{"id":24092,"date":"2020-10-15T17:50:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T17:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propstore.com\/?p=24092"},"modified":"2021-03-25T14:54:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T14:54:04","slug":"shieldblog2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propstore.com\/blog\/shieldblog2\/","title":{"rendered":"An Expanded Universe: Finding References in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."},"content":{"rendered":"

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is the ultimate convergence point of a shared universe. One which features characters, plots and items completely of its own creation, but one which also includes many references to both the 80 years of Marvel Comics history as well as over a decade of films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. <\/b><\/p>\n

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Since the moment the intelligence agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D. first appeared in Marvel Comics in the pages of Strange Tales #135 (August 1965), it already felt as though it was steeped in a complex history. The main reason for this is also the most obvious: Nick Fury. Having already been depicted for several years in the pages of the World War II comic \u201cSgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos\u201d, this book modernized and reinvented the gruff soldier as the newly-minted Director of the super-spy organization. Sporting a weathered new look and mysterious eyepatch, Fury led a team of agents who were equipped with weapons and gadgets partially supplied by another face familiar to Marvel readers: Tony Stark. Placed in charge of the \u201cSpecial Weaponry\u201d division, Stark made sure to provide the tools of the super spy trade with all the flair befitting the character.<\/p>\n

Starting with the flying car.<\/p>\n

The Low-Orbit Liftoff Automobile, or L.O.L.A., as seen in the series is similar to the hovercar designed by Stark Industries in Marvel Comics,\u00a0 featuring a dashboard full of light-up switches which allowed agents to control the vehicle. Decades later one of these cars became Phil Coulson\u2019s preferred mode of transportation in Marvel\u2019s Agents of .S.H.I.E.L.D., earning it a permanent parking space in the back of \u201cThe Bus\u201d, his team\u2019s mobile command station.<\/p>\n

While the sleek design of L.O.L.A. made her the envy of all readers, in some situations a group like S.H.I.E.L.D. needs function as well as form. Because of this, agents in the comics were almost always seen wearing classic blue jumpsuits with ranking stripes and a S.H.I.E.L.D. insignia on one arm. These jumpsuits are featured on the show\u2019s seventh season, when Coulson\u2019s team travels back to the 1970s to meet their historical counterparts. Back in the modern era, these costumes have been updated with a modernized, tactical look worn by agents such as Melinda May and Mike Peterson.<\/p>\n

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Nick Fury’s NF300 Needle Gun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As for the fashion of Fury himself, being Director has its privileges. Dressing in the all black wardrobe seen in his \u201cUltimate Universe\u201d comic incarnation, he is at home both behind the wheel of a Helicarrier and as the stealth lone operative he becomes when turning S.H.I.E.L.D. over to Phil Coulson at the end of Season 1. One of Fury\u2019s most iconic weapons from his early comic appearances, a NF-300 Needle Gun, capable of incapacitating targets from a great distance, is visible behind Coulson\u2019s desk after he assumes directorship. This gun is the clear inspiration for Leo Fitz\u2019s slew of non-lethal field weapons deployed throughout the show including the \u201cNight-Night\u201d rifle and pistols as well as the more advanced \u201cI.C.E.R.\u201d guns from later seasons. And even items used by other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, such as Bobbi \u201cMockingbird\u201d Morse\u2019s signature battle batons, are direct references to the characters\u2019 Marvel Comics counterparts.<\/p>\n

All of this gear and weaponry look cool, but in the face of threats such as the ones S.H.I.E.L.D. faces on a regular basis, they are essential.<\/p>\n

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Left to right: Phil Coulson’s 1970s S.H.I.E.L.D. Jumpsuit Costume, Bobbi ‘Mockingbird’ Morse’s Costume with Batons, Melinda May’s S.H.I.E.L.D. Costume<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the Marvel Comics villains whose history stretches back even farther than S.H.I.E.L.D. is Carl Creel, a criminal who goes by the name \u201cAbsorbing Man\u201d and can mimic any element he touches. For his debut episode on the series, he swings a metal chain with a ball attached to it, a reference to the wrecking ball he uses as his primary weapon in the comics. Other classic villains from the comics appear on the show and are invariably linked to their Marvel Comics iterations through their costuming or weaponry. When Angar the Screamer, a man with superpowered vocal chords, first appears, he is a prisoner in a metal mask which prevents him from using his power. Similarly, when Coulson\u2019s team joins Asgardian warrior Lady Sif in an attempt to capture fugitive Lorelei, an enchanted necklace must be used to keep her from employing her magical vocal powers. This encounter with otherworldly beings was the first of its kind for Phil Coulson\u2019s team, but it certainly wouldn\u2019t be the last.<\/p>\n

In Season 5, the team are transported to a futuristic space station run by members of the Kree, an alien race which were first discovered by the Fantastic Four in the comics. These aliens wear unique jackets and boots and carry an array of weapons which feature prominently in Marvel Studios films or Marvel Cinematic Universe such as \u201cMarvel Studios\u2019 Guardians the Galaxy\u201d and \u201cMarvel Studios\u2019 Captain Marvel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once they\u2019ve returned to Earth, the team face their greatest threat yet. When their former government liaison, General Glenn Talbot, is exposed to an unstable element called gravitonium, he transforms into Graviton, a villain best known in the comics for single-handedly taking on The Avengers. Wearing a costume heavily influenced by the one he dons in the pages of Marvel Comics, his attempt to place the planet under his complete control is thwarted by S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Daisy Johnson, aka Quake, an Inhuman member of Coulson\u2019s team who wears a supersuit with power gauntlets that help regulate the immense seismic power she possesses.<\/p>\n

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Daisy Johnson’s First Iteration Quake Costume<\/figcaption><\/figure>The references to Marvel Comics and their cinematic counterparts are plentiful throughout all seven seasons of Marvel\u2019s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. When a character like Agent Peggy Carter, a hero from \u201cMarvel Studios\u2019 Captain America: The First Avenger\u201d and the Agent Carter TV series, as well as founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D. passes away, her obituary carries as much pain for Phil Coulson as it does for Steve Rogers himself in \u201cMarvel Studios\u2019 Captain America: Civil War.\u201d\u00a0 When the Darkhold, a cursed book of spells which once was featured in its own comic series, disappears from S.H.I.E.L.D., it reappears in Season 3 of \u201cMarvel\u2019s Runaways\u201d. Throughout its history on the page, on the screen, and on your TV, S.H.I.E.L.D. has become known to fans across all platforms as a force which is both indispensable and uniquely enjoyable, with many Easter Eggs to hunt for.<\/p>\n

As Captain America himself once said, \u201cI understood that reference\u201d<\/p>\n

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