Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)

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S.H.I.E.L.D.
Name	Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division
Aliases	Supreme Headquarters International Espionage Law-enforcement Division; Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate
Members
Current Member(s)	Agent Adsit, Agent Cheesecake, Agent Crimson, Agent Dazzler, "Agent Dazzler", Joseph Bricklemoore, Josephine Bricklemoore, Black Widow, Commander Abigail Brand, Captain America, Chief Monica Chang, Agent Phil Coulson, Charles Dalton, Agent Deems, Diamondback, Druid, Dum Dum Dugan, Falcon, Agent Garza, Detective Harry Givens, Major Hauer, Agent Hayes, Director Maria Hill, Human Torch, Dr. Randall Jessup, Captain Koenig, Dr. Melinda Leucenstern, Ellis Love, M-80, Dr. Derek Malloy, M.O.D.O.K., Nick Fury, Jr, Alexander Pierce, Agent Preston, R.O.B., Skids, Spider-Woman, Agent Roz Solomon, Detective Bev Sykes, Dr. Daman Veteri, Dr. Patricia Wolman, India Bradley
Former Member(s)	Agent 13, Nick Fury, Mockingbird, Eric Koenig, Black Widow (Yelena Belova), Beck Lockhart, Tony Stark, Shadowcat, Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine, Arabian Knight, Sheva Joseph, Taskmaster Agent Simon, Redeemer, Ant-Man, Override, Arthur Perry, Alex DePaul, Agent Waynesboro, Jack Norriss, Quasar, G.W. Bridge, Mockingbird, Alisande Morales, Jebediah Young, Tony Masters, Gabe Jones, Wonder Man, Jake Oh, Stan Carter, Sentry, Tigra, Jimmy Woo, Carol Danvers, Moonstar, Magneto, Joaquin Pennysworth, Wolverine, Dr. Sal Kennedy, Jack Truman, Rick Stoner, Nance Winters, Richard Parker, Mary Fitzpatrick-Parker, Scorpion, Agent Gorman, Hawkeye, Agent Madrox, Iron Patriot, Clay Quartermain, Victoria Hand, Network Nina, Adam, Hulk, Agent 22, Agent 33, Frank, Joe, Gaffer, John Garrett, Ludlow Grimes, Kali Vries, Farrell, Carstairs, Colletti, Gomez, Thompson, Agent Lindsay, Special Agent Marquez, Agent McAllister, Chastity McBryde, She-Hulk, Jasper Sitwell, Agent Owen, Annie Wong, Forensic Agent Jenna Carlisle, Agent L, Agent M, Agent Whitman, Balaban, Agent Hook
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Public
Allies	United Nations, Avengers, Fantastic Four
Enemies	Hydra, A.I.M., Zodiac
Origin and Status
Origin	Formed to keep the peace and order of the world
Status	Active
Reality	Earth-616
Base of Operations	S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
First	Strange Tales #135 (May, 1965)
First	Strange Tales #135 (May, 1965)

History

Foundation and Structure

Founded to combat technologically advanced threats on world security (specifically the menace of Hydra), S.H.I.E.L.D. has, throughout the years, remained on the front lines fighting terrorism and extraterrestrial menaces as an international intelligence agency.

In its original incarnation, S.H.I.E.L.D. stood for 'Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-enforcement Division', and was a branch of the United States government. Veteran spy and soldier Colonel Nick Fury had set out plans for the organization at some point after World War II, but decided not to act since he felt the U.S. government would deny such a request. A United Nations-based international group somehow obtained the plans, and presented them to the U.S. government as a viable countermeasure against the nascent threat of Hydra. S.H.I.E.L.D. was subsequently formed without Fury's knowledge.

Fury first realized that his brainchild had been made reality when he was approached by the founders of the group to act as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Public Director, as his predecessor Rick Stoner had met an untimely end. While Fury acted as the operational head of the agency, he answered to these founders, the Executive Board, whose identities were hidden even from him. Otherwise, Fury was the highest ranking agent in an eight-rank tier. Some suspect that Tony Stark, billionaire playboy and the superheroic Iron Man, may have been one of the Board.

