Draft:S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division, better known by its acronym S.H.I.E.L.D., is an intelligence agency founded by Peggy Carter, Howard Stark, and Chester Phillips following World War II as the successor to the Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR). High-ranking agents and scientists throughout S.H.I.E.L.D.'s early history include Hank Pym, Janet Van Dyne, Arnim Zola, and Bill Foster.
History and formation
[edit]Pym and van Dyne operated covertly as the Ant-Man and the Wasp on behalf of S.H.I.E.L.D. from the 1960s until van Dyne's disappearance in 1987 and Pym's resignation in 1989, respectively. In the early 21st century, Nick Fury was promoted to the position of Director by Secretary Alexander Pierce, who was secretly working for Hydra. In 2010, Agent Phil Coulson was sent to speak with Tony Stark and Pepper Potts following his kidnapping in Afghanistan, but before he could do so Stark became involved in a battle with Obadiah Stane in an advanced armored suit. Later, in a press conference, Stark publicly declares himself as "Iron Man", prompting Fury to approach him on the "Avengers Initiative". S.H.I.E.L.D. was also involved in an attack by an army of unmanned drones at the Stark Expo, monitored the activity of Dr. Bruce Banner, witnessed the arrival of Thor in Puente Antiguo, New Mexico, and recovered the long-lost body of Captain America. In 2012, Fury assembled a team which consisted of six extraordinary individuals known as the Avengers in response to the theft of the Tesseract by Loki, leading to the Battle of New York. Following the incident, Fury secretly revives Coulson (who was killed by Loki) via Project T.A.H.I.T.I.,[1] while Rogers joins S.H.I.E.L.D..
In 2014, during the Hydra uprising, Hydra was revealed to have been secretly infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D. for years, culminating in the destruction of the Triskelion, three Helicarriers, and Project Insight, along with the collapse of both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra.
In 2015, S.H.I.E.L.D. was secretly revived by Coulson and Fury, the latter assisting the Avengers during the Battle of Sokovia.
In 2024, S.H.I.E.L.D. created a stealth suit for Peter Parker and an agent gave it to him when he was in Europe.
It appeared in the films Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man: Far From Home and Black Widow; the Marvel One-Shots The Consultant, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer, Item 47, and Agent Carter; as well as the ABC series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Disney+ series What If...?.
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, S.H.I.E.L.D. was founded by Strategic Scientific Reserve agent Peggy Carter, along with Chester Phillips and Howard Stark in the 1950s. It was later revealed in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, that S.H.I.E.L.D. was infiltrated by Hydra since its formation. When Hydra emerges in 2014, S.H.I.E.L.D. is labeled as a terrorist organization while most of its non-Hydra members leave S.H.I.E.L.D. to work the private sector or go off the grid. In the finale of the first season of the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury charges Phil Coulson with rebuilding the organization as the new director.
Notable members
[edit]Directors
[edit]Known directors include:
- Peggy Carter – Co-founder of S.H.I.E.L.D.; First known director. Deceased.
- Nick Fury – Faked his death after S.H.I.E.L.D's fall and appointed Phil Coulson as his successor.
- Phil Coulson – Deceased.
- Jeffrey Mace – Appointed in the wake of the Sokovia Accords and S.H.I.E.L.D. being made a legitimate organization again. Deceased.
- Daisy Johnson / Skye / Quake –
- Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie – Handpicked by Johnson after Coulson retired.
?
[edit]- Howard Stark – co-founder of S.H.I.E.L.D. Deceased.
- Chester Phillips – co-founder of S.H.I.E.L.D. Deceased.
- Alexander Pierce – Secretary of S.H.I.E.L.D. Deceased.
Agents
[edit]- Maria Hill – Field agent; former deputy director; had Level 9 Security Clearance before S.H.I.E.L.D. was taken down. Deceased.
- Agent 60 – In contact with Coulson's team.
- Barbour – Stationed at the Hub.
- Baylin – Stationed at the Hub.
- Tomas Calderon – Member of the "Real S.H.I.E.L.D."
- Goodman – Doctor; participated in experiments on GH-325 and in Phil Coulson's resurrection.
