Jasper Sitwell is a fictional character, an espionage agent appearing in American
comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history
Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Jack Kirby, he
first appeared in Strange Tales #144. 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 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, 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. 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 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. There he
confronts costumed assassins and terrorists such as Grey Gargoyle,
Spymaster, and A.I.M., and even romances Whitney Frost, 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 Stark's Iron Man
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 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.
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. He has
since become S.H.I.E.L.D.'s top interrogator, often paired with fellow
agent Jimmy Woo. He has also worked closely with G. W. Bridge, mainly in an
attempt to neutralize the threat of the Punisher.
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, dubbed
the Howling Commandos, that would engage H.A.M.M.E.R., HYDRA and its associate
"Leviathan" program, alongside Nick Fury's Secret Warriors. One of these
many skirmishes sees Jasper lose his friends Eric Koenig and Gabriel Jones.
He also works with Nick Fury in regards to the underground activities of Bucky
Barnes, the Winter Soldier. 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 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. Jasper Sitwell 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 the
Teen Abomination, Jasper was brought back to his cell. On the way back to his
cell, he crossed DumDum Dugan and recognized him.
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.
Powers and abilities Jasper Sitwell has S.H.I.E.L.D. training
where he was trained in espionage, firearms, and hand-to-hand combat.
Other versions In the Ultimate Marvel universe, Jasper
Sitwell appears in Ultimate Fallout. He informs Nick Fury that they will be
decreasing S.H.I.E.L.D.'s budget by 30 percent, and is a Government operative,
as opposed as the Mainstream Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D. position.
In other media = Television =
Jasper Sitwell appears in the animated TV series The Avengers: Earth's
Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Tom Kane. Jasper Sitwell appears in three episodes
of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. titled "The Hub", "Yes Men", and "End of the
Beginning", and is portrayed by Maximiliano Hernández. His appearance in
the latter episode takes place immediately before Captain America: The
Winter Soldier. = Film =
Jasper Sitwell appears in several films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,
portrayed by Maximiliano Hernández: The 2011 Marvel Studios film Thor.
The Marvel One-Shots short films The Consultant and Item 47.
The 2012 film The Avengers. The 2014 film Captain America: The
Winter Soldier. = Video games =
Jasper Sitwell appears as a supporting character in the Facebook game, Marvel:
Avengers Alliance, specifically in its Marvel XP section.
See also List of S.H.I.E.L.D. members
References External links
The Grand Comics Database The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics
Creators Iron Man Armory: Jasper Sitwell