Jasper Sitwell
Jasper Sitwell is a fictional character, an espionage agent appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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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 |
The character was portrayed by Maximiliano Hernández in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Publication history
Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Jack Kirby, he first appeared in Strange Tales #144 (May 1966).
Jasper Sitwell appears as an agent of the fictional espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., beginning in the feature "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." in Marvel Comics' Strange Tales #144 (cover-dated May 1966) and continuing into the subsequent Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. comic-book series in 1968. He became the S.H.I.E.L.D. liaison to defense industry contractor Tony Stark beginning in the "Iron Man" feature in Tales of Suspense #93 (Sept. 1967), and continuing into that subsequent series as well. He was seldom featured from the early 1970s until the 1988 miniseries Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D., and then again in the 1996–1997 series Iron Man vol. 2. Sitwell afterward appeared in a three-issue arc of the superhero-team series The Avengers in 2000, and in Punisher War Journal #1 (Jan. 2007).
Fictional character biography
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. When first introduced to S.H.I.E.L.D. Executive Director Nick Fury, the new agent's eager-beaver attitude meets initially with mock (and occasionally real) frustration from Fury and second-in-command Dum Dum Dugan, but 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 himself and occasionally appointed interim director when Fury is on solo missions in the field, Sitwell later is assigned to Stark Industries as liaison between S.H.I.E.L.D. and that defense-industry contractor, which designs and manufactures much of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s ordnance and equipment.[2] There he confronts costumed assassins and terrorists such as Grey Gargoyle, Spymaster (who shoots him and puts Sitwell in a coma for a time),[3] and A.I.M., and even romances Whitney Frost,[4] a one-time Stark paramour. Sitwell is eventually reassigned back to S.H.I.E.L.D., but continues to play a role in the affairs of Tony Stark from time to time. When Obadiah Stane takes over what was by then named Stark International, Fury sends Sitwell on an ultimately failed attempt to retrieve the Iron Man armors.[5]
Sitwell, like most of the S.H.I.E.L.D. leadership at the time, is seemingly killed by a self-aware, renegade "Deltan" variety of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s artificial human "Life Model Decoys", and replaced by one such LMD, which was then installed as Executive Director.[6] The real Sitwell later turns up alive after having been brainwashed by a faction of the terrorist organization HYDRA, placed in suspended animation, released as part of a plot against Fury, and eventually deprogrammed.[7] He has since become S.H.I.E.L.D.'s top interrogator, often paired with fellow agent Jimmy Woo.[8] He has also worked closely with G. W. Bridge, mainly in an attempt to neutralize the threat of the Punisher.[9]
Sitwell was one of the many S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who refused to join Norman Osborn's H.A.M.M.E.R. organization in the wake of the Skrull Secret Invasion. He would join with Dum Dum Dugan to form a mercenary paramilitary group that would engage H.A.M.M.E.R., HYDRA and its associate "Leviathan" program, alongside Nick Fury's Secret Warriors.[10] One of these many skirmishes sees Jasper lose his friends Eric Koenig and Gabriel Jones.[11]
He also works with Nick Fury in regards to the underground activities of Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier.[12]
During one of the Winter Soldier's missions, a brainwashed Black Widow is brought into custody at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters. She had been influenced by old Russian brainwashing technology so it seemed she had broken free of one brainwashing attempt and had returned to her old self. This was actually a ruse by rogue Russian elements in order to strike at Nick Fury. Black Widow tried to kill Nick Fury but Sitwell got on the trajectory of the shot and was killed instead of Fury. His sacrifice gave Fury the opportunity to save himself.[1]
He returned as a zombie through unknown ways and was held in Area 13 by a S.H.I.E.L.D. division called S.T.A.K.E. Sitwell joined the Life Model Decoy of Dum Dum Dugan and Agent Martin Reyna to fight Teen Abomination. After the defeat of Teen Abomination, Jasper was brought back to his cell. On the way back to his cell, he crossed Dugan and recognized him.[13]
As part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel event, Jasper Sitwell's zombie form appears as a member of S.T.A.K.E.'s Howling Commandos.[14]
Jasper Sitwell's zombie form was seen with the Howling Commandos at the time when they help Old Man Logan into rescuing Jubilee from Dracula.[15]
Powers and abilities
Jasper Sitwell has S.H.I.E.L.D. training in espionage, firearms, and hand-to-hand combat.
Other versions
The Ultimate Marvel version of Jasper Sitwell is a government operative. In Ultimate Fallout, he informs Nick Fury that S.H.I.E.L.D.'s budget will be decreasing by 30 percent.[16]
In other media
Television
- Jasper Sitwell appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes animated series, voiced by Tom Kane.
