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Did Nick Fury knowCaptain Americawas alive all along?
The Strategic Scientific Reserve became S.H.I.E.L.D.
in 1949, and S.H.I.E.L.D.
would never stop looking for Steve Rogers' body.
Howard Stark managed to findthe Tesseract, and S.H.I.E.L.D.
They soon learned that Steve Rogers was still alive - and the rest is history.
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S.H.I.E.L.D.
’s persistence raises a curious question; why were they so focused on tracking down Steve Rogers' body?
On the face of it, it’s reasonable to assume that S.H.I.E.L.D.
was interested in finding Captain America’s body so you can revive their super-soldier experiments.
Genetic samples from Steve Rogers' body could be a massive help in achieving that goal.
And yet, this reason doesn’t quite track.
What’s more, Nick Fury appeared openly contemptuous of the various super-soldier programs, and S.H.I.E.L.D.
agents were generally hostile towards General Ross.
While it’s possible previous S.H.I.E.L.D.
directors could have hunted down Rogers' body to acquire genetic samples, that doesn’t fit with Fury.
He just doesn’t seem interested in the super-soldier programs at all.
One of Marvel’s official tie-in comics,Fury’s Big Week, offers a tantalizing hint.
The World Council only had one focus; the Tesseract.
As a result, Fury pitched almost all of his activities in relation to that goal.
Of course, this is just a theory - but it’s one that fits the facts.
That single line of dialogue inFury’s Big Weekis the only one in which Nick Fury explains himself.
