If you were left a quivering wreck by Agent Phil Coulson's demise at the hands of Loki in The Avengers, you'll no doubt be delighted by the news coming out of the New York Comic Con today, with Marvel Head of Television Jeph Loeb, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige and writer-director / creative consultant Joss Whedon revealing that Clark Gregg has signed on to headline ABC's upcoming S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series."We all love Clark Gregg, there's no doubt about that," stated Joss Whedon, who appeared on screen during the Saturday's Marvel Television Presents panel. "From before we made The Avengers, we discussed whether there was a way for him to be a part of the Marvel Universe, perhaps a part of a TV show even after his death. … The fact of the matter is, as much as we love him, now that I'm really running Marvel, I like to keep a type of artistic integrity, which means we don't stretch the bounds of reality... He's headlining the S.H.I.E.L.D. show and always was."
It is of course unclear at this point in time just how Coulson might make his triumphant return from the dead [the series being a prequel seems to be the most logical explanation], although Gregg did offer up a few suggestions: "'Have you heard of a Life Model Decoy?' I don't know if you've read the theories from the people on Twitter, but there's this guy called the Vision. I don't know if you saw the UK version of the DVD, but the blade wasn't coming out of his chest. There's a tesseract!"
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