“…the movie continuity is our continuity—and yes, that includes how the characters themselves are portrayed. But here’s the thing—while the Edward Norton Bruce Banner/Hulk characterization was fairly established in the films, Nick Fury’s was not. Yeah, he has a few cool lines at the end of Iron Man after the credits, but that’s really it—which meant he was pretty much a blank slate for us. Sort of.

“It’s clear to anyone who saw that scene and reads Marvel’s Ultimate Universe that that’s their version of Nick Fury that was on that screen—so that’s the version I went with. And the studio was more than cool with that because that’s the version they wanted, too.

“See how nice everything works out sometimes?”

Hulk: Fury Files

Also: A video interview with Todd McFarlane about his return to Spawn.