The return of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. left us with a lot of burning questions after the action and drama packed Aftershocks episode.
Who is the eyeless mystery man who can teleport?
In the mid-season finale we saw this man with no eyes holding an obelisk similar to the one that transformed Skye and Raina into Inhumans so he must be one too?
In this week’s episode it was confirmed via flashback that he is named Gordon was taken in by Skye’s mother shortly after his transformation. It was a tender, tragic moment as the changed man kept teleporting uncontrollably and couldn’t understand why he could not see anything.
Then in the final moments Raina was about to kill herself when Gordon teleported off with her.
So who is he?
Zero? A co-worker immediately remembered this member of the Mutant Liberation Front from the New Mutants/X-Force era. But Fox controls the screen rights to everything mutant right? Zero (Ambient Energy Dampening Actualization Unit Zero or Adam Unit Zero) was actually a silent android Cable brought with him from the future.
Reader? This was an eyeless man introduced in Inhuman #3. Reader’s gift is that anything he reads becomes real. His power was so dangerous and uncontrollable his eyes were taken out but can still use his power via braille scripts on his uniform. Reader is a rogue who lives among humans and works for Ennilux, a sinister corporation run by an ancient Inhuman. Reader tracks and sells younger Inhumans to the company.
In a recent story Reader sold a young NuHuman to the Ennilux Capo but frees her upon learning the ancient one plots to steal her body to avoid death. Reader and his young charge, Iso, are now among the Inhumans of New Attilan.
Our best guess is that the eyeless man could be Reader, one of many brand new characters Charles Soule has created now that he’s a Marvel exclusive writer and the architect of the Inhuman boom in comics with three titles.
Is the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. character from comics or one just created for the series? And is he a hero, villain or something in between?
We’ll find out as the series continues Tuesdays at 9pm on ABC. Will Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. pave the way for Marvel Movies – see our theory here.
By Editor