- Billy Koenig – Stationed at secret base Playground.
- Sam Koenig – Stationed at secret base Playground.
- Jazuat – Doctor; stationed at S.H.I.E.L.D. Trauma Zentrum in Zurich, Switzerland.
- Jones – Stationed at the Hub.
- Mack – Undercover trucker.
- Mike Peterson / Deathlok – Former test subject for Project Centipede and slave of John Garrett and Hydra. Now a member of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Elena "Yo–Yo" Rodriguez – Inhuman field agent with ability to move at super speed for the duration of one heartbeat before returning to her starting point. Member of the Secret Warriors.
- Katherine Shane – Undercover specialist.
- Shade – Stationed at the Hub.
- Shaw – Undercover specialist; stationed at the Hub.
- Streiten – Doctor; participated in Phil Coulson's resurrection.
- Tyler – Mechanic aboard helicarrier; later field agent.
- Anne Weaver – Director of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy of Science and Technology; member of the "Real S.H.I.E.L.D."
- Akela Amador – Undercover operative prior to being kidnapped by Project Centipede/Hydra organization. Freed from their control by Phil Coulson's group. Incarcerated.
- Linda Avery – Field agent who discovered Skye as an infant. Deceased.
- Clint Barton / Hawkeye – Assassin and skilled marksman with an exceptional ability in archery; founding member of the Avengers. Level 7 Security Clearance.
- Laura Barton – Espionage agent.
- Felix Blake – Espionage agent; went rogue after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s collapse and joined the Watchdogs. Status Unknown.
- Roger Browning – Stationed at a S.H.I.E.L.D. containment facility; went freelance after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s fall; killed by Carl Creel while trying to sell classified information.
- Lincoln Campbell – Inhuman doctor and field agent with ability to generate electrical charges; member of the Secret Warriors. Deceased.
- Mitchell Carson – Former Head of Defense at S.H.I.E.L.D.; now a member of Hydra.
- Sharon Carter / Agent 13 – Espionage agent; now a member of the CIA.
- Chaimson – Stationed at the Hub. Deceased.
- Sebastian Derik – Assassin; test subject for GH-325; arrested after killing other GH-325 test subjects.
- Leopold "Leo" Fitz – Weapons, gadgets, and cutting-edge technology, Level 5 Clearance;[2] Engineer[3]
- Bill Foster – Scientist; fired by Hank Pym.
- Robert Gonzales – An elderly high-ranking S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent, tactician, commander of the Iliad, and founder of the "Real S.H.I.E.L.D."; Deceased.
- Franklin Hall – Former S.H.I.E.L.D. instructor; discovered gravitonium.
- Joey Gutierrez – Inhuman construction worker and field agent with ability to manipulate metal objects; member of the Secret Warriors.
- Victoria Hand – Director of the Hub. Deceased.
- Isabelle "Izzy" Hartley[4] – Undercover specialist; member of "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D. Deceased.
- Lance Hunter – Decorated former member of SAS who joined his old friend Agent Hartley in doing mercenary work for Coulson's reconstituted S.H.I.E.L.D.; formally joined S.H.I.E.L.D. after avenging Hartley's death. Disavowed status.
- Cameron Klein / Hank Thompson – Field agent; test subject for GH-325; had memories erased and retired to civilian life.
- Eric Koenig – Communications agent; stationed at hidden base Providence. Deceased.
- Jacobson – Stationed at the Hub. Deceased.
- Richard Lumley – Field agent who discovered Skye as an infant; faked death and went off the grid.
- Melinda May – Ace pilot and combat expert, Level 7 Security Clearance, a.k.a. "the Cavalry"; Retired.[5] Administrator[3]
- Barbara "Bobbi" Morse[6] – Espionage agent; founding member of the "Real S.H.I.E.L.D."; a.k.a. Mockingbird. Disavowed status.
- Oliver – Member of the "Real S.H.I.E.L.D." Deceased.
- Kara Lynn Palamas / Agent 33 – Espionage agent; brainwashed by Daniel Whitehall. Deceased.
