Have taken the first steps in my research by identifying key moments in American history that have impacted the Nick Fury and support characters. Some questions i've had and hope to answer in my paper...

1. what is a pinch-hitter, Stan lee had hired one and it made Steranko mad.
2. Cultural fascination with gadgets and spy's
3. what was the american stigma on war
4. What happened with the Economy to make the comics come to a crashing halt
5. what inspired HYDRA
6. Feelings towards blacks, jews, italians, english, and homosexuals.
7. raids into German territory during WWII
8. Effects of Steranko's Art style on comic industry
9. Psychedelic style of the late 60's early 70's
10. Why David Hasselhoff for the 1998 version of Nick Fury
11. Why reimagine Nick fury as Black, and why did Samuel L. Jackson inspire the new image of the character during the creation of the Marvel Ultimate Universe?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3151459/

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=xzCQR3uF1esC&oi=fnd&pg=PT5&dq=%22Sgt.+Fury+and+his+howling+commandos%22&ots=AKEMOhYS-x&sig=dG8uhHFVXVmTHQ3fodpVq76rYeU#v=onepage&q=%22Sgt.%20Fury%20and%20his%20howling%20commandos%22&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=7i3H_rizyoMC&oi=fnd&pg=PA15&dq=%22Sgt.+Fury+and+his+howling+commandos%22&ots=LiuXzBIP0f&sig=_dBAcXBcJypkoE14tkdQLt5hWcg#v=onepage&q=%22Sgt.%20Fury%20and%20his%20howling%20commandos%22&f=false

http://mensstudies.metapress.com/content/et12112246113264/

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=CTLHJon610gC&oi=fnd&pg=PA4&dq=%22Sgt.+Fury+and+his+howling+commandos%22&ots=BE1CxSt_4b&sig=UHm-pHzO6uDXe0CqnalC-KSu0Qs#v=onepage&q=%22Sgt.%20Fury%20and%20his%20howling%20commandos%22&f=false


http://library.kiwix.org:4201/A/Stan_Lee.html

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=gQD0WX6czQAC&oi=fnd&pg=PA36&dq=%22Sgt.+Fury+and+his+howling+commandos%22&ots=JuensW3eHB&sig=52vGWeOD2jYBV50rUDgS4-yqvjs#v=onepage&q=%22Sgt.%20Fury%20and%20his%20howling%20commandos%22&f=false

http://altcasey.com/works/alt_bp.pdf

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=WBSaLF7MAigC&oi=fnd&pg=PA98&dq=%22Sgt.+Fury+and+his+howling+commandos%22&ots=78YE8BtZQw&sig=NMOzsxmWKbvm2iEDgN6OosHb2OQ#v=onepage&q=%22Sgt.%20Fury%20and%20his%20howling%20commandos%22&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=XLumYSrVuasC&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=%22Sgt.+Fury+and+his+howling+commandos%22&ots=p7fmtcZIfD&sig=OqffaCk_OXRC4e_3_ea91DDrs44#v=onepage&q=%22Sgt.%20Fury%20and%20his%20howling%20commandos%22&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=wtKyfVZ0fUoC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1919&dq=%22Sgt.+Fury+and+his+howling+commandos%22&ots=_JFb_YqXo0&sig=CEP5G6RjnVLyqg2RabTRRL0BQ18#v=onepage&q=%22Sgt.%20Fury%20and%20his%20howling%20commandos%22&f=false

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/5951-6724-6508-1-sgt-fury_super.jpg

Have narrowed down my topic to the Adaptation of Nick Fury to Social events and issues in american history. starting with being Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos in WWII, to present day Director of shield. His re imagination from White man to Black and back to white again. Diving into the comic books themselves as well as the portrayals in multimedia (Video Games and Movies) primarily from David Hasselhoff  in the 1990's film Nick Fury:Agent of Shield and the latest of Samuel L. Jackson in the upcoming 2012 film of The Avengers as the Director of  S.H.I.E.L.D. Which stands for Supreme Headquarters International Espionage Law-enforcement Division, a group in the marvel universe that combats H.Y.D.R.A which is not an acronym but is loosly based on the James Bond Universe organization known as S.P.E.C.T.R.E or Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion.