Agents of SHIELD: A Further Thought on "Maveth" and its Consequences (SPOILERS in the Comments)

[dewline]

I know that Marvel's comics division has launched Howling Commandos of SHIELD as a way of crossing military/espionage and action-adventure with "supernatural" topics and characters. It's an entertaining experiment to read, and not a direction I'd have ever expected them to take the likes of Dugan and Sitwell (the latter of whose comics version has traditionally been far more heroic than depicted in the recent movies).

But after watching "Maveth", I'm wondering about the idea of mixing influences as diverse as Fleming, Steranko and Lovecraft on TV like this. Lovecraft in particular comes to mind after watching the closing tag scene.

And I think I will leave my commentary at that. You can take it further in the comments, of course, and I hope you do.

Comments

[neowolf2.livejournal.com]

Charles Stross's Laundry stories mix the supernatural and spycraft (and IT bureaucracy). The novel "The Jennifer Morgue" combines Lovecraftian monstrosities and Bond homage. Quite fun.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Wondering if antipope might not be a good addition to the writers' room at AoSHIELD for the rest of this year, and perhaps into the next, depending on their plans...?

[neowolf2.livejournal.com]

His LJ account is 'autopope' now.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Correction accepted with thanks!

(Of course, now that you've replied, I can't correct my mistake.)