- Benjamin "Benny" Pollack – Bank robber recruited into S.H.I.E.L.D. R&D Think Tank. Whereabouts unknown.
- Prescod — Field agent who uncovers the Skrulls' invasion. Deceased.
- Hank Pym / Ant-Man – Scientist and field operative.[7]
- Quan Chen – Field agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Deceased.
- Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow – Assassin and undercover spy; founding member of the Avengers; one of the few agents with known Level 10 Security Clearance. Deceased.
- Steve Rogers / Captain America – Field operative; leader and founding member of the Avengers. Level 8 Security Clearance. Whereabouts unknown; likely deceased.
- Lewis Seaver – Test subject for GH-325. Deceased.
- Erik Selvig – Astrophysicist; originally recruited for Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. to study the Tesseract.
- Jemma Simmons – Life scientist; Xenobiologist (both human and alien),[2] Level 5 Clearance, Bio–chemist.[3]
- Daniel Sousa – Chief of S.H.I.E.L.D. West Coast in the 1950s. Originally deceased but was saved by Phil Coulson. Joined Daisy Johnson.
- Tony Stark / Iron Man – S.H.I.E.L.D. Advisor; founding member of the Avengers. Deceased.
- Ava Starr / Ghost – Former field agent. Whereabouts unknown.
- Elihas Starr – Scientist; fired by Hank Pym. Deceased.
- Rebecca Stevens / Janice Robbins – Stationed at the Triskelion; test subject for GH-325. Deceased.
- Antoine "Trip" Triplett – Field operative. Deceased.
- Janet van Dyne / Wasp – Scientist and field operative.[7]
- Noelle Walters – Team leader in Europe. Deceased.
- Claire Wise – Accomplice of Benny Pollack; became apprentice of Agent Felix Blake. Whereabouts unknown.
Hydra sleeper agents
[edit]- Hauer – Freed Werner Reinhardt (Marvel Cinematic Universe) from custody.
- John Garrett – Field operative; Hydra double agent known as the "Clairvoyant"; prototype Deathlok. Deceased.
- Kaminsky – Helicopter pilot; Presumed deceased after being buried in a collapsing Hydra base by May.
- Jack Rollins – Member of S.T.R.I.K.E.; Whereabouts unknown; presumed deceased.
- Brock Rumlow – Leader of S.T.R.I.K.E.; Deceased.
- Jasper Sitwell – Espionage agent; Deceased.
- Grant Ward – Black ops specialist; Level 7 Security Clearance; Deceased.[8]
- Arnim Zola – Hydra scientist recruited during Operation Paperclip following World War II; restarted Hydra within S.H.I.E.L.D. Deceased.
Units
[edit]Phil Coulson's team
[edit]Robert Gonzales' faction
[edit]S.T.R.I.K.E.
[edit]Special Tactical Reserve for International Key Emergencies, also known as S.T.R.I.K.E., is a unit of S.H.I.E.L.D. led by Steve Rogers, but also infiltrated by Hydra moles such as Brock Rumlow. A glimpse of S.H.I.E.L.D. records in The Avengers show that Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton were partnered together under S.T.R.I.K.E. Team Delta.[9]
It appeared in the films Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Avengers: Endgame; as well as the Disney+ series What If...?.
Facilities
[edit]See also
[edit]References
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- ^ a b Roots, Kimberly (October 1, 2012). "S.H.I.E.L.D. Scoop: Meet the Members of Joss Whedon's New ABC Pilot!". TVLine. Archived from the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
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- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (October 24, 2012). "Ming-Na To Star In Joss Whedon's ABC Pilot 'Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D.'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
- ^ Stanhope, Kate (August 19, 2014). "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Recruits Adrianne Palicki to Play Marvel Character". TVGuide.com. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
- ^ a b Nicholson, Matt (June 22, 2015). "Ant-Man Set And Edit Bay Visit: Making Marvel's Underdog Movie Page 3 of 3". IGN. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- ^ "Agent Grant Ward: Declassified". Facebook. July 9, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
- ^ "The Avengers Secretly Set Up Black Widow's Solo Movie". Screen Rant. 14 April 2019. Retrieved May 9, 2021.