Alexander Goodwin Pierce is a fictional

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 comic book

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 character in the Marvel Universe

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 from Marvel Comics

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Fictional character biography

Alexander Goodwin Pierce was born in Long Island, New York. He majored at S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy in civilian surveillance, and served in the Accounting Department before becoming a sleeper agent

Sleeper agent

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 working in decoding dispatches from HYDRA

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. When S.H.I.E.L.D. was taken over by the Deltites, Nick Fury

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 recruited Pierce to help him defeat Madame Hydra and the Deltites and take back the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization.

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

He makes a brief appearance in Secret Warriors, issue 11 as the leader from one of Nick Fury's secret independent teams.

Film

Alexander Goodwin Pierce appeared in Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. portrayed by Neil Roberts

Neil Roberts

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External links

• Alexander Goodwin Pierce at Marvel Wiki