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''Fury/Agent 13'' is a comic book miniseries published by
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in 1998.


Publication history

The series is a follow-up to a storyline in ''Captain America'' Vol. 3. With only two issues to its run, it is exceptionally short even for a limited series, and has been referred to as a "microseries".


Plot

Sharon Carter Sharon Carter (also known as Agent 13) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is usually depicted as a secret agent, an ex-field agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. under Nick Fury, and a love interest of St ...
believes that Nick Fury's death at the hands of the
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must have been staged. She breaks into a top-secret
S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D. is a fictional espionage, special law enforcement, and counter-terrorism agency appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in ''Strange Tales'' #135 (August 1965), it often dea ...
facility looking for proof and finds that Fury's bullet-ridden "body" is actually an LMD. Carter takes the head of the LMD to
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. He admits to having helped build it for Fury, and uses the circuitry within to gather a clue: "Fallen Angel." The clue leads Carter to explore Fury's private office in a sunken S.H.I.E.L.D.
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. However, S.H.I.E.L.D. has arranged for security to protect the tech in the sunken Helicarrier, and they comes after her. She escapes and uses the data gained to find an energy portal hidden under the site of the original S.H.I.E.L.D. building. She jumps through the portal, which turns out to be a time portal. Carter runs into Fury in the middle of
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, and after holding him at gunpoint, reluctantly helps him fight off Nazis and link up with the other
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. Fury explains that they're not actually in the past, but in a pocket-dimension shaped by the willpower of those within it. He says he had received coded messages from Fallen Angel, the supposedly-dead original S.H.I.E.L.D. director. When he reached the location, Fallen Angel pushed him through the portal and then committed suicide. Fury tells Carter that they have to find another portal in this pocket-dimension in order to get back to reality. As the two work together to make it home, Fury explains to Carter that the reason he left her out in the cold was that he assumed she really was dead. After that they reach a portal back to reality.


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See also

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1998 in comics Events and publications January * Specific date in January unknown: Dutch cartoonist wins the ''Inktspotprijs'' for ''Best Political Cartoon''. He will win the award again next year. February * February 13: Comic artist Willy Vandersteen recei ...


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