Alexander Goodwin Pierce

Alexander Goodwin Pierce is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually as a supporting character in stories featuring the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. as an agent.

Alexander Goodwin Pierce
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceNick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #3 (August 1988)
Created byBob Harras (writer)
Paul Neary (artist)
In-story information
Team affiliationsS.H.I.E.L.D.
Secret Warriors
Notable aliasesAnthony Duranti

A re-imagining of the character was portrayed by Robert Redford in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).

Publication history

The character, created by Bob Harras and Paul Neary, first appeared in Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #3 (August 1988).

Fictional character biography

Alexander Pierce was born on Long Island, New York. He majored at S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy in civilian surveillance, and serves in the Accounting Department before becoming a sleeper agent working in decoding dispatches from HYDRA.[1] After escaping death in an ambush at HYDRA's Hong Kong base, Pierce accompanied Nick Fury to the Himalayas, along with their prisoner Madame Hydra. Unable to withstand the bitter cold, they were seized by the Deltites and brought to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s orbiting satellite. Aided by Madame Hydra, Pierce and a group of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents escaped and took part in the battle that led to the destruction of the Deltites.[2]

He later appears as the leader of the Secret Warriors, one of Nick Fury's secret independent teams following Secret War.[3]

Other versions

Mutant X

In the Mutant X reality, Alexander Pierce along other S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents fought Havok and The Six (X-Men) atop the Statue of Liberty where S.H.I.E.L.D. planned to release the Legacy Virus to kill all super-human life.[4]

In other media

Television

Alexander Pierce appeared in the 1998 live-action television film, Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., portrayed by Neil Roberts. This version is depicted as a British recruit assigned to Nick Fury following an exile from S.H.I.E.L.D. under Jack Pincer.

Film

Robert Redford portrays Alexander Pierce in live-action films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This version is the Secretary of the fictional World Security Council, Nick Fury's close friend, director of a Hydra cell within S.H.I.E.L.D., and the Winter Soldier's handler.

  • Pierce first appears in the 2014 film Captain America: The Winter Soldier.[5] He masterminds Project Insight ostensibly in an effort to recognize and apprehend criminals and terrorists prior to committing misdeeds via three Helicarriers. In actuality, Pierce's plan is to carry out mass assassinations of citizens recognized as a threat to Hydra based on Arnim Zola's algorithm to force the world into submission. When Pierce learned Fury was investigating Project Insight's confidential files, he dispatched the Winter Soldier to eliminate him and Steve Rogers. However, Pierce's plan is foiled by Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Sam Wilson, and S.H.I.E.L.D. loyalists before Pierce himself is killed by Fury.
  • A past version of Pierce appears in the 2019 film Avengers: Endgame.[6] Following the Battle of New York, Pierce sends his Hydra agents to retrieve Loki's scepter he attempts to take custody of Loki and the Tesseract from Tony Stark and Thor.

References
  1. Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #3
  2. Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #6
  3. Secret Warriors #11
  4. Mutant X #1
  5. "'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' filming begins". Marvel. April 8, 2013. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  6. Hood, Cooper (April 27, 2019). "Every Character In Avengers: Endgame". Screen Rant. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
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