N.D. : the Wizardry Alchemy Necromancy Department that dealt with supernatural threats. (Thunderbolts Annual v2 #1)
- S.T.A.K.E. : the Special Threat Assessment for Known Extranormalities was an elite unit tasked with combating the supernatural and were based out from Area 13. (S.H.I.E.L.D. v3 #9)
- Caterpillars : initiative surrounding super-powered potential agents whose existence were unknown to anyone and had not been exploited or exposed. They were held as a pool of talent that could be cultivated to become select agents. (Secret Warriors v1 #1)
- Artificial Intelligence Division : a division that dealt with the threat of emergent A.I.s. (Avengers A.I. v1 #1)
- Gray Blade : an offshoot that specialized in performing international hostage rescues and intel gathering with it initiating Project: Twilight that sought the weaknesses of superheroes and supervillains as part of a conspiracy among its ranks. (Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man v1 #1)
The highest deep-cover operatives made use of the phrase "family values" as a signal that they were a friendly that they were an agent. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. v1 #4)
According to protocols, deceased agents were placed at a secret graveyard with no tombstone to identify them and allowed the dead to rest in peace and out of the enemy's reach. Thus, S.H.I.E.L.D. were able to pay their respects to their fallen without making a target of themselves. This practice was a leftover directive from Nick Fury who had put it into practice. (Black Widow v6 #2)
The organization was responsible for creating numerous ultra-devices that were devised by their technos in the interest of peace. (Strange Tales v1 #146)
A range of tools were created for their use that included
- CAT Tags : Casualty Awareness Tracking system tags were designed to monitor or kill their users (Captain America v4 #1).
- Godseye : a satelitte able to remotely detonate nuclear weapons which later developed intelligence and went rogue (Incredible Hulk v3 #89).
- H.A.W.K. : High Altitude Wing Kite were gliding tools used to exit planes. (Strange Tales v1 #166)
It operated 117 stations located around the world. (Secret Warriors v1 #1) Another of its facilities was known as Project 13 that contained a doomsday device. (Thor v1 #271) Others included the:
- Triskelion :
- Camp Hammond :
- Area 13 :
- Gamma Base One :
- Raft :
- Cube :
- Pleasant Hill :
The agency operated stations all over the world that specialised in low-level radio surveillance. (Captain America v3 #28)
Members
- Nick Fury :
- Maria Hill :
- Pandora Peters : dark skinned black haired Director of W.A.N.D. with mystical tattoos on her body and the ability to command people through the phrase 'Simon says'. (Thunderbolts Annual v2 #1)
- Monica Chang : dark haired female division chief of the Artificial Intelligence Division who was a practicing Muslim. (Avengers A.I. v1 #1)
- Phil Coulson :
- D.E.A.T.H. : an acronym that stood for Da Vinci Elevating Agents To Helm and was given to the immortal Leonardo da Vinci who was secretly controlling aspects of the organisation and selecting Directors to take charge of it at a cost. (S.H.I.E.L.D. v3 #9)
Notes
- S.H.I.E.L.D. was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where they made their first appearance Strange Tales v1 #135 (August 1965).
- There was a Russian version of the organization which was called S.I.C.K.L.E. that was first referenced in X-Men: Gold v2 #11 (2017).
Alternate Versions
- In Fantastic Four v2 #13, the World War III saw a cross over between Marvel and Wildstorm universes that were amalgamated. S.H.I.E.L.D. was headed by Wolverine and one of its elite units were the Black Knights that were headed by Daniel Whitman. They were shown to be active in battling the threat of the Daemonites/Skrull alliance.
- In Mutant X v1 #1 (1998), an alternate version of the organization was the Saviours of Humanity by Intervention in the Evolution of Life-form Deviants that was a murderous anti-Mutant group.
- In House of M v1 #2 (2005), S.H.I.E.L.D. featured in the alternate reality ruled by the House of Magnus where it was staged completely with Mutants that served Magneto and managed by Executive Director Sebastian Shaw.
- In Ultimate Marvel, S.H.I.E.L.D. appeared in the alternate universe setting. Ultimate Extinction v1 #2 (2006) revealed that they had their own private version of the Hubble Space Telescope with this being called Sentry that gathered detailed images of anything within the solar system.
In other media
Television
- In Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, S.H.I.E.L.D. made an appearance in the episode "Mission: Save The GuardStar". They were referred to as an international security agency that protected the world against threats. One of their operatives was a Mutant named Aurora Dante who went under the code name Lightwave. When Lightwave seemingly went rogue, Agent Buzz Mason had Spider-Man and Firetar brought in to meet them to get their aid in protecting the GuardStar satellite. This was after they received intelligence that Lightwave intended to steal it.
- In Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., S.H.I.E.L.D. featured in the live action series that was part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Films
- In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, S.H.I.E.L.D. made a number of appearances in various live-action films.
- In Iron Man, S.H.I.E.L.D. was first introduced into the live-action film where agent Phil Coulson was dispatched to keep watch over the recently returned Tony Stark to Stark Industries. After the defeat of Obadiah Stane, Nick Fury was shown as being the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. who attempted to recruit Iron Man into the Avengers Initiative.
- In The Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D. returned in the live-action film where Director Fury showcased their mobile base of operations namely the Helicarrier and used the agency's resources in the formation of the Avengers Initiative.
Video games
- In Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, S.H.I.E.L.D. Was deployed to New York City to combat the infestation of Symbiotes that had overrun it.
- In Marvel: Avengers Alliance, the S.H.I.E.L.D. appeared in the setting of the Facebook video game with their own Dossier.
- In Marvel Heroes, S.H.I.E.L.D. appeared in the setting of the MMORPG video game.
Appearances
- Avengers:
- New Avengers:
- S.H.I.E.L.D.:
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