- Jasper Sitwell appears in of the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., with Maximiliano Hernández reprising his roles from the films while Adam Faison portrays a younger version of the character. His appearances on the show take place between Item 47 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (see below). While he makes minor appearances in the first season,[17][18][19] the fifth season episode "Rise and Shine" reveals he once attended a Hydra academy in his youth.[20]
Film
- Jasper Sitwell appears in live-action media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, portrayed by Maximiliano Hernández. The character is changed from his notable Caucasian, flattop haired persona, to a bald Latino American.
- He is introduced in the 2011 film Thor,[21] wherein S.H.I.E.L.D. discovers Mjolnir, establishes a base around it, and confiscates Jane Foster and Erik Selvig's research on the wormhole that brought it to Earth. They would also have encounters with Thor and the Destroyer as well.
- In the Marvel One-Shot, The Consultant,[22] Sitwell meets with fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson to discuss the issue of the World Security Council wanting Emil Blonsky to be a part of the Avengers Initiative. They send the eponymous "Consultant", Tony Stark, to annoy General Ross to annoy him into never releasing Blonsky from his custody.
- Sitwell makes a minor appearance in the 2012 film The Avengers,[23]
- In the Marvel One-Shot, Item 47,[21] Sitwell is assigned to track down two civilians using a Chitauri gun to rob banks. After he eventually captures them however, he decides to induct them into S.H.I.E.L.D.
- In the 2014 film Captain America: The Winter Soldier,[24] it is revealed that Sitwell is a Hydra sleeper agent who reported directly to Alexander Pierce without S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury's knowledge. Sitwell is captured by and reveals Hydra's plans to Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, and Sam Wilson, and later killed by the Winter Soldier.
- A past version of Sitwell makes a minor appearance in the 2019 film Avengers: Endgame.[25]
- Jasper Sitwell's zombie form appears in the animated film Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell, voiced by Mike Vaughn.[26] This version is a member of the Howling Commandos, who were tasked with protecting the Hulk and Doctor Strange's bodies while they were fighting Nightmare in the Dream Dimension before helping the heroes fight the inter-dimensional being in the real world.
Video games
- Jasper Sitwell appears as a supporting character in Marvel: Avengers Alliance.
- Jasper Sitwell appears in Lego Marvel's Avengers, voiced by Keith Silverstein.[27]
- Jasper Sitwell's zombie form appears in Marvel Avengers Academy, voiced by Jesse Adam.[28]
See also
References
- Winter Soldier #9-10 (2012). Marvel Comics.
- Tales of Suspense #95. Marvel Comics.
- Iron Man Vol.1 #33. Marvel Comics.
- Iron Man Vol. 1 #104. Marvel Comics.
- Iron Man Vol.1 #174. Marvel Comics.
- Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. (1988)
- Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD Vol.2 #45. Marvel Comics.
- Secret War: From the Files of Nick Fury
- Punisher War Journal #1 (Jan 2007). Marvel Comics.
- Secret Warriors #17 (2010). Marvel Comics.
- Secret Warriors #19 (August 2010). Marvel Comics.
- Winter Soldier #1. Marvel Comics.
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol. 3 #9
- Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1
- Old Man Logan Vol. 2 #14-15
- Ultimate Fallout #5. Marvel Comics.
- Roth, Bobby (director); Rafe Judkins & Lauren LeFranc (writer) (November 12, 2013). "The Hub". Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1. Episode 7. ABC.
- Terlesky, John (director); Shalisha Francis (writer) (March 11, 2014). "Yes Men". Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1. Episode 15. ABC.
- Roth, Bobby (director); Paul Zbyszewski (writer) (April 1, 2014). "End of the Beginning". Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1. Episode 16. ABC.
- Bochco, Jesse (director); Iden Baghdadchi (writer) (March 30, 2018). "Rise and Shine". Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5. Episode 15. ABC.
- Gallagher, Brian (October 25, 2013). "Maximiliano Hernandez Will Return as Agent Sitwell in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." Movie Web. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- Fischer, Russ (August 31, 2011). "Watch Marvel Short Film 'The Consultant,' Linking 'The Incredible Hulk' to 'The Avengers'". /Films. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
- Palomares, Sugey (September 2, 2012). "Avengers Star Max Hernandez on Being Latino: "We Are a Dominant Force"". Latina. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
- Patten, Dominic (March 21, 2013). "Movie Castings: Seth Rogen Scores 'The Interview', 'Endless Love' Remake Gets Leads & 'Winter Soldier' Sees An Agent Return". Deadline.com. Archived from the original on March 21, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- McMillan, Graeme (October 25, 2018). "'Avengers 4' Will Feature Flashbacks, Says Actor Frank Grillo". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- Wickline, Dan (October 7, 2016). "Where Monsters Dwell - Hulk Gets New Animated Feature With Dr Strange And The Howling Commandos". Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- "Lego Marvel's Avengers - Full Cast and Crew - IMDb". Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- "Marvel Avengers Academy - Full Cast and Crew - IMDb". Retrieved 30 May 2018.