Scorpio (Jake Fury) Jacob "
Jake"
Fury was born in
New York City. As a young man, he came to resent his brother
Nick Fury. As the original Scorpio, he operated as a spy, terrorist, and criminal. Nick later went undercover as Scorpio and took his brother's place in the organization
Zodiac. Scorpio constructed a set of android Zodiac members to serve him in his base at
Belleville, New Jersey. However, his plan was thwarted by the Defenders and he committed suicide through self-inflicted gunshot wound in despair. In the series
Secret Warriors, it is revealed that the Scorpio who died was a clone of Jake Fury created by ancient technology that was the predecessor to the
Life Model Decoy androids. The real Jake had been undercover within
Hydra to help bring about the organization's destruction.
LMD and Jacques LaPoint Scorpio was later revived in an
android body by the Zodiac Key from which he drew his power. The real Jacques LaPoint became the second Scorpio and led the Zodiac until Jake (in his second android body) killed him. Impersonating LaPoint, Fury leads eleven other Zodiac-themed androids to kill and replace the rest of the human Zodiac members, and takes over the organization's criminal operations. Scorpio and the other androids are deactivated after being transported to the Zodiac Key's dimension of origin during a battle with the
West Coast Avengers.
Ecliptic Scorpio Another Scorpio was the leader of Ecliptic's Zodiac team who fought
Alpha Flight and was later massacred by
Malcolm Colcord's
Weapon X team.
Scorpio (Mikel Fury) Mikel Fury, Nick Fury's illegitimate son, has also used the Scorpio identity. Mikel originally believed himself to be Jake Fury's son and used a duplicate of the Zodiac Key to battle his father and
Wolverine. After learning that his mother had lied about his parentage, Mikel reforms, undergoes intensive therapy, and becomes affiliated with S.H.I.E.L.D. After being falsely convinced that the
Punisher had killed Nick, Mikel purses Punisher until he is persuaded to back down and ousted from S.H.I.E.L.D. He makes a brief appearance in
Secret Warriors, issue 11 as the leader from one of Nick's secret independent teams, and is later killed in a mission.
Thanos' Zodiac The sixth Scorpio is an unnamed man with a half-burned face who
Thanos recruited to join his incarnation of the Zodiac. He and the other Zodiac members are killed when Thanos abandons them on the self-destructing
Helicarrier, with
Cancer being the only survivor.
Scorpio (Vernon Fury) Vernon Fury is the grandson of Jacob Fury and the grand-nephew of Nick Fury. After being told stories about the Zodiac Key, Vernon planned to learn what its secrets are. As an adult, Vernon becomes an investor and shareholder of
Parker Industries. With the money he obtained, he forms the sects of Zodiac. Following a premonition from Gemini, he hacks into a satellite owned by S.H.I.E.L.D. which he uses to look into the British Museum. He learns that the
Rosetta Stone contains the Zodiac Grand Orrery. When the planets that are shown in the Zodiac Grand Orrery come into alignment, Scorpio travels to the
Royal Observatory in Greenwich. At the Royal Observatory, Scorpio places the Zodiac Grand Orrery in the prime meridian and opens a secret passageway underground. When Scorpio steps into the door, he sees the events of the next year: the emergence of the Skyspear,
Norman Osborn's latest activity,
Regent's plot, the "
New U" device,
Doctor Octopus' return,
another superhuman civil war, and the
rise of the monsters. Catching Scorpio off guard, Spider-Man punches Scorpio into the doorway and locks it up. Spider-Man suspects that Scorpio has been teleported one year into the future, giving S.H.I.E.L.D. time to prepare for his return. ==Powers and abilities==