Jasper Sitwell is a fictional character, an espionage agent appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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 "Nick Fury" feature in Marvel Comics' Strange Tales #144 ( 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 Iron Man beginning in the "Iron Man" feature in Tales of Suspense #93 (September 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 (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
Nick Fury and second-in-command Dum Dum Dugan. 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
Stark Industries 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.
[ Tales of Suspense #95. Marvel Comics.] It's there he confronts costumed
Assassination and
terrorists, such as
Grey Gargoyle, Spymaster (who shoots him and puts Sitwell in a
coma for a time),
[ Iron Man #33. Marvel Comics.] and A.I.M. He romances
Madame Masque.
[ Iron Man #104. Marvel Comics.] 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
Iron Monger takes over what was by then named Stark International, Fury sends Sitwell on an ultimately failed attempt to retrieve Iron Man's armors.
[ Iron Man #174. Marvel Comics.]
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 "Life Model Decoys" of S.H.I.E.L.D., and replaced by one such LMD which was then installed as executive director.[ Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. (1988)] The real Sitwell later turns up alive after having been by a faction of the terrorist organization HYDRA, placed in suspended animation, released as part of a plot against Fury, and eventually .[ Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD (vol. 2) #45. Marvel Comics.] He has since been a top interrogater of S.H.I.E.L.D., often paired with fellow agent Jimmy Woo.[ ] He has also worked closely with G. W. Bridge, mainly in an attempt to neutralize the Punisher.[ Punisher War Journal (vol. 2) #1 (January 2007). Marvel Comics.]
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 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 Gabe Jones.[ Secret Warriors #19 (August 2010). Marvel Comics.]
He also works with Fury in regards to the underground activities of Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier.[ Winter Soldier #1. Marvel Comics.]
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 Howling Commandos.[ 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]
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
Ultimate Marvel universe variant of Jasper Sitwell appears in
Ultimate Fallout #5.
[ Ultimate Fallout #5. Marvel Comics.]
In other media
Television
Jasper Sitwell appears in
, voiced by
Tom Kane.
[ 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
, voiced by Mike Vaughn.
This version is a member of the Howling Commandos.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Jasper Sitwell appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, 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.
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Sitwell is introduced in the film Thor,
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Sitwell appears in the Marvel One-Shots short film The Consultant.
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Sitwell makes a minor appearance in the film The Avengers.
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Sitwell appears in the Marvel One-Shot Item 47.
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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,
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In the film ,
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An alternate timeline variant of Sitwell appears in the film .
Video games
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Jasper Sitwell appears in .
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The MCU incarnation of Jasper Sitwell appears in Lego Marvel's Avengers, voiced by Keith Silverstein.
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Jasper Sitwell appears in Marvel Avengers Academy, voiced by Jesse Adam.
See also
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List of S.H.I.E.L.D. members
External links
