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Fictional character biography

Alexander Goodwin Pierce majored at S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy in civilian surveillance, and served in the Accounting Department before becoming a sleeper agent working in decoding dispatches from HYDRA. When S.H.I.E.L.D. was taken over by the Deltites, Nick Fury recruited Pierce to help him defeat Madame Hydra and the Deltites and take back the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization. Baron Strucker, retconned founder of HYDRA, wearing the HYDRA logo on his chest. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Ultimate Nick Fury. ... Viper a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe who is a foe of the Avengers and the X-Men. ...

Pierce subsequently served as the sometime personal aide and bodyguard to Fury.