| Jasper Sitwell | |
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 Jasper Sitwell Art byCarlo Pagulayan. | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Strange Tales #144 (May 1966) |
| Created by | Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Human-turned-zombie |
| Team affiliations | S.H.I.E.L.D. S.T.A.K.E. |
| Notable aliases | Agent 22[1] |
| Abilities | Espionage skills Firearms expert |
Jasper Sitwell is a fictional character, anespionage agent appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics.
The character was portrayed byMaximiliano Hernández in theMarvel Cinematic Universe.
Created by writer-editorStan Lee and artist and co-plotterJack Kirby, hefirst appeared inStrange Tales #144 (May 1966).
Jasper Sitwell appears as an agent of the fictional espionage agencyS.H.I.E.L.D., beginning in the "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." feature in Marvel Comics'Strange Tales #144 (cover-dated May 1966) and continuing into the subsequentNick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. comic-book series in 1968. He became the S.H.I.E.L.D. liaison todefense industry contractorTony Stark beginning in the "Iron Man" feature inTales of Suspense #93 (September 1967), and continuing into that subsequent series as well. He was seldom featured from the early 1970s until the 1988 miniseriesNick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D., and then again in the 1996–1997 seriesIron Man (vol. 2). Sitwell afterward appeared in a three-issue arc of thesuperhero-team seriesThe Avengers in 2000, and inPunisher War Journal (vol. 2) #1 (January 2007).
Jasper Sitwell graduated at the top of his class at S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, with particularly high marks in airborne jump school and underwater maneuvers. The agent's eager-beaver attitude meets initially with mock (and occasionally real) frustration when first introduced to S.H.I.E.L.D. directorNick Fury and second-in-commandDum Dum Dugan. However, Sitwell soon proves himself and earns his fellow agents' respect — albeit tinged with occasional humor aimed at his youthfulness and idealistic naïveté. Mentored by Fury and occasionally acting as interim director when Fury is on solo missions in the field, Sitwell is later assigned toStark Industries as liaison between S.H.I.E.L.D. and the defense-industry contractor which designs and manufactures much of the ordnance and equipment for S.H.I.E.L.D.[2] Sitwell confronts costumedassassins andterrorists, such asGrey Gargoyle,Spymaster (who shoots him and puts Sitwell in acoma for a time),[3] andA.I.M. Sitwell is eventually reassigned back to S.H.I.E.L.D.,[volume & issue needed] but continues to be involved with Stark Industries.[4]
Sitwell, like most of the S.H.I.E.L.D. leadership at the time, is seemingly killed by a self-aware, renegadeLife Model Decoy (LMD), and replaced by an LMD, who is installed as executive director.[5] The real Sitwell later turns up alive after having beenbrainwashed byHydra, placed insuspended animation. He is sent after Fury and eventually freed of his brainwashing.[6]
Sitwell is one of the many S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who refuse to joinNorman Osborn'sH.A.M.M.E.R. organization in the wake of theSkrullSecret Invasion. He and Dugan form amercenary paramilitary group to combat H.A.M.M.E.R., Hydra, andLeviathan.[7]
Sitwell is later killed saving Fury from the brainwashedBlack Widow.[1] He returned as a zombie through unknown means and was held in Area 13 by a S.H.I.E.L.D. division calledS.T.A.K.E. Sitwell joins the Life Model Decoy of Dum Dum Dugan andMartin Reyna to fightTeen Abomination. After the defeat of Teen Abomination, Sitwell is returned to Area 13.[8]
As part of theAll-New, All-Different Marvel publishing line, Jasper Sitwell appears as a member of S.T.A.K.E.'sHowling Commandos.[9]
Jasper Sitwell has S.H.I.E.L.D. training in espionage, firearms, and hand-to-hand combat.
An alternate universe version of Jasper Sitwell fromEarth-1610 appears inUltimate Fallout #5.[10]
Jasper Sitwell appears inThe Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced byTom Kane.[11]
Jasper Sitwell appears inHulk: Where Monsters Dwell, voiced by Mike Vaughn.[12][11] This version is a member of the Howling Commandos.
Jasper Sitwell appears in media set in theMarvel Cinematic Universe, portrayed byMaximiliano Hernández. This version is a bald HispanicHydra sleeper agent who works undercover as aS.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
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