SFX 240 PREVIEW Agent Coulson lives in Agents Of SHIELD

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In the latest SFX, producer Jeph Loeb and actor Clark Gregg talk about putting the fan-favourite agent at the centre of the new TV show

Agent Coulson is back for TV's Agents Of SHIELD , coming to TV later this month.

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Jeph Loeb (famous for Smallville and Heroes , now writing and producing for the Marvel spin-off show) says, “I was working on Ultimate Spider-Man , our animated series. Clark Gregg had been on that show for two years. At that time, he leaned over and said to me, 'Hey, Coulson lives after The Avengers movie in a television series?' I said, ‘He could but people don’t know you are dead yet, so let’s see how that plays.’ Then [ Avengers ] became the third largest movie of all time and Coulson became one of the most beloved characters. Then I sat with Joss and talked about it and here we are today. This to me is unbelievable.”

Tara Bennett

Read more about Agents Of SHIELD (airing on Channel 4 on Fridays from 27 September), in the new issue of SFX , on sale Wednesday 18 September, in print and in digital .

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Dave was once the Group Editor-in-Chief for Future's film group, but now he's the COO of Pocket Gamer and Pocket Gamer Biz. He also freelances for SFX Magazine and hosts the Robby The Robot's Waiting podcast with a couple of friends.