Marvel’s Secret Invasionhas been putting the MCU version of Nick Fury in the spotlight as he takes center stage for a conflict between the Skrulls and Humankind. While Fury is known for his morally grey actions in the MCU, which are secretive and don’t always appear to be the noblest decisions, this is nothing compared to hisMarvelcomic book counterpart.
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Within the pages of Marvel Comics, Nick Fury has done much worse. In the name of what he believes to be right, Fury will go to pretty much any lengths, and in doing so he has made a name for himself as one of the most morally gray “heroic” characters in the Marvel Universe,if not in the MCU throughSecret Invasion.
7Brainwashing
This isn’t just a single occasion, Nick Fury has done a lot of things in the name of keeping Earth safe, the lengths he is normally willing to go to are nothing short of horrific. But at times, throughout the history of Marvel Comics, Nick has taken the ability to think for themselves away from various people, surely one of the most brutal crimes that someone can commit.
This led Nick on the very worst occasion to brainwash several superheroes so that he couldconvince them to attack Latveriawhile he attempted to stage a coup against the current ruler of that nation during theSecret Warsstoryline. Fury’s actions, even extreme ones, often end up feeling justified in the long run, but brainwashing superheroes for his ends in an unsanctioned coup of a foreign nation felt way off from the start.
6“Gorr Was Right”
Thor: Love and Thundermay have left fans feeling likeGorr the God Butcher’s storylinewasn’t done the justice it deserved on the big screen, but in Marvel Comics it was a significant time for Thor that made him question his capabilities and worthiness as a hero. Nick Fury managed, in one moment of what feels like pure evil, to ruin Thor for a long time.
Nick whispered in Thor’s earthree simple words, “Gorr Was Right”which referenced the God Butcher’s claim that Thor was unworthy of his powers. After hearing Fury’s words, Thor was left powerless and unable to lift Mjolnir for an extended period.
5Every Life Model Decoy
Nick Fury manages to use one tactic that many would consider cowardly so often that it has become a parody of itself at times. Life Model Decoys are one of the earliest tropes that Marvel Comics used to explain away the deaths of beloved characters when they wanted to bring them back. Nick Fury, being a generally powerless individual, is one of the most frequent abusers of these.
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The recentSecret Invasionshow has focused on Fury’s deception and deals with people who aren’t what they seem in the Skrulls, but Nick Fury in Marvel Comics is incredibly familiar with such tools as life model decoys, which allowed him to get beaten down or killed countless times while being safe. This all added to the shadiness of Fury’s character for many years, showing he trusts nobody.
4Killing The Watcher
Nick Fury has committed many murders, and there have been countless times when his actions have led to the deaths of others. Often, it was necessary, but on one particular occasion, it was a bizarre move. Uatu, the Watcher, known in the MCU for his narration and appearanceswithin the animatedWhat Ifseries, was the source of a murder mystery adventure within the Marvel Comics Universe inOriginal Sin.
With the Watcher and his all-powerful abilities gone, it was a hunt among the heroes of the Marvel Comics Universe to try and find out who killed him. Of course, it ended up being Nick Fury, who discovered Uatu’s power and wanted it for himself. In classic Nick Fury fashion, the former SHIELD director only trusted himself to have the kind of all-knowing power that the Watcher possessed.
3All Of Original Sin
Original Sinwent a lot furtheronce the Watcher was dead, and led to Nick Fury, with all of Uatu’s power, committing a string of atrocities, many of which fall under the category of his worst actions throughout the history of Marvel Comics. Becoming, with all of this power, known as “The Man on the Wall”, Fury ended up murdering almost as many people as Thanos.
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Torturing members of various alien races, and starting conflicts on planetary scales, Fury even committed actual genocides on various planets, all because he was attempting with his newfound powers to protect Earth. This dastardly set of actions left Fury among the annals of outright villains in the Marvel Universe.
2Letting Hydra Rise Within SHIELD
The story that played out inCaptain America: Winter Soldierregarding Hydra rising once again from within SHIELD played out in Marvel Comics as well. Only on those pages, Nick Fury wasn’t shocked by the revelation that Hydra was hiding within SHIELD, he knew all about it.
This was a shocking revelation that made manyquestion Fury’s allegiances. While Fury knew about Hydra and allowed them to rise again into power, he always had a plan to bring them down. Perhaps this dangerous plan was necessary to destroy Hydra, but it allowed them to kill a huge number of people before Fury finally enacted his plan.
1The Murder Of J.T James
J.T. James is one of the more irritating characters that Nick Fury has ever had to deal with, and that includes a wide array of particularly obnoxious superheroes in the Marvel Comics Universe. Fury had to work with James on his team during Siege, after Norman Osborn and his Dark Avengers took over SHIELD and Fury gathered a team of next-generation heroes to help him in his fight.
Of course, the irritating way that J.T. James would question Fury at every turn wasn’t the only reason Nick killed him in cold blood. It turned out that James was a HYDRA agent working secretly undercover, so Fury dropped him off a cliff himself, one of the few times Fury has been shown committing cold-blooded murder with his own hands.
