Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 129. Chapters: SPECTRE, Bureau of Sabotage, S.H.I.E.L.D., Company, Torchwood Institute, UNIT, Stony Man, Advanced Idea Mechanics, List of government agencies in DC Comics, Checkmate, Stormwatch: Team Achilles, World of Ghost in the Shell, The Company, Project Cadmus, Covert-One series, Takeshi, List of government agencies in Marvel Comics, MI-13, Public Security Section 9, International Operations, Acapulco H.E.A.T., History of UNIT, The Man from C.A.M.P., List of fictional espionage organizations, Shadow Cabinet, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, Stormwatch: Post Human Division, Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, SMERSH, Psi Corps, Forge, Special Circumstances, U.N.C.L.E., Alliance of Twelve, List of government agencies in comics, Millennium Group, Iscariot, Delta Green, S.T.R.I.K.E., Inquisition (Warhammer 40,000), S.W.O.R.D., List of fictional secret police and intelligence organizations, Impossible Missions Force, Diogenes Club, Section 31, Internal Counter-Intelligence Service, Hayoth, R.C.X., Celestial Intervention Agency, Aladdin, Department H, H.I.V.E., H.A.M.M.E.R., ISA, Black Air, Covenant, Thought Police, Project Spitfire, Authorized Personnel Only, Iquan's Party, OCTOPUS, Department of Special Research, Nightwatch, Bureau 13, Ministry of Love, C.L.A.S.H., The Shop, Public Surveillance Unit, Z.O.W.I.E., Special Execution Agency, The Lodge. Excerpt: S.H.I.E.L.D. is a fictional espionage and law-enforcement agency in the Marvel Comics Universe. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Strange Tales #135 (Aug. 1965), it often deals with superhuman threats. The acronym originally stood for Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division. It was changed in 1991 to Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate. Within the various films set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the acronym s...