Jasper Sitwell is a fictional character, an

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agent appearing in

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s published by

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. The character was portrayed by Maximiliano Hernández in the

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Publication history

Created by writer-editor

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and artist and co-plotter

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, he

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in ''

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'' #144 (May 1966). Jasper Sitwell appears as an agent of the fictional espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., beginning in the " Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." feature in Marvel Comics' ''

'' #144 (

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d 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

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beginning in the "Iron Man" feature in ''

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'' #93 (September 1967), and continuing into that subsequent series as well. He was seldom featured from the early 1970s until the 1988 miniseries ''

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'', and then again in the 1996–1997 series ''Iron Man'' (vol. 2). Sitwell afterward appeared in a three-issue arc of the

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-team series '' The Avengers'' in 2000, and in ''

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'' (vol. 2) #1 (January 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. The agent's eager-beaver attitude meets initially with mock (and occasionally real) frustration when first introduced to S.H.I.E.L.D. Executive Director

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and second-in-command

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. However, 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

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as liaison between S.H.I.E.L.D. and the defense-industry contractor which designs and manufactures much of the ordnance and equipment for S.H.I.E.L.D. It's there he confronts costumed

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and

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, such as Grey Gargoyle,

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(who shoots him and puts Sitwell in a

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for a time), and A.I.M. He romances Whitney Frost. 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 Iron Man's armors. 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 the artificial human "

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s" of S.H.I.E.L.D., and replaced by one such LMD which was then installed as executive director. The real Sitwell later turns up alive after having been

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ed by a faction of the terrorist organization HYDRA, placed in

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, released as part of a plot against Fury, and eventually deprogrammed. He has since been a top interrogater of S.H.I.E.L.D., often paired with fellow agent

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. He has also worked closely with G. W. Bridge, mainly in an attempt to neutralize the

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. Sitwell was one of the many S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who refused to join

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's H.A.M.M.E.R. organization in the wake of the

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. He would join with Dugan to form a mercenary paramilitary group that would engage H.A.M.M.E.R., HYDRA and its associate "Leviathan" program, alongside Fury's Secret Warriors.'' Secret Warriors'' #17 (2010). Marvel Comics. One of these many skirmishes sees Jasper lose his friends Eric Koenig and Gabriel Jones. He also works with Fury in regards to the underground activities of

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, the Winter Soldier. Sitwell is later killed saving Fury from the brainwashed Black Widow.''Winter Soldier'' #9-10 (2012). Marvel Comics. However, he returns as a zombie through unknown means and joins the

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Powers and abilities

Jasper Sitwell has S.H.I.E.L.D. training in espionage, firearms, and hand-to-hand combat.

Other versions

An alternate

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universe variant of Jasper Sitwell appears in ''

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'' #5.

In other media

Television

Jasper Sitwell appears in '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', voiced by

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. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

Film

Jasper Sitwell appears in '' Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell'', voiced by Mike Vaughn. This version is a member of the Howling Commandos.

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Jasper Sitwell appears in media set in the

, portrayed by Maximiliano Hernández. This version is a bald Hispanic Hydra sleeper agent who works undercover as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. * Sitwell is introduced in the film ''

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'', wherein S.H.I.E.L.D. discovers Mjolnir, establishes a base around it, and confiscates

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and

Erik Selvig Erik Selvig is a fictional character portrayed by Stellan Skarsgård in Marvel Cinematic Universe films ''Thor'' (2011), '' The Avengers'' (2012), '' Thor: The Dark World'' (2013), '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'' (2015), and '' Thor: Love and Thun ...

's research on the wormhole that brought it to Earth before encountering

and the

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. * Sitwell appears in the Marvel One-Shot short film '' The Consultant''. He meets with fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agent

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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",

, to annoy General Thaddeus Ross and prevent him from releasing Blonsky. * Sitwell makes a minor appearance in the film '' The Avengers''. * Sitwell appears in the Marvel One-Shot '' Item 47''. He is assigned to track down two civilians using a

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gun to rob banks. After eventually capturing them, he inducts them into S.H.I.E.L.D. * Sitwell appears in the television series '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', with Adam Faison portraying a younger version in a flashback. While he makes minor appearances in the first season, the fifth season episode " Rise and Shine" reveals he once attended a Hydra academy in his youth. * In the film '' Captain America: The Winter Soldier'', Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, and Sam Wilson discover Sitwell's affiliation with Hydra. They capture and interrogate him for information until he is killed by the Winter Soldier. * An alternate timeline variant of Sitwell appears in the film '' Avengers: Endgame''.

Video games

* Jasper Sitwell appears in '' Marvel: Avengers Alliance''. * The MCU incarnation of Jasper Sitwell appears in '' Lego Marvel's Avengers'', voiced by

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. * Jasper Sitwell appears in '' Marvel Avengers Academy'', voiced by Jesse Adam.

References

External links

The Grand Comics DatabaseThe Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
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