8. What Exactly Is The World Security Council?
During The Avengers, we saw Nick Fury chatting to the World Security Council several times, a mysterious organisation fronted by shadowy individuals played by Powers Boothe, Jenny Agutter (strangely), Arthur Darbinyan and Donald Li. Going by the discussions between Fury and the leaders, they certainly appear to outrank S.H.I.E.L.D., so many have speculated that perhaps the Council is a UN-esque international outfit capable of making sweeping decisions across the board (even if Fury ended up defying their orders). Are they the "next level", who in effect helped assemble S.H.I.E.L.D.? Given that Agutter has been confirmed to appear in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we just might find out a little more about this powerful yet small collective of people, even if an explanation will likely only drive us to ask an even more pressing question - who created the World Security Council?