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The Helicarrier, a flying aircraft carrier, is the signature capital ship of the fictional intelligence/defense agency S.H.I.E.L.D., usually shown in Marvel Comics-published comic book magazines. Originally designed by Jack Kirby for the ''Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' serial in ''Strange Tales'' #135 (August 1965), the Helicarrier concept has survived multiple redesigns while rarely straying from its originally depicted role as a mobile headquarters of S.H.I.E.L.D. until recent years. ==Fictional history== In the Marvel Universe context of the various Nick Fury/S.H.I.E.L.D. series, the original design is attributed to a co-operative effort by Tony Stark, the mutant inventor Forge, and Reed Richards. According to one account in ''Amazing Fantasy'' vol. 2, #10, the first Helicarrier was proposed by Stark Industries as a political compromise among the signatories of the treaty in response to fears that any nation hosting the Directorate's main headquarters would be subject to attack by organizations such as HYDRA, with domestic political fallout sure to follow immediately thereafter. Over twenty Helicarriers have been built over the decades, and at least two have been in simultaneous service in the last decade on several occasions. The following have been identified by name thus far in various MarvelSpUniverse publications: * ''Luxor'' - Not yet seen. A class prototype. * ''Hermes'' - Allegedly scuttled after being hijacked by the Red Skull. * ''Argus'' - A ''Luxor''-class Helicarrier. * ''Behemoth'' - Secially designed Helicarrier commanded by Dum Dum Dugan for use against Godzilla in the 24-issue comic series ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters''. First appearance was in issue #6 (January 1978). Destroyed by S.H.I.E.L.D. in an attempt to neutralize an attack by Amadeus Cho in ''Incredible Hercules'' #115. * ''Black Hawk'' - Destroyed in action against a HYDRA-Hand alliance of forces in ''Wolverine: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' Further details on these events are depicted in ''The Irredeemable Ant-Man'' #1-2. ''Dark Reign: Elektra'' #1-5 gives more details, such as it having landed on a small Arkansas town. * ''Alpha'' - First mentioned by name in ''New Avengers'' #4. Also shown in the video game ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'' as S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier UNN Alpha. * ''Pericles III'' - ''Punisher War Journal'' vol. 2, #1. * ''Pericles V'' - Infiltrated by the vampiric Order of Tyrana and scuttled by Blade in ''Blade'' vol. 3, #1. * ''Samuel Sawyer'' - First appearance in ''Iron Man: Hypervelocity'' #3. Named for Nick Fury's World War II-era commanding officer in the United States Army. * ''Iliad'' - First shown in ''Secret Warriors'' #4. Named in ''Secret Warriors'' #17. Another Helicarrier of a different design is operating under that name as of ''Secret Avengers'' v.2 # 1. * ''Argonaut'' - First shown in ''Secret Warriors'' #4. Named in ''Secret Warriors'' #17. * ''Prometheus'' - Originally intended as Norman Osborn's H.A.M.M.E.R. flagship, the ''Prometheus'' was stolen from a secret U.S. facility in the Sonoran Desert by a rogue faction of S.T.R.I.K.E. during the 2011 "Fear Itself" storyline. * ''Tempest'' - named and destroyed shortly after launch with two thousand crew aboard by the Electric Ghost in ''Winter Soldier'' v.1 # 17. * ''Hercules'' - Capable of operating in submarine mode. Described as ''Constellation''-class. First shown and named in ''Wolverine'' v.5 # 5-6. * ''Constellation'' - Class namesake. Existence implied by dialogue in ''Wolverine'' v.5 # 6. * ''Odyssey'' - First shown and named in ''Captain America: Living Legend'' # 1. * ''Pericles'' - First shown and named in ''X-Force'' v.4 # 7. Already decommissioned and abandoned by S.H.I.E.L.D. under unrevealed circumstances in its first appearance, and taken over as a base by X-Force. After Iron Man replaced Maria Hill as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., he designed a new class of Helicarrier whose red and gold design resembles the Iron Man Armor. Hill called it ''Helicarrier Gold'', but Stark considered it ''The'' Helicarrier. This helicarrier was severely damaged and crashed by the Red Hulk, and subsequently commandeered by the Intelligencia (the covert operation of evil super-geniuses that employed the Red Hulk), who renamed it the "Hellcarrier". The main S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier is subsequently disabled by a computer virus unleashed by a Skrull agent posing as Edwin Jarvis, as part of the Secret Invasion. It lands in the Bermuda Triangle. Most of the staff are revealed to be Skrulls. The craft is destroyed by Maria Hill.〔''Secret Invasion'' #3 (August 2008)〕 It is not yet known what criteria S.H.I.E.L.D. uses to name its Helicarriers. S.H.I.E.L.D.'s replacement agency, H.A.M.M.E.R., has decommissioned the surviving Helicarriers,〔''Invincible Iron Man'' #17 (November 2009)〕 with three of them — including the ''Iliad'' and the ''Argonaut'' — being stolen by Nick Fury.〔''Secret Warriors'' #4-5 (July–August 2009)〕 H.A.M.M.E.R. subsequently commissioned at least one new carrier to Norman Osborn's specifications, which was destroyed over Broxton, Oklahoma, during the Siege of Asgard. According to intel gathered by Livewires, 5 Helicarriers are known to have been wrecked,〔''Livewires'' #4 (July 2005)〕 though this data is out of date as several more have been lost since. In the pages of ''Avengers Undercover'', it is shown that the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier Circe has employed some necromancers as part of its personnel as seen when they jam Nico Minoru's spells.〔''Avengers Undercover'' #4〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Helicarrier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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