Al MacKenzie

For other people named Al MacKenzie, see Al MacKenzie (disambiguation).

Al MacKenzie
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #3 (Aug 1988)
Created by	Bob Harras and Paul Neary
In-story information
Alter ego	Alphonso MacKenzie
Team affiliations	S.H.I.E.L.D. C.I.A.

Al MacKenzie is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

Al MacKenzie first appeared in Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #3 (August 1988), and was created by Bob Harras and Paul Neary.

The character subsequently appears in Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1-7 (September 1989-January 1990).

Al MacKenzie received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #4.

Fictional character biography

Al MacKenzie was born in Austin, Texas. He was once the CIA liaison to S.H.I.E.L.D. He became romantically involved with Contessa Valentina Allegra di Fontaine after a while, which led to an estrangement between him and Nick Fury. Because of this, he returned to the CIA with the Contessa.

MacKenzie later joined the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization full-time, and spent considerable time as the senior liaison officer to the C.I.A. Subsequently, under unknown circumstances, MacKenzie resigned from S.H.I.E.L.D., and wrote a "tell-all" book entitled UnSHIELDed: an Unauthorized Insider's Look Behind the World's Most Powerful Global Spy Network, which purportedly explained some of the history behind the organization from his point of view. Since then, he also acted as an unofficial source to Ben Urich, prodding Urich and Jessica Jones to attempt to expose Fury's unauthorized mission to Latveria.

In other media

Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie appears in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., portrayed by Henry Simmons. He is depicted as an African-American mechanic and engineer who is recruited into the newly rebuilt S.H.I.E.L.D. by Phil Coulson after the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. He is also old friends with Barbara "Bobbi" Morse. In the episode "One of Us," it is revealed that he and Bobbi are secretly associated with "the real S.H.I.E.L.D." In the episode "One Door Closes," it was revealed that Mack was on the S.H.I.E.L.D. aircraft carrier Iliad at the time when the Hydra infiltrators made their move. He and Robert Gonzales were saved by Bobbi Morse and Isabelle Hartley. Mackenzie, though close friends with the Inhuman S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Daisy Johnson, is quite distrustful of Inhumans. In the episode "Closure," Phil Coulson appoints Mack as interim director.