Phil Coulson
Phil Coulson is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Phil Coulson was a male human who was born in the modern age.
Whilst in the U.S. Army, he came to meet a fellow recruit named Marcus Johnson with the two being close friends. The pair came to be deployed in Afghanistan where they served together and fought the Taliban. The conflict escalated during the events of Fear Itself when the power of the Serpent affected the world. (Battle Scars v1 #1)
Coulson came to date a K Street lobbyist named Lola Daniels who unknown to him was a telepathic spy sent by the Department of Defense. During their time together, she came to extract information from Coulson's mind on how to potentially defeat numerous major superheroes due to Phil's expertise on superhumans. Lola would later break up with Coulson before marriage once her mission had been fulfilled. All of the intel extracted from Coulson's mind was eventually used to create the Quantum Drive. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. v1 #2)
He was later brought into Director Johnsons Secret Avengers unit where he conducted the briefing of Hawkeye and the Black Widow Natasha Romanoff in order to recruit them into the covert-mission team. (Secret Avengers v2 #1) Afterwards, he conducted the meeting with Taskmaster after S.H.I.E.L.D. had freed the mercenary from his prison on Bagalia. (Secret Avengers v2 #2) The Secret Avengers initiative continued even after Maria hill came to be the new Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. where Agent Coulson was sent to recruit James Rhodes into the operation. (Secret Avengers v2 #6) Afterwards, the planet was invaded by the forces of the Mad Titan Thanos with this event seeing the detonation of the Terrigen Bomb that activated the Inhuman genes amongst the human populace. As a result, a number of people gained superpowers due to one of their ancestors having been an Inhuman. Among them was S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Sarah Garza who was used as a superhuman operative with her being sent alongside Agent Coulson and Fury to fight the alien invaders. (Secret Avengers v2 #10) They were then besieged upon by a newly activated Inhuman who had power over technology and metal with him blaming superheroes for the constant damage to the world. Coulson and the S.H.I.E.L.D. team managed to regroup where they attempted to calm the Inhuman Gavrel in order for him to stand down. However, he refused and attacked Nick Fury, Jr. with Agent Coulson attempting to save his friend. Ultimately, Sarah Garza entered into the fray where she disarmed Gavrel but then he was shot in the head by Fury in order to neutralise the threat posed by the man. (Secret Avengers v2 #11)
Coulson reached out to his former fiancée Lola Daniels after discovering she was attached to a project stolen from the Pentagon by a mysterious person wearing a counterfeit Iron Man Armor. The project turned out to be a database named the Quantum Drive which contained highly sensitive plans on how to take out every super hero on Earth. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. v1 #1) This data created was actually the information stolen from Coulson's knowledge of super heroes, retrieved directly from his mind years ago by Lola using her secret telepathic powers. In order to atone for her past actions, and because the Department of Defense did not want it in the wrong hands either, Lola helped Coulson learn the time and date when an auction for the Quantum Drive was going to be held. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. v1 #2) Once his agents investigated the place of the auction, Barbuda, Coulson infiltrated the island posing as Wolverine. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. v1 #3) While the D.O.D.'s operative John Walker won the auction, Coulson stole the drive from him and his agents got their hands on it. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. v1 #4) However, Coulson was immediately attacked and captured by the counterfeit Iron Man, who turned out to be Coulson's former partner Grant Ward, and now an agent of Hydra. Ward additionally kidnapped Lola, and forced her to extract once again the information used to make the Axiom Protocols so they could be replicated. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. v1 #5) While Hydra launched several attacks on super heroes using more knock-off Iron Man suits funded with the profit from the auction, Coulson escaped imprisonment and attempted to stop Ward and his master, Gorgon. Coulson and Lola were soon rescued by Coulson's agents and several super heroes. Ward and Gorgon were eventually defeated, but Lola was killed in the middle of the battle. This incident involving the Axiom Protocols also damaged the trust between Coulson and his team, as they realized Coulson hadn't merely thought of protocols against super heroes, but also his closest allies. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. v1 #6)
Upon his return, he operated as the Agent that worked on behalf of the U.S. government in the time when S.H.I.E.L.D. had been disbanded. He was charged with assembling a super-powered team that would oversee U.S. interests leading to him gathering the Squadron Supreme of America. (Avengers v8 #10)
