Général Nick Fury

A French-language edition of Marvel's Ultimate universe, published by Panini France, this incarnation of Général Nick Fury brings the hard-edged super-spy icon to Francophone readers in the thick of the Modern Age. Debuting in 2003 courtesy of Brian Michael Bendis, Nicole Duclos, and Mark Bagley, he turns up most frequently across Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate X-Men, sharing those pages with the likes of Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson, May Parker, and Kitty Pryde — serious company by any measure. With 17 catalog appearances spanning 2003 to 2009, he's a reliable presence in this corner of the Ultimate universe, proof that Nick Fury's commanding authority translates just as powerfully en français.