The Helicarrier

As director, Colonel Fury took a very active hand in S.H.I.E.L.D. operations, often going into the field himself on their most important missions. Supporting him, aside from the thousands of rank-and-file S.H.I.E.L.D. agents working around the world, were a core group of capable officers. Fury's aide-de-camp was the man who had filled the same function for his Howling Commandos in World War II, the boisterous Timothy 'Dum Dum' Dugan. Another ex-Howler joined S.H.I.E.L.D. in the person of Gabe Jones, whose presence had made the Howlers the Army's first racially integrated unit. There was also the by-the-books Jasper Sitwell, who balanced and sometimes clashed with the more emotional members of the command staff. The brilliant Sidney 'The Gaffer' Levine acted as head of Research & Development, designing many high-tech specialty gadgets to supplement the weapons and vehicles provided by Stark Enterprises. Later, Laura Brown, the daughter of the Imperial Hydra, defected from Hydra to join S.H.I.E.L.D.. Jimmy Woo, hero of clashes with the villainous Yellow Claw, served as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s FBI liaison agent. Clay Quartermain was a resident 'pretty boy' super-agent. La Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine ('Val' to her friends), a member of the European jet-set, proved to be equally skilled, as well as one of Fury's lovers. Another prominent member was Sharon Carter (Agent 13), a frequent partner and eventual lover of Captain America.

The equipment of S.H.I.E.L.D. has always been at least as distinctive as its membership. A series of flying fortresses invariably known as the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier served as the mobile headquarters of the organization. Other vehicles such as hoverfliers, flying cars and tunneling vehicles rounded out S.H.I.E.L.D.'s vehicle complement. Agents carried a variety of personal gear as well. Fury's weapon of choice was a 300-round .15 caliber pistol specially designed to fire explosive-tipped needles. Tear gas boutonnieres, explosive shirts, rear-view periscope hats, camera-phone watches, jetpacks, cigars laced with various chemical compounds (including flash bombs), and other tools of the spy trade insured that S.H.I.E.L.D. agents always had access to the right equipment. One of the most distinctive inventions of The Gaffer was the Life-Model Decoy (LMD), an extremely lifelike android designed to emulate the behavior of a specific individual, usually used to replace someone in danger of being killed. During the Cold War S.H.I.E.L.D. also maintained a large headquarters in New York City, as well as other bases in every major city in the Western world, and hidden outposts in many Communist countries.

Various specialized teams of agents have been utilized, such as the Psi Division and Super Agents. At one time, S.H.I.E.L.D. had command over an incarnation of the Hulkbusters. Throughout the years, S.H.I.E.L.D. agents have left the service to perform acts both heroic and villainous. Some went rogue, such as Mentallo, becoming threats to society. Others, like Quasar, joined the superhero community. Since the early days, S.H.I.E.L.D., through Fury, has maintained close ties to groups like the Avengers and Fantastic Four, and with individuals like Captain America, Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), and Wolverine, ensuring that a capable and varied pool of special operatives were readily available. That said, S.H.I.E.L.D. often came into conflict with members of the superhero community who worked through less than legal means or against government aims. Fury's friendships with many superheroes conflicted with his duties in these cases.

Exploits

S.H.I.E.L.D.'s main enemy, Hydra, continued to be a threat throughout Nick Fury's first years as director. It became apparent that Fury's old wartime foe, Baron von Strucker, had become the new Supreme Hydra, with plans to to menace the world with a deadly biological weapon. Fury took the fight to the enemy stronghold, Hydra Island, turning this weapon on its makers.

When Godzilla was freely roaming the earth, a task force under Dum Dum Dugan's command, the Godzilla Squad, set forth to capture him. They used a smaller version of the Helicarrier called the Behemoth, as well as a giant robot called Red Ronin, before Godzilla disappeared into the Atlantic.

Another great threat was formed as a result of a lapse in S.H.I.E.L.D. security, when the supervillain Scorpio, actually Fury's brother Jake, stole the LMD technology to create the second team of villains called the Zodiac.

The first dismantling of S.H.I.E.L.D. occurred in the wake of a wide-scale infiltration of the agency, again involving LMDs. In this case, a group of LMDs attained sentience, infiltrating both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra, replacing key members of both before being defeated by Fury and an impromptu force of allies.

