Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #4

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CGC records 24 graded copies for Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #4 (1988). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

The Eastern Connection

At S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquearters, Sitwell_(Earth-616)) and an aging Rollins_(Earth-616)) meet the fifth generation of Jimmy Woo_(Earth-616)). Rollins doesn't like the less lifelike appearance and the loss of the fourth's memories, which Sitwell suggests serves as a reminder of their mortality, a nemesis that only the Infinity Formula in Nick Fury)'s blood can defeat for them. Dugan), Jones), and Fontaine) meet to plan an infiltration of Roxxon) to get to the bottom of the Council)'s shady activities. Val has another problem as she's been assigned to Delta), and they're now aware that that's the center of a lot of the suspicious problems at S.H.I.E.L.D.) Gabe and Dum Dum are worried, but Val believes she can take care of herself, and if she can find answers at Delta, that's where she needs to go.

Fury, Pierce), MacKenzie), and Allen) airdrop into Hong Kong from a Quinjet borrowed from Stark). They meet up with Pail), an old war buddy of Fury's, and Pail's son, Weng), a Sumo wrestler. Together they make plans to find and infiltrate Hydra), where they know the power core ended up. Fury is wary of Weng despite Pail's insistence that he can be trusted. As it turns out, Weng has a weakness as he believes Madame Hydra) is his lover. As soon as Weng meets with her secretly and reveals that Fury has arrived, she betrays him and Hydra puts an implant in his brain to turn him into their sleeper agent.

Somewhere high above the Earth, the masterminds behind S.H.I.E.L.D. and Delta enjoy the culmination of their plans and the imminent Ascension Call. The man at the center of the Council manipulates Madame Hydra in the guise of Supreme Hydra) while making his own appearance similar to that of Baron Strucker), one of the "progenitors". His lover has fun with their variable forms as well by taking an appearance that's a mixture of Val, Gail Runciter), and Laura Brown), the women in Fury's life. While at Roxxon's Delta encoding room, the Encoder_(Earth-616)) prepares Kate Neville) as a new Deltite, but she's more resistant than the earlier recruits. However, when the Deltite Laura Brown comes in to deliver a report on the progress of their plans, the news of Fury's movements does lead Neville to believe Fury is the traitor behind everything.

Back in Hong Kong, Weng plays his role to lead Fury and his allies to Hydra's base, but just before they arrive, Hydra activates Weng's implant to make him attack. Before Fury can do anything, Weng kills Allen and his own father, Pail. Pierce goes berserk and charges into Hydra's base, spoiling Fury's plan for a covert attack, but they do the best with what they have left. The Council picks that moment to prematurely activate Hydra's rocket launch, betraying Hydra, who believed they had time to evacuate the launch site. The fanatic Madame Hydra does her best to complete her directive to get Fury onto the rocket in the three minutes to launch, but in the last minute Nick jumps from the launch pad with her in hand and is saved because Pierce is ther to catch them. Hydra's rocket blasts off from underground, killing three thousand people among Hydra's agents and the unfortunate Hong Kong civilians living above, but it's all for nothing as Fury isn't with it. However, the monitors at Delta aren't concerned as Madame Hydra knows the alternative plan.

| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Nick Fury) **Supporting Characters:** * S.H.I.E.L.D.) ** Alexander Pierce) ** John Allen Adams)||- ** Timothy "Dum-Dum" Dugan) ** Gabe Jones) ** Countess Valentina de Allegro Fontaine) ** Kate Neville) * C.I.A.) ** Alphonso "Al" Mackenzie) * Pail) **Antagonists:** * Project: Delta) ** S.H.I.E.L.D.) *** "Director Jasper Sitwell"_(Earth-616)) *** "Jack Rollins"_(Earth-616)) *** "James Woo"_(Earth-616)) *** S.H.I.E.L.D. Executive Board) **** General Director / Supreme Hydra) Revealed to be the Supreme Hydra **** Director's lover_(Earth-616)) * Hydra) ** Weng) ** Madame Hydra) * Roxxon Corporation) ** "Laura Brown"_(Earth-616))|-| ** Encoders_(Earth-616)) **Other Characters:** * Sony|Sony Corporation businessman * Miss Yoshiro) * BMW|BMW Corporation businessmen * AT&T|ATT Corporation businessmen * Imperial Industries businessman) * Ms. Williams) * Jack Rollins) * Jasper Sitwell) * James Woo) * Alonso Quijano|Don Quixote * S.H.I.E.L.D. ESP-Division) * Tony Stark)||Iron Man Vol 1 235 * "Eric Koenig"_(Earth-616)) * Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)) * Baron Wolfgang von Strucker) * Gail Runciter) * Laura Brown) * Clay Quartermain) * "Clay Quartermain"_(Earth-616)) * Eric Koenig) * God (Yahweh)) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * LMDs **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Asia *** Japan **** Honshu ***** Tokyo ****** Sony|Sony Corporate Headquarters *** China **** Hong Kong ** Europe *** Germany **** Bavaria ***** Munich ****** BMW|BMW Corporate Headquarters ** North America *** United States of America **** New York) ***** New York City ****** AT&T|ATT Corporate Headquarters ****** Manhattan ******* Wall Street, Financial District ******* Midtown ******** S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters **** New Jersey) ***** Roxxon) Power Plant ** Oceania) *** Australian Continent) **** Australia ***** New South Wales ****** Sydney ****** Imperial Chemical Industries Headquarters) ** Earth Orbit *** S.H.I.E.L.D. Board Room **Items:** * Infinity Formula **Vehicles:** * Quinjet

| Solicit = The scene shifts to Hong Kong as Nick and his allies travel overseas to learn more about the corruption that's eaten away at S.H.I.E.L.D.! Madame Hydra's on hand, too ... but is she friend or foe?

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Creative credits

Writers: Bob Harras

Interior art: Paul Neary

Color: Bernie Jaye

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