8 Ways The Marvel Cinematic Universe Has Ruined Marvel Comics

2. Nick Fury Jr.

When Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch teamed up for The Ultimates (a modern take on The Avengers set in its own reality), they turned Nick Fury into a Samuel L. Jackson lookalike. It was a cool decision, and one which had a major impact on the Marvel Cinematic Universe when the actor was later cast for that Iron Man after-credits scene. However, Marvel soon decided that they wanted their own African American Nick Fury. Rather than bringing the Ultimate version into the 616 Universe, Marvel instead took the original Nick Fury off the board in the most insulting way possible with an event called Original Sin which turned him into a murdering psychopath who basically ended up becoming the ghost of Christmas past. Then, it was time to introduce Marcus Johnson, his secret son who was secretly called "Nick Fury Jr.". Seriously! By the end of the Battle Scars series, Marcus had shaved his hair off, grown a goatee, and lost an eye - what a coincidence! - before being drafted into S.H.I.E.L.D. and miraculously landing a top position in a matter of weeks. This was the laziest and most pathetic attempt by Marvel to forcibly place a character from the movies into their comics and they didn't even do a good job of it. Everything about this was just really dumb.