8 Ways The Marvel Cinematic Universe Has Ruined Marvel Comics

6. Agent Coulson

Following his brief appearance in Iron Man, Agent Phil Coulson quickly became a fan-favourite character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and his death in The Avengers left fans devastated (until Marvel robbed that scene of the impact it had by resurrecting him for the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show). It wasn't until 2012 that he made his comic book debut, but it happened in the most ridiculous and nonsensical way possible. When Battle Scars introduced a friend of Marcus Johnson (more on him later) called "Cheese", he bore very little resemblance to Coulson in terms of personality or appearance. However, just like Marcus became Nick Fury by the time that series wrapped up, so too had Cheese suddenly been transformed into Agent Coulson. Since then, Marvel has done their utmost to make him every bit as likeable and snarky as the TV version. There were many ways Marvel could have brought Coulson into the comics, but the way they ended up handling it was just embarrassing. Pretty much the entire cast of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. have been shoehorned into this world though, including May, Fitz, and Simmons. It doesn't matter than it makes zero sense that we've seen none of them before now of course; Marvel just wanted to launch a new S.H.I.E.L.D. series!