History ComicBook / NickFuryAgentOfShield1968

* AppropriatedAppellation: The costumed RightWingMilitiaFanatic calling himself the Super-Patriot claims that the "craven traitors" in Washington gave him that name as an insult, but he (and his followers) proudly see it as a compliment. However, we don't see the truth of the story - given that he's a murderous RabbleRouser who's planning TheCoup, he may just be lying.

* DemBones: Animated skeletons are among the hazards at the start of the second issue, as Jimmy Woo fights his way through a DeathCourse. It's then revealed as a FakeActionPrologue - a final test before he joins S.H.I.E.L.D. - so they're presumably mechanical rather than undead.

* AssassinOutclassin: [[spoiler:Notably averted in "The Assassination of Nick Fury". Bulls-Eye is hired by Hydra to kill Fury, follows him to a concert he attends with Laura, and then shoots him in the back from fifty yards away. Fury dies - and never even knew the assassin was there. It does go wrong for Bulls-Eye after that, as [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness his employers double-cross him]], but the assassination itself went exactly to plan. It's also the last new story in the series, so serves as a DownerEnding until a FullyAbsorbedFinale revisits events ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'']].

* FullyAbsorbedFinale: The last issue with a new story is #15, "The Assassination of Nick Fury". Hydra hires the sniper Bulls-Eye to kill Fury, [[spoiler:and he apparently does, shooting Fury from afar at a Central Park concert. Dugan then kills Bulls-Eye while he's trying to escape]]. The events are explained in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' #72, which also explains the mystery of recurring villain Scorpio.

** Laura and Nick attend a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Joe_and_the_Fish Country Joe and the Fish]] show in Central Park. It doubles as a CelebrityCameo of sorts, as the band are actually shown onstage, not just mentioned. Just to add to it, they're performing ”Super Bird" - the verse name-checking ComicBook/DoctorStrange and the ComicBook/FantasticFour is in their speech bubbles. As usual, Nick would rather be listening to someone like the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mills_Brothers Mills Brothers]] instead, but figures he might ''eventually'' start to appreciate rock.

** Laura and Nick attend a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Joe_and_the_Fish Country Joe and the Fish]] show in Central Park. It doubles as a CelebrityCameo of sorts, as the band are actually shown onstage, not just mentioned. Just to add to it, they're singing ”Super Bird" - the verse name-checking ComicBook/DoctorStrange and the ComicBook/FantasticFour is in speech bubbles.

* ShoutOut: Nick's not a fan of hot new band The Million Megaton Explosion and would rather listen to [[Music/FrankSinatra Sinatra]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Dorsey Tommy Dorsey]] or [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_McCoy Clyde McCoy]]. Laura pointedly suggests that Nick can go home and listen to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Vallée Rudy Vallée]] ''alone'' if they're really not his thing.

* BookcasePassage: The Tower of Terror, in the grounds of Castle Ravenlock, has a secret passageway concealed within a real iron maiden. The combination ends badly, as Fury jams the secret door - a villain then calls the 'hell hound' to attack Fury before trying to escape through the iron maiden. The hound crashes into the iron maiden, which slams closed, and the villain is skewered.

* BookcasePassage: The Tower of Terror, in the grounds of Castle Ravenlock, has a secret passageway concealed within a real iron maiden. The combination ends badly, as Fury jams the secret door - one villain later calls the 'hell hound' to attack Fury, then tries to escape through the iron maiden. The hound collides with the iron maiden, which slams closed, and the villain is skewered.

''Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' is a 1968 comic book series from Creator/MarvelComics. Writing and art were originally both by Creator/JimSteranko, with Joe Sinnott providing inks over Steranko's pencil art.

* AssassinationAttempt: The first issue sees Scorpio make several attempts to assassinate Nick Fury himself, including a sabotaged weapons test and a straightforward sniper's bullet.

* BookcasePassage: The Tower of Terror, in the grounds of Castle Ravenlock, has a secret passageway concealed within a real iron maiden. The combination ends badly, as Fury secretly jams the door - one villain calls the 'hell hound' to attack Fury, then tries to escape through the iron maiden. The hound collides with the iron maiden, which slams closed, and the villain is skewered.

* BookcasePassage: The Tower of Terror, in the grounds of Castle Ravenlock, has a secret passageway concealed within a real iron maiden. The combination ends badly, as Fury secretly jams the door - one villain
calls the 'hell hound' to attack Fury, then tries to escape through the iron maiden. The hound collides with the iron maiden, which slams closed, and the villain is skewered.

* BookcasePassage: The Tower of Terror, in the grounds of Castle Ravenlock, has a secret passageway with a door concealed within an iron maiden. That combination ends badly, as Fury secretly jams the door - one villain whistles to call the 'hell hound' to attack Fury, then tries to escape through the iron maiden. The hound rushes past, the iron maiden slams closed when the dog knocks it, and the villain is skewered.

* BookcasePassage: The Tower of Terror, in the grounds of Castle Ravenlock, has a secret passageway with a door concealed within an iron maiden. That combination ends badly, as Fury secretly jams the door - one villain whistles to call the 'hell hound' to attack Fury, then tries to escape through the maiden. The hound rushes past, the maiden slams closed when the dog knocks it, and the villain is skewered.

* SelfDisposingVillain: When he's losing to Fury, the EvilutionaryBiologist Centurius [[spoiler:tries to boost his power by exposing himself to his Evolution Ray again. It seemingly devolves him to protoplasm]].

''Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' is a 1968 comic book series from Creator/MarvelComics. It was initially written by Creator/JimSteranko, who was also the main artist for the series. Joe Sinnott provided inks over Steranko's pencil art.

* BookcasePassage: The Tower of Terror, in the grounds of Castle Ravenlock, has a secret passageway with a door concealed within an iron maiden. That combination ends badly, as Fury secretly jams the door - one villain whistles to call the 'hell hound' to attack Fury, then tries to escape through the maiden. The hound rushes past, the maiden slams closed and the villain is skewered.

* StartToCorpse: The second page of "Dark Moon Rise, Hell Hound Kill!" shows Fury's old friend Ken Astor being hunted and killed by the titular hound. And the first page is a scenery shot with a Scottish poem about the haunted moors.

* ThirdPersonPerson: The villainous Scorpio often talks about himself in the third person, but it's downplayed - he doesn't entirely avoid 'I' phrasing, and his thought bubbles don't use the third person phrasing at all.

* BookcasePassage: The Tower of Terror, in the grounds of Castle Ravenlock, has a secret passageway with a door concealed within an iron maiden. The combination ends badly for one of the bad guys, as Fury secretly jams the door and the 'hell hound' he calls to attack Fury accidentally slams the maiden shut on the villain.