S.H.I.E.L.D.


 * For the planned film, see S.H.I.E.L.D. (film). For the TV series, see S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV Series)

"What is all this?" "S.H.I.E.L.D. Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division. Your tax dollars at work. Hard work. We keep our fingers on America's pulse, and believe me, America has veins in every section of the world."

- Tony Stark and Phil Coulson

S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) is a secret United States extra-governmental military counter-terrorism and intelligence agency run by Nick Fury.

Foundations
S.H.I.E.L.D was co-founded by Howard Stark and possibly Nick Fury more than twenty years before the events involving the creation Iron Man armor. However, the real origins of S.H.I.E.L.D. began in early days of WWII (World War II) with the SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve). It was created by Colonel Chester Phillips and eventually included members like Abraham Eskerine, Margaret "Peggy" Carter and Howard Stark.

Iron Man
S.H.I.E.L.D. wishes to debrief Tony Stark about his escape from Afghanistan and arrests Obadiah Stane for planning the kidnap and murder of Stark as well as dealing weapons to terrorists. It also provides a cover story for what happened at Stark Industries during Iron Man and Iron Monger's fight, a story that Stark does not stick to instead revealing his secret to the world.

Iron Man 2
S.H.I.E.L.D. recruits Tony Stark as a consultant for the Avengers Initiative and organizes Senator Stern to present Tony Stark and James Rhodes with their medals. S.H.I.E.L.D. sends agent Coulson to New Mexico to find Mjolnir.

The Consultant
Phil Coulson and Jasper Sitwell discuss how to stop General Ross releasing Emil Blonsky and decide to call The Consultant,Tony Stark to persuade General Ross.

The Incredible Hulk
General Ross enlists the help of S.H.I.E.L.D. to help him track Bruce Banner's e-mails to "Mr. Blue".

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer
Agent Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. stops a robbery in a gas station while on his way to Mjolnir.

Thor
S.H.I.E.L.D. had taken all of Jane Foster's research. Thor fights with some of Agent Coulson's men before being captured and interrogated by Coulson about his identity, origin and training. Mjolnir is also kept in a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility. Loki send The Destroyer to attack Thor and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, after The Destroyer was defeated Thor told Coulson to return Jane's work and in return Coulson could count on Thor's help when needed. In a post-credits scene, Dr. Selvig is taken to a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility where he meets Nick Fury. Fury asks Selvig to study the recently-discovered Cosmic Cube, which holds untold power, to which Selvig agrees. It is then revealed that Selvig is under the control of Loki, who has been transported to Earth.

Captain America: The First Avenger
S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists in the Arctic uncover Captain America's frozen body in the Red Skull's airship from WWII. Rogers awakens in a room designed to appear as if he were still in the early 1940s. Deducing the truth and escaping to Times Square, Rogers learns from S.H.I.E.L.D. leader Nick Fury that he has been asleep for nearly 70 years, and they had wanted to acclimate his reentry into modern times. In a deleted scene it is revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. was once called the Strategic Scientific Reserve.

The Avengers
S.H.I.E.L.D. is directly responsible in forming the Avengers as a deterrent against Loki's plans and to help get the Tesseract back into their custody. However Tony Stark, Bruce Banner and Captain America find out that S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted the Tesseract in order to make weapons (similar to the way HYDRA did in World War II).

Many S.H.I.E.L.D. agents watch on monitors as the Avengers fight the Chitauri in New York City. Later, Director Fury tells his Superiors (known simply as the World Security Council) that he has allowed custody of the Tesseract to go to Thor who has taken it back to Asgard and that the remaining Avengers have gone their separate ways and that they are no longer answering to S.H.I.E.L.D.

Item 47
When two bank robbers, Claire Wise and Benjamin Pollack, come into possession of a Chitauri weapon, Agent Blake sends Jasper Sitwell to kill them and retrieve the weapon. Sitwell tracks them to a motel and stays in the room next to theirs. He disturbs them with loud music and Benny goes to investigate. Sitwell attacks Benny, who warns Claire of the ambush. Claire then attacks Sitwell with the Chitauri weapon. During the struggle, the gun destroys most of the room, but is broken in the process. Sitwell ties up Benny and Claire, but decides not to kill them when he discovers that the gun was working because Benny, who was a scientist, had repaired it. Seeing a potential in the couple, Sitwell recruits Benny and Claire in S.H.I.E.L.D., much to Blake's disappointment.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
To be added

Weapons
Regular S.H.I.E.L.D. field agents are usually equipped with a 9mm pistol. A military branch used for heavy security has access to military grade personal armaments. A few selected elite agents carry less conventional armaments, such as explosives, or bows. The S.H.I.E.L.D. project titled, "Phase Two", is dedicated to advancing alien technology weapons and reverse engineer them into laser weapons.

Equipment
S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel have access to an extensive array of cutting edge technology. A supply contract with Stark Industries ensures that they have some of the most advanced weapons and equipment available. S.H.I.E.L.D. maintains a fleet of Acura vehicles for the regular deployment of field agents and scientists. S.H.I.E.L.D. editions of the Acura MDX, Acura TL, and the Acura ZDX are painted in black and equipped with sophisticated surveillance technology. The military arm of S.H.I.E.L.D. uses a range of surface vehicles suitable for urban security, and aircraft with combat capabilities extending to fighter jets and helicopters. This branch also has exclusive access to previously unknown aircraft types.
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier - Airborne aircraft carrier
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Quinjet - Armed VTOL transport

Notable Members

 * Nick Fury
 * Black Widow
 * Clint Barton
 * Maria Hill
 * Jasper Sitwell
 * Erik Selvig
 * Steve Rogers
 * Tony Stark
 * Jane Foster
 * Blake
 * Claire Wise
 * Benjamin Pollack
 * Grant Ward
 * Leo Fitz
 * Jemma Simmons
 * Skye

Former members

 * Howard Stark (Deceased)
 * Phil Coulson (Deceased)
 * Peggy Carter (retired)

Allies

 * Thor
 * Bruce Banner
 * Darcy Lewis
 * Thaddeus Ross
 * Pepper Potts
 * James Rhodes (War Machine)
 * The Avengers

Enemies

 * Obadiah Stane
 * Ivan Vanko
 * Justin Hammer
 * Hammer Drones
 * Emil Blonsky
 * Georgi Luchkov
 * The Destroyer
 * Loki
 * Chitauri