Coulson later went to his local comic shop as he was a collector of comic books when he discovered someone spying on him. This turned out to be Taskmaster who managed to knock Coulson out but not before he could call Hyperion to save him. The Squadron Supreme member then managed to badly injure Taskmaster but the mercenary used an arrow containing Argonite radiation to weaken his foe and knock him out. Taskmaster then departed the scene as he was only trailing Coulson in order to get his kinesic signature for a mission. (Taskmaster v3 #2)
Overview
Personality and attributes
His friend Marcus Johnson gave him the nickname Cheese. (Battle Scars v1 #1) When working for the U.S. government, he came to be known as the Agent. (Avengers v8 #10)
He often went to the comic shop on Wednesdays where he collected the latest releases as he was an avid collector of comic books. (Taskmaster v3 #2)
However, his personality seemingly suffered a large shift as a result of his death as he came to despise superheroes. He concluded that his idol worship of them had been in vain and that they had done more damage to the world. Thus, he came to consider the likes of Iron Man as a jerk and Captain America a traitor with him working with the U.S. government in combating them. (Avengers v8 #11)
Coulson's best friend was Marcus Johnson with the two having served together in the military. (Battle Scars v1 #1)
At one point, Coulson had dated Lola Daniels who was seemingly a K Street lobbyist. Unknown to him, she was actually a spy from the U.S. Department of Defense with telepathic abilities sent to retrieve information from Phil's mind. He came to propose to her which she initially accepted leading to Lola becoming Phil's fiancée. Once her mission was complete, she came to breakup with Coulson before they could get married. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. v1 #2)
Powers and abilities
This knowledge of the weaknesses of Earth's various heroes was known as the Coulson Protocols. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. v1 #5)
Coulson came to be chosen to be the host of the newly formed Death Stone which brought him back from the dead. (Thanos Annual v3 #1) As Avatar of Death, Coulson can divides his consciousness into various places at once, wherever and whenever someone will meet their death and can also liberate the soul or spirit of a living being, to then sent them to the afterlife. Even though he doesn't yet fully have understanding and control over this newfound ability. Coulson can attack his opponents with dark energy that comes out of both of his hands. This energy can cause excruciating pain to their bodies and can even kill them if he did not stop it immediately. (Moon Knight Annual v5 #1)
As a S.H.I.E.L.D. operative, Phil Coulson was a Level 7 agent. (Deadpool v6 #26)
Notes
- Phil Coulson was an original creator for the Marvel Cinematic Universe who was created by Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway where he was portrayed by actor Clark Gregg.
- The character was adapted into Marvel Comics by Chris Yost, Cullen Bunn, Matt Fraction and Scot Eaton where he made his first appearance in Battle Scars v1 #1 (January, 2012).
Alternate Versions
- In Secret Wars: Agents of Atlas v1 (2015), a version of Phil Coulson survived on Battleworld in the realm of Metropolitio that was ruled by Baron Zemo. On this realm, Coulson was Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. with the peacekeeping agency serving Baron Zemo in his tyrannical rule. However, Coulson was secretly supporting the Agents of Atlas by ensuring that they were not caught.
In other media
Television
- In Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Phil Coulson starred as one of the leading protagonists set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and was once again portrayed by actor Clark Gregg.
- In Ultimate Spider-Man, Phil Coulson was a supporting character in the animated series where he was voiced by actor Clark Gregg.
Films
- In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phil Coulson was introduced into the shared continuity of the live-action films.
- In Iron Man, Phil Coulson was first created and introduced in the live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Clark Gregg.
- In Thor, Phil Coulson returned in the live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Clark Gregg.
- In Avengers, Phil Coulson returned in the live-action film where he was once again portrayed by actor Clark Gregg.
Video games
- In Marvel: Avengers Alliance, Agent Coulson made a number of appearances in the Facebook video game.
- In Marvel Heroes, Agent Coulson appeared in multiple instances in the MMORPG where he provided briefings to the player.
- In Marvel: War of Heroes, Phil Coulson appeared in multiple cards in the video game.
- In Marvel: Future Fight, Phil Coulson appeared as a playable character in the video game.
- In Marvel Puzzle Quest, Phil Coulson appeared as a playable character in the setting of the mobile video game.
Appearances
- Battle Scars v1: (2012)
- Secret Avengers v2:
- Secret Avengers v3:
- S.H.I.E.L.D. v3:
- Avengers v8:
- Taskmaster v3: (2020)
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