Alexander Pierce/New York Time Heist

Alexander Goodwin Pierce is a high-ranking S.H.I.E.L.D. member and a leader of HYDRA. After the Battle of New York, Pierce confronted the Avengers, demanding Loki and the Tesseract to be handed over to them, but Loki ended up escaping.
== Contents ==
* Biography
* Confrontation with the Avengers
* Relationships
* Allies
* Enemies
* Behind the Scenes
* References
* External Links
== Biography ==
=== Confrontation with the Avengers ===
In 2012, in the aftermath of the Battle of New York, Pierce arrived at Stark Tower with several HYDRA operatives under the guise of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as per the original timeline, intending to acquire Loki, the Scepter, and the Tesseract. Pierce conversed with the 2012 versions of Thor and Tony Stark as Thor noted that Loki, an Asgardian war criminal, would be served justice on Asgard by Odin.
Pierce refused to listen to Thor and ordered Stark to hand over Loki and the artifacts to S.H.I.E.L.D., even having a small scuffle with Stark over the Tesseract's briefcase. Suddenly, Stark fell into cardiac arrest. As Pierce and several of the surrounding agents tended to the dying Stark, requesting medical attention, a man posing as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent took possession of the Tesseract, only to be knocked aside by Hulk and causing the Tesseract to fall into Loki's possession. The surrounding onlookers, including Pierce, were aghast when Loki suddenly vanished, teleporting away and escaping from S.H.I.E.L.D. confinement.
== Relationships ==
=== Allies ===
* HYDRA
** List
** Jasper Sitwell - Subordinate
** STRIKE - Subordinates
*** Brock Rumlow
*** Jack Rollins	
=== Enemies ===
* S.H.I.E.L.D. - Subordinates
** Nick Fury
* Loki
* Avengers
** Tony Stark/Iron Man
** Thor
== Behind the Scenes ==
* Screenwriters Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus originally proposed to have Nick Fury or Maria Hill fill in Alexander Pierce's scene of Avengers: Endgame if Robert Redford had been unavailable, as he had retired from acting since the release of The Old Man & the Gun.
* John Posey was a reader for the role of Alexander Pierce in Avengers: Endgame.
== References ==
# ↑ Jump up to:1.0 1.1 Avengers: Endgame
# ↑ ‘Avengers: Endgame’: The Screenwriters Answer Every Question You Might Have
== External Links ==
* Alexander Pierce on Marvel Database
* Alexander Pierce on Wikipedia