Coulson on the Fury Files and SHIELD

[ericadawn16]

When Ultimate Spider-Man premiered 15 months ago, they had this segment with most of the shows, The Fury Files, where a hero would be introduced or described in greater depth than most of the episodes allow. I've been waiting for Coulson to be covered ever since. It seemed a bit like a pipe-dream but at the end of the Iron Fist episode, Journey of the Iron Fist, IT HAPPENED!!!!

The Fury Files...Accessing

Fury's Voice: Fury here, I need a special agent for an important Mission but not a superhero. I need a real agent, Agent Coulson. First name: Phil. This tried and true SHIELD agent proves that you don't need super powers to be a hero. You see, while I've got my head in the clouds, Coulson's got his eyes on the ground. I've got him undercover as the school principal at Midtown High. You see, these "kids" could use a little education, a little guidance and a SHIELD certified role model. Coulson might not be as physically strong as the Hulk but don't let his ordinary appearance fool you, Agent Coulson is my right hand man. Hero Approved. Go get 'em. Fury out.



I'm not sure I totally agree with these statistics but it's still cool that they exist. There was no mention of a birthday. For those unfamiliar with Coulson's birthday drama, this is what has happened:

Fandom decided: April 2, 1962 When in doubt, do the actor's birthday.
IMDB: Insists Gregg's birthday is June 29, 1962.
Iron Man 2 Behind the Scenes/The Avengers: July 8, 1964
Phil Coulson Dossier from the iPad App*: April 2, 1965
*This was NOT included in the Briefcase Set which will always be a disappointment.
Marvel at the New York ComiCon: 1969

This is kind of weird because according to Iron Man 3, Tony and Phil would be the same age but that could be fun. It definitely does match up with the 616 Coulson though who seems a little younger than the cinematic counterpart.

So yeah, while most people accept July 8, he doesn't seem to have a firm birthdate and I'm not changing my story timelines yet again...

Also, when I was watching The Avengers last summer, I noticed in his death scene that it looked like Coulson's ear had been pierced at some point. Gregg confirmed earlier this summer that he had pierced his ear but not whether he'd pierced both so I paid extra special attention during Much Ado about Nothing and it is BOTH ears.

Now, between that and Ultimate Spider-Man insisting that Coulson had long hair when he was younger...I want more fic of Coulson's wild younger days...did someone have to make a different call with him?

I can't wait for more of Agents of SHIELD stuff but for now, we have new character features:

Is it just me or does Fitz have a bit of a Ianto or vulnerable Owen vibe? Ooh, he's Scottish! Oh, he needs to be talking all the time...

Comments

[beccadg.livejournal.com]

But I can't be too mad at them since Russell T Davies and company based how they rebooted Doctor Who on how Whedon did Buffy.

Oooh, but RTD and company didn't just "base" New Who/Torchwood off of Buffy. I mean, setting aside any of the arguing about whether or not Rose was just their bad retreading of Charlie from the extended universe stuff produced during the years between Classic Who and New Who, RTD has admitted that Jack Harkness got his last name from the Marvel Comics character Agatha Harkness.

There's a long history of bleed between Doctor Who and Marvel Comics. Marvel Comics introduced the Weird Happenings Organization (W.H.O.) in 1989, and had the founders named Doctor Alistaire Stuart and Brigadier Alysande Stuart. That apparently (the dates are such I should remember it, but) was "entirely replaced" at "collecting alien technologies and specimens for use in combat and gene-splicing with human test subjects" by an organization called Black Air in 1995. (I remember a friend saying when Torchwood started that it wasn't anywhere near as scary as Black Air.) It's only fitting for a Marvel SHIELD team to be interchangeable with a Torchwood one.

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

I assumed that since Rusty named him Jaxx that Moffat named him Harkness because he named Jeff Murdock after Matt Murdock aka Daredevil.

Also, you left out that Marvel was the original publisher of Doctor Who comics.

[beccadg.livejournal.com]

I assumed that since Rusty named him Jaxx that Moffat named him Harkness because he named Jeff Murdock after Matt Murdock aka Daredevil.

Hmm. I'd swear I'd heard RTD claimed that Jack Harkness was named after Agatha, but since I long since stopped trusting the man at all I wouldn't be surprised if Moffat did it. I just know I've heard Jack Harkness got his last name from Agatha.

Also, you left out that Marvel was the original publisher of Doctor Who comics.

I didn't leave it out. It isn't accurate. In the US Marvel Comics only reprinted British done stories, and in the UK Marvel only received the license to print Doctor Who comics after the BBC transferred the license to Marvel's British imprint Marvel UK from Polystyle. Don't get me wrong. I appreciate that Marvel did those reprints in the 80's. I have both the first issue of the Doctor Who monthly from 1984, and the "North American edition of the Sixth Doctor DWM story arc, Voyager in an omnibus graphic novel edition." The graphic novel is one of the reasons Frobisher is a favorite Doctor Who Companion of mine.