The reorganized S.H.I.E.L.D. was backed by the United Nations, with the acronym now standing for 'Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage and Logistics Directorate'. Shortly after, Baron Strucker, long thought to have died on Hydra Island, returned as the new head of Hydra and the organizations again clashed. The new organization had some internal structural changes, with the eight-rank system being replaced by a ten-rank one. Also, there existed "Full Champion License", a rarely-awarded accolade known to be held by Captain America, whereby the holder has authority to assemble any team they sees fit for any mission they see fit. This was the legal basis for the formation of the New Avengers.

In the wake of Nick Fury's Secret War in Latveria, he was removed from the directorship and forced into hiding. His replacement was not one of his close associates in the high ranks, but a newcomer, Commander Maria Hill. Her appointment by the U.S. president was meant to ensure S.H.I.E.L.D. bias towards American interests, and her lack of connection to the superhero community was meant to keep S.H.I.E.L.D. from aiding them. This came to the fore when S.H.I.E.L.D. units nicknamed 'Cape-Killers' were tasked with enforcing the Superhuman Registration Act. Just prior to the Civil War, Captain America estimated that there were 3,000 S.H.I.E.L.D. agents on active duty.

Towards the end of that conflict, Commander Hill decided that she had been made Executive Director so that she would fail. She proposed that Tony Stark take the job, with her as deputy director. After the victory of his Pro-Registration superhero unit, he accepted the appointment. Stark undertook a series of initiatives, including the construction of a new gold-and-red Helicarrier in the motif of his Iron Man designs, the introduction of a daycare center in the Helicarrier, and an employee suggestion-box. While accused of treating S.H.I.E.L.D. as a Stark Industries subsidiary, he succeeded in streamlining the organization and raising morale.

S.H.I.E.L.D. fought a wave of global superhuman terrorism under Stark's command, but was manipulated into two international incidents that almost saw Stark arrested, until it was revealed that Mandarin was behind the smear and was stopped from committing genocide with an Extremis pathogen.

H.A.M.M.E.R.

At the start of the Secret Invasion by the extraterrestrial shape-shifting Skrulls, the Helicarrier was disabled by a Skrull virus and left floating and disabled in the Bermuda Triangle. By this point the Skrulls had already replaced a large number of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, including the high-ranking 'Dum-Dum' Dugan. After the invasion was repelled (thanks in part to Nick Fury and his Secret Warriors), the President of the United States decided to dissolve S.H.I.E.L.D., and had it, the 50 States Initiative, the Avengers, the Thunderbolts Initiative put under the authority of the public hero of the invasion: Norman Osborn, head of OsCorp and the original Green Goblin.

Osborn used the opportunity to transform S.H.I.E.L.D. into 'H.A.M.M.E.R.' and seemingly disbanded the Thunderbolts. In reality he turned the latest Thunderbolts into a black-ops force to do his dirty work. He also founded the newest government-sponsored Avengers team, colloquially known as the Dark Avengers. Finally, he set up a Cabal formed by some of the most powerful beings on Earth, including himself, Namor the Sub-Mariner, Doctor Doom, Emma Frost, Loki and the Hood.

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Above Utopia

After the Siege

Following the Siege of Asgard and the revelation of Osborn's insanity, the U.S. government disbanded H.A.M.M.E.R. Although Steve Rogers, now installed in Osborn's position by the U.S. president, had the opportunity of rebuilding S.H.I.E.L.D., he decided to instead rely solely on his shadow ops task force, the Secret Avengers.

Reinstatement

After the return of Norman Osborn and H.A.M.M.E.R., Steve Rogers rebuild S.H.I.E.L.D. from zero, with agents who could be trusted, building a new Helicarrier and giving Daisy Johnson directorship. The new S.H.I.E.L.D. subsequently saved US Army Ranger Marcus Johnson from mercenaries hired by the Leviathan, and when he discovered he was the son of Nick Fury, he and his army friend Phil Coulson joined the storied security agency.

One of the first measures of the new S.H.I.E.L.D. against the appearance of new super-human threats was to create their own Avengers unit.

After director Daisy Johnson broke the protocols by sending the Secret Avengers to kill A.I.M. leader Andrew Forson, Quake was suspended indefinitely and Maria Hill was put in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. once more.

