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2. Strucker vs Fury

Every hero has an arch-nemesis. Captain America has the Red Skull, Iron Man has the Mandarin, Thor has Loki, the X-Men have Magneto, Batman has the Joker, Superman has Lex Luthor, and so on. This is also true of Nick Fury.

Fury was initially depicted in the pages of Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos, a war comic set during WW2. Fury€™s arch-nemesis in that series was none other than Baron Strucker. Even after WW2, both Fury and Strucker continued their rivalry well into the twenty-first century, both kept in their physical prime€”Fury through the Infinity Formula and Strucker through serums developed by Hydra.

The question is will Fury and Strucker€™s rivalry make it to the big screen? The Winter Soldier gave us some potential clues. In the post-credits scene, Strucker calls SHIELD and Hydra €œtwo sides of a coin that are no longer currency.€ Where does Strucker fit into Hydra€™s structure given that Alexander Pierce appeared to be their leader? Was he actually the Supreme Hydra and Pierce a front man?

In The Winter Soldier, Fury also tells Cap that €œthe last time I trusted someone I lost an eye.€ Given Hydra€™s status in the films as a mole within SHIELD and many of Hydra€™s operatives masquerading as SHIELD agents (such as Garrett, Ward, Sitwell and Rumlow), could Strucker have been one of those agents as well? Could he have been the reason Fury lost an eye?

With Fury letting the world believe him dead following the events of The Winter Soldier and the first season of Agents of SHIELD, the return of the man who cost him his eye might be what it takes to get him to come back into action.

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Percival Constantine is the author of several novels and short stories, including the Vanguard superhero series, and regularly writes and comments on movies, comics, and other pop culture. More information can be found at his website, PercivalConstantine.com