| Gabe Jones | |
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 Gabe Jones as depicted inSgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963). Art byJack Kirby. | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963) |
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| Alter ego | Gabriel Jones |
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Gabriel "Gabe"Jones is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Created by writer-editorStan Lee and artist and co-plotterJack Kirby, he made hisfirst appearance inWorld War IIwar comics seriesSgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963).[1]
Derek Luke portrayed the character in theMarvel Cinematic Universe filmCaptain America: The First Avenger. Additionally,B. J. Britt portrayed Jones' grandson,Antoine "Trip" Triplett in the Marvel Cinematic Universetelevision seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Gabe Jones appeared as a regular cast-member in virtually every issue and annual ofSgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos. In present-day stories, initially in the feature "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." inStrange Tales, he appears as an agent of that fictional espionage organization — inexplicably aged very little, like fellow World War II vet and agentDum Dum Dugan, despite aretcon explanation for agency headNick Fury's youthfulness. As aS.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Jones has appeared in issues ofThe Avengers,Iron Man,Captain America,The Incredible Hulk,Godzilla, the first two volumes ofNick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the 1988 miniseriesNick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.
Although colorist Stan Goldberg knew that Jones was African American, the company that made the engraving plates forSgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 thought a mistake had been made and colored him the same color as the rest of the Howling Commandos.[2]
Gabe Jones was born inNew York City. He is an original member of the Howling Commandos combat squad of World War II. The squad's senior officerSamuel "Happy Sam" Sawyer was given virtual carte blanche in choosing its members, including theAfrican-American Jones, despite the fact that (at the time) integrated units were unheard of; TheU.S. Armed Forces in real life were not integrated until 1948 by executive order of PresidentHarry S. Truman. He is one ofNick Fury's close confidantes, serving under his sergeant during theKorean War and theVietnam War in reunion missions and also joined the international espionage organizationS.H.I.E.L.D. at some unspecified point after the World War II.
During the war, the Howling Commandos travel toWakanda to combat a Nazi invasion of that land. Jones helps out the ruling family by killing a Nazi agent who had taken an infant hostage.[3]
In 1959, he is shown working withDum Dum Dugan and Fury, hunting down and executing Nazis.[4] Later in the same year, Gabe assisted Fury and Dugan in creating the first team of Avengers. They successfully stopped a Nazi splinter group from gaining a version of the Super-Soldier formula.[5]
Jones retired from S.H.I.E.L.D. sometime after, but returned to help train a new corps of recruits.[6] This new class is slain by the terrorist organizationHYDRA, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s primary nemesis.[7]
Gabe spends time trying to bring down the evilSecret Empire from within.[8] Following the events ofSecret Invasion both he and Dugan quit S.H.I.E.L.D. and recreate the Howling Commandos with ex-S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.[9]
Jones is seen commanding the murder scene investigation of his old friendClay Quartermain.[10]
Jones and fellow CommandoEric Koenig are later killed by theGorgon during a battle with HYDRA, while both were fighting a holding action against enemy forces to give time for allies to retreat.[11]
An alternate universe variant from Gabe Jones from Earth-9997 makes a cameo appearance inEarth X #8.[12]
Gabe Jones appears inCaptain America: The First Avenger, portrayed byDerek Luke.[14] This version is an alumnus ofHoward University and member of theHowling Commandos.
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