Members

Allor (Earth-616)

Agent Allor

Agent Allor was part of the team who neutralized a Project Echelon superhuman soldier in San Diego.

Artie Dubrowsky (Earth-616)

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Artie Dubrowsky

Artie Dubrowsky assisted Dr. Weinberg while he was deprogramming Wolverine.

Ashton (Earth-616)

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Agent Ashton

Agent Ashton was tasked to secure the alien base owned by Sapper and Golden-Blade.

Carlson (S.H.I.E.L.D.) (Earth-616)

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Carlson

Carlson was part of the techno-surgery team commissioned to rebuild Arthur Perry.

Chris Townsend (Earth-616)

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Special Agent Chris Townsend

Special Agent Chris Townsend headed the U.N. venture at the South Pole.
He supervised the project to evacuate the Savage Land.
Once Spider-Man, Ka-Zar, Shanna, Stegron, and the Hulk exposed Dr. Gerald Roth's efforts to inundate the Savage Land, Chris Townsend arrested him.

Coleite (Earth-616)

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Doctor Coleite

Doctor Coleite confirmed Clinton Barton's identity to Iron Man.

Cotton (Earth-616)

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Cotton

Cotton informed Agent 13 that one of the men who was with Agent Morgan was missing in action.

Dave (S.H.I.E.L.D.) (Earth-616)

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Dave

Dave killed one of the last infiltrating Skrulls who survived Secret Invasion.

Dublonsky (Earth-616)

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Dublonsky

During Civil War, agent Dublonsky told Commander Maria Hill that Black Panther was rerouting their bridge to the Baxter Building and shut it down.

Fredrickson (Earth-616)

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Security Guard Fredrickson

Security guard Fredrickson was knocked out by Garret when he was mind-controlled by Elektra to let her break free from the San Conception base.

Harras (Earth-616)

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Harras

Harras' order to guard the prisoner Tony Stark was counter-demanded by Nick Fury himself.

Hill (Earth-616)

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Hill

Hill was ordered by Special Agent Chris Townsend to capture Dr. Gerald Roth after he escaped from arrest.

Honda (Earth-616)

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Special Agent Honda

Honda was sent with Special Agents Minelli and Garrett to meet Ken Wind and offer him protection, but he firmly refused. As Garrett then rushed to rescue Elektra, Honda attempted to stop him, but Garrett fought him off.

Jennifer DeVille (Earth-616)

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Jennifer DeVille

Jennifer DeVille investigated the return of the Deadmaker.

Mark Danzinger (Earth-616)

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Sgt. Mark Danzinger

During a night wach in the San Conception base, Sgt. Mark Danzinger discovered Elektra and was propelled into a glass door, unconscious.

Markham (Earth-616)

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Markham

As ordered by Chastity McBryde, Markham quickly spirited Ken Wind in an escape shuttle away from Elektra and John Garrett.

Martins (Earth-616)

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Martins

Martins was in charge of Project Heart.

McGurk (Earth-616)

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McGurk

McGurk was told by Elektra to call Nick Fury for help.

Morgan (Earth-616)

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Morgan

Morgan was ordered by Agent 13 to secure the vault of an underground A.I.M. research complex in Pilsburg.

O'Brien (Earth-616)

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O'Brien

O'Brien was guarding Parker Robbins while he was incarcerated at the Raft.

O'Grady (Earth-616)

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O'Grady

Agent O'Grady updated Iron Man and Captain America about Mentallo's operation.

Porter (Earth-616)

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Porter

Porter had a full sitrep ready for Director Fury's inspection.

Scott (Earth-616)

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Scott

Scott informed Director Stark he was needed up on S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier's helipad A.

Smithers (Earth-616)

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Smithers

When Smithers was ordered by Colonel Fury to scan Elektra's mind, he discovered two independent sets of brain waves, revealing she was actually Agent Chastity McBryde.

Stassen (Earth-616)

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Stassen

Stassen fought Elektra when she broke into the San Conception base, nailing her with a taser, but before collapsing to the floor, she was still able to severely wound him by throwing her sword into his leg.

Stern (Earth-616)

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Stern

Stern fought Elektra when she broke into the San Conception base, firing his .38 at point blank range.

Taylor (S.H.I.E.L.D.) (Earth-616)

Taylor

Taylor was part of the squad who broke into Devil's Mouth with the Hulk.

