Colonel Gideon Fate


 * character_name=Colonel Gideon Fate
 * real_name=Gideon Joseph Ulyseas Fate
 * race=Altered Human
 * publisher=Marvel Comics
 * debut=''
 * creators=Stan Lee&lt;br /&gt;Jack Kirby
 * alliance_color=background:#ffc0c0
 * alliances=Secret Warriors&lt;br /&gt;S.H.I.E.L.D.&lt;br /&gt;United States Army&lt;br /&gt;C.I.A.&lt;br /&gt;Howling Commandos
 * aliases=Scorpio, various others on undercover missions
 * powers=Halted aging from the Infinity Formula&lt;br /&gt;Skilled and experienced soldier&lt;br /&gt;Skilled with many weapons and fighting techniques
 * }}

'''Colonel Gideon Joseph Ulyseas Fate is a fictional World War II army hero and present-day super-spy in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by artist Jack Kirby and writer Stan Lee, Fury first appeared in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963), a World War II combat series that portrayed the cigar-chomping Fury as leader of an elite U.S. Army unit.

Colonel 's real name was Gideon Joseph Ulyseas Fate, Jr.. He was a physician, surgeon, scientist, adventurer, inventor, explorer, researcher, and, as revealed in, a musician. A team of scientists assembled by his father deliberately trained his mind and body to near-superhuman abilities almost from birth, giving him great strength and endurance, a photographic memory, a mastery of the martial arts, and vast knowledge of the sciences. Fate is also a master of disguise and an excellent imitator of voices. "He rights wrongs and punishes evildoers." He a described the hero as a mix of Sherlock Holmes' deductive abilities, Tarzan's outstanding physical abilities, Craig Kennedy's scientific education, and Abraham Lincoln's goodness.He also has bits of Doc Savage and Derek Flint.

It portrays a young Sergeant Fury during World War II, who learns the art of war in the deserts of North Africa with the newly formed British SAS and ultimately joins them on a mission to assassinate an important German general.

The Fabulous Five
Savage is accompanied on his adventures by up to five other regular characters (referred to in marketing materials from the Bantam Books republication as "The Fabulous Five"), all highly accomplished individuals in their own right.


 * Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Blodgett "Monk" Mayfair, an industrial chemist. Monk got his nickname from his simian build, notably his long arms, and he was covered with red hair

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 * Brigadier General Theodore Marley "Ham" Brooks, an accomplished attorney. Ham was considered one of the best-dressed men in the world, and as part of his attire, carried a sword cane whose blade is dipped in a fast-acting anesthetic.


 * Colonel John "Renny" Renwick, a construction engineer. Renny was a giant of a man, with "fists like buckets of gristle and bone which no wooden door could withstand." He usually had a gloomy expression, which deepened as he grew more happy.


 * Major Thomas J. "Long Tom" Roberts, an electrical engineer. "Long Tom" got his nickname from using an antiquated cannon of that nick-name in the successful defense of a French village in World War I. Long Tom was a sickly-looking character, but fought like a wildcat.


 * William Harper "Johnny" Littlejohn, an archaeologist and geologist. Johnny used "long words" ("I'll be superamalgamated!" was a favourite saying). Johnny wore a monocle in early adventures (one eye having been blinded in World War I). Doc later performed corrective surgery that restored Johnny's sight in that eye, but Johnny retained the monocle for use as a magnifying glass as well as a memento.

Doc's cousin Patricia "Pat" Savage, who has Doc's bronze skin, golden eyes, and bronze hair, also was along for many of the adventures, despite Doc's best efforts to keep her away from danger. Pat chafes under these restrictions, or indeed any effort to protect her simply because she is female. She is also able to fluster Doc, even as she completely charms Monk and Ham.

Gadgets
Some of the gadgets described in the series became reality, including flying wing, answering machines, television, automatic transmission, night vision goggles, and hand-held automatic weapons.

