Alexander Goodwin Pierce
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Alexander Goodwin Pierce is an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. in the Marvel Comics universe.
The character, created by Bob Harras and Paul Neary, first appeared in Nick Fury vs S.H.I.E.L.D. #3 (August 1988).
Within the context of the stories, Alexander Goodwin Pierce is born in Long Island, New York. He majors at S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy in civilian surveillance, and serves in the Accounting Department before becoming a sleeper agent working in decoding dispatches from HYDRA. When S.H.I.E.L.D. is taken over by the Deltites, Nick Fury recruits Pierce to help him defeat Madame Hydra and the Deltites and take back the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization.
Pierce subsequently serves as the sometime personal aide and bodyguard to Fury. He later appears as the leader of one of Nick Fury's secret independent teams, the Secret Warriors.
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