Tony (Earth-616)

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Tony

Tony was one of the agents assigned to watch over Tony Stark while he was hospitalized after the battle with his Life Model Decoy, but he couldn't stop the Growing Man from capturing the multimillionaire industrialist.

Former Members

Eugene Cattivo (Earth-616)

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Lt. Eugene Cattivo

Lt. Eugene Cattivo resisted Elektra when she broke into the S.H.I.E.L.D. base in San Conception, and she broke his neck with her hands.

Harold Beaker (Earth-616)

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Dr. Harold Beaker

ExTechOp cyborg division leader, Dr. Beaker was John Garrett's superior in San Conception, who reprimanded him for his report on Elektra, where he pretended not to know her identity and claimed that she was a Russian agent.
Beaker was then ordered by Colonel Fury to leave San Concepcion and return back to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier.
Back in the US, Beaker was commissioned by Fury to rebuild Arthur Perry in an effort to create a warrior powerful enough to stand up to Garrett, but, as soon as Perry was switched on, he immediately killed Beaker and co-creator Wreck.
Although Beaker was decapitated, ExTechOp was still able to momentarily revive him, and he gave Chastity McBryde further info about Perry.

Jurgen (Earth-616)

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Jurgen

Jurgen was killed by Arthur Perry (Earth-616), while he was attempting to protect Ken Wind from Elektra and John Garrett.

Marx (Earth-616)

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Marx

Marx, like most of Chastity McBryde's squad, was killed by the Beast, while they was trying to protect Ken Wind from Elektra and John Garrett.

Mekkelson (Earth-616)

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Mekkelson

Mekkelson was sent by Colonel Fury to capture Arthur Perry, but the cyborg decapitated him before Chastity McBryde could save him.

Minelli (Earth-616)

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Special Agent Minelli

Minelli was sent with Special Agents Honda and Garrett to meet Ken Wind and offer him protection, but he firmly refused. As Garrett then rushed to rescue Elektra, Minelli attempted to stop him, but she was eventually killed by Brad.

Morgen (Earth-616)

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Agent Morgen

Agent Morgen was screening Elektra in the probe chamber, after she was caught in the San Conception base. Elektra then mind-controlled Garret to break her free, and Morgen was found dead as a result of a brain hemorrhage brought on by her psychic feedback.

Newton (S.H.I.E.L.D.) (Earth-616)

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Newton

Newton fought Elektra when she broke into the S.H.I.E.L.D. base in San Conception, and she decapitated him.

Robak (Earth-616)

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Robak

Robak was killed by Elektra when his squad intercepted her and John Garrett in the Potomac River.

Simpson (S.H.I.E.L.D.) (Earth-616)

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Simpson

Simpson was killed by Arthur Perry (Earth-616), while he was attempting to protect Ken Wind from Elektra and John Garrett.

Wreck (Earth-616)

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Wreck

Wreck was Arthur Perry's co-creator alongside Dr. Beaker, who was slain as well, as soon as Perry was switched on.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Various including: A.N.C., Beta-cloth, kevlar body armor, jetpacks, teleporter, psi-blocker, Hover Discs, Neutro-Mist, Uni-Lens Battle Armor.

Weapons

Plasma pistols, needler pistols, various conventional firearms (.30 caliber machine pistol standard issue.)

Transportation

S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, various flying cars, floaters, hoverfliers, S.H.I.E.L.D. Shuttle, Skimmer, the Cradle, conventional automobiles, boats and aircraft.

Notes

Recommended Reading

• Strange Tales Vol 1 nos. 135-168, 1965-1968
• Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 1 nos. 1-15, 1968-1969
• Avengers Vol 1 72, 1970
• Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 3 nos. 1-37, 1989-1992
• Fury Vol 1 (Oneshot issue)
• Hulk Comic (UK) Vol 1 #1-19
• Godzilla Vol 1
• Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 1

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• Nick Fury
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• S.T.R.I.K.E

See Also

• 2022 appearance(s) of Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)
• 20 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)
• 70 minor appearance(s) of Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)
• 915 mention(s) of Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)
• 26 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)
• 173 image(s) of Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)
• 528 member(s) of Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)
• 48 item(s) used/owned by Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)

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