Adventures
Super-cool spy Derek Fate, ex-agent of  is lured out of retirement by his old Commander to deal with the threat of Galaxy (a parody of SPECTRE), a world-wide organization led by a trio of Utopian mad scientists: Doctor Krupov , Doctor Wu , and Doctor Schneider. Despairing of the world's governments ever getting their acts together, they demand that the governments all capitulate to Galaxy. To enforce their demands, they initiate earthquakes, volcanoes, storms, and other natural disasters with their climate-control apparatus

House of M
In the alternate reality of the crossover story arc "House of M", Nick Fury has vanished some time ago. During the mutant purges of the armed forces (which involved outright executions of most of the human field-officers) Nick Fury is kept on as a subservient Drill Instructor, because his talents are too valuable. He makes an enemy of one of his soldiers, Earshot, who has the power to throw his voice with precision over long distances. Earshot uses this power to trick Nick Fury into a trap, seemingly killing him. It is hinted that the trap was actually planned by Wolverine, another of Fury's soldiers.

Marvel Mangaverse
In this manga imprint, Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., disappears for a time to mastermind the death of 99% of the superhuman population. He is assisted by that universe's Black Cat. It is said, by his mind-controlled victim, Sharon Carter, that the motivation for the superhero deaths is jealousy.

Marvel Zombies
Nick Fury organizes a resistance against the zombies but is eventually devoured by the zombified Fantastic Four on the Helicarrier. Shortly before he dies, Fury orders Thor to destroy the teleporter built by Tony Stark to prevent the Fantastic Four from escaping to other dimensions for destruction, effectively saving the rest of the multiverse.&lt;ref&gt;Marvel Zombies: Dead Days&lt;/ref&gt;

MC2
In the alternate reality known as the MC-2 Universe, Nick Fury is alive and well and is still running S.H.I.E.L.D.

Mutant X
In the alternate reality of the X-Men-related miniseries Mutant X, Fury leads S.H.I.E.L.D., an anti-mutant policing organization. It is corrupt, and brainwashes its personnel to violently hate all mutants.

The Transformers
Fury and Dum Dum Dugan appear in the alternate-universe toy-license series The Transformers #3 (Jan. 1985). &gt;

Television

 * Nick Fury appeared as a guest character in the Iron Man animated series, voiced by Philip Abbott.
 * He appeared in X-Men: The Animated Series&lt;nowiki&gt;'&lt;/nowiki&gt;s season-five episode Old Soldiers with his World War II band of Howling Commandos. Captain America referred to him as "Sarge". Dum Dum Dugan, a member of the Howling Commandos, was present in the scene, with his derby and mustache, but had no dialogue.
 * He appeared in episodes of Spider-Man: The Animated Series, initially voiced by Philip Abbott and later by Jack Angel. He confronts the identity-changing terrorist the Chameleon in "Day of the Chameleon", "The Cat", and "The Black Cat". In the "Six Forgotten Warriors" six-part episode, Fury calls 1940s superhero Keane Marlow (the Destroyer) out of retirement.
 * He appeared as a supporting character in X-Men: Evolution, voiced by Jim Byrnes.
 * He appeared in the Wolverine and the X-Men episode "Wolverine vs. The Hulk", voiced by Alex Désert. This version is an amalgam of the mainstream Marvel version and the Ultimate Marvel version.
 * He appeared in the Iron Man: Armored Adventures episode "Fun With Lasers", voiced by Dean Redman. This version is an amalgam of the mainstream Marvel version and the Ultimate Marvel version. He is a strict and dominating leader, threatening Iron Man on several occasions of arrest if he was to interfere in anyway. He also puts his job ahead of his people, where when he was going to destroy a satellite with his people still inside he stated "they are prepared for this". He is on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s flying base the Helicarrier.
 * He appeared in the Iron Man: Armored Adventures episode "Fun With Lasers", voiced by Dean Redman. This version is an amalgam of the mainstream Marvel version and the Ultimate Marvel version. He is a strict and dominating leader, threatening Iron Man on several occasions of arrest if he was to interfere in anyway. He also puts his job ahead of his people, where when he was going to destroy a satellite with his people still inside he stated "they are prepared for this". He is on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s flying base the Helicarrier.


 * In the alternate history novel Back in the USSA, Fury is mentioned as being among a group of military officers hoping to take power from President J. R. Ewing after the collapse of the United Socialist States of America.
 * In American Dad!, Stan Smith's jewel-thief father, Jack Smith looks similair to Nick Fury.
 * Ian Roberts of the Upright Citizens Brigade revealed on the Season 1 DVD commentary that the character of Antoine was modeled after Nick Fury after the aborted first pilot.
 * The character of Col. Hunter Gathers in a number of episodes of The Venture Bros. is a nod to Nick Fury (along with Hunter S. Thompson) as is the Office of Secret Intelligence, a nod to S.H.I.E.L.D.