Nicholas Fury (Earth-1955)

"I've killed... More times than I can count. I've burned villages. Destabilized governments. Dethroned world leaders. And I did it without any of them even knowing my name. That's what it means to be the man on the wall. To be the invisible monster who keeps the other monsters at bay."

- - Nick Fury to Captain America

Nicholas "Nick" Joseph Fury is the former director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and a former general in the United States Army. A cold, calculating and manipulative individual, Fury attempted to coerce vigilantes such as the Justice League, the Fantastic Four, the Teen Titans, among others, to serve the United States' government, which mostly backfired. Following his discovery of the Skrulls having infiltrated multiple organizations on Earth, Nick faked his own death and left S.H.I.E.L.D., creating the Secret Warriors.