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monkeymanD

Shower thought: How would the Agent fit into the greater Marvel universe?

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My agent is usually the most powerful member of my team, often able to single-handedly survive and defeat the most powerful super villains in the Marvel universe. So what does that mean in "story" terms? Are they just an elite SHIELD agent on the level of Hawkeye or Widow? Or has their mastery of weapons, mystical items, empowered suits, etc. made them among the most powerful beings in the universe?

Posted May 10, 2016, 8:41 PM UTC

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RVallant•

I would absolutely laugh my butt off if Playdom made us a worthy. >_>

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Blastov•

I remember from Kang's covers how he described the agent as a being like him: someone who is pivotal to the timeline and exists on a level far beyond his/her peers.

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vishalb777The greatest mod!•

And how Spider-Man 2099 is so excited to work with the agent. Because he knows.

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Blastov•

Yes! I almost forgot about that. It's one of the reasons I like the story in this Spec Ops: the agent is taking centre stage.

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Digifiend84•

Bear in mind, in Avengers Alliance 2 and the defunct game Avengers Alliance Tactics, the Agent has been promoted and is now a Commander. So yeah, our guy is definitely an elite agent, on par with Nick Fury.

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lkyzS.H.I.E.L.D.'s Reddit Division Commander•

I'm a lvl 30 commander, suck it biatch!

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MajinRiley•

God Tactics sucked.

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Phoebvs•

Elite SHIELD field commanders with unrestricted access to WMD-grade gear (we've got the nuke already).

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monkeymanDOP•

That needs to be a comic. The agent getting chastised for using WMD level gear on street level thugs.

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Phoebvs•

Iron Man would advocate collateral damage among criminals as the lesser evil, while Cap would vouch for less non-discriminating, but more lethal approach.

Civil War III

Buff Kate should address that ;-)

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ColeWalski•

Hmmm...go on, I'm listening...

Also, my personal headcanon is that the Agent is a shapeshifter, but only can do change of appearance/gender. Which is partly why I never draw the same Agent twice across different comics.

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Burtgang•

Now that he has been promoted, he's got a metric ton of paperwork to do. All that pencil pushing that Nick does behind the scenes.

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HellblazerPrime•

I take this to mean I'm not the only one who gender-swaps his agent when there's a Females Only daily mission.

... I'm not the only one who does that, right?

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stickyfinga•

Basically Big Boss from MGS5

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Bloomy118•

My head cannon is that the agent was just an ordinary shield agent that was nearby when the ISO fell and as a result of being in close proximity to it often (they are wearing clothes full of it) its given them the ability to master any weapon given to them and the strength, speed, etc... to keep up with heroes like the hulk, QS and Captain America.

In game storywise maybe they are just a very high ranking shield agent that is always on call and is sent with the heroes to all the major events happening and as a result is given access to the high-end weapons so they can handle fighting supers

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