Did we witness the birth of a Marvel super villain on last night’s MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. ?!
Agent Coulson and his team were on a mission to rescue Dr. Franklin Hall, the mentor of Fitz and Simmons and inventor of gravitonium. I won’t give away what happened in the episode but Hall is known in the comic books as Graviton, a frequent enemy of The Avengers.
Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada explained the appeal of using this more obscure foe.
“There were several reasons for using Hall. If you’re a long time Marvel fan, of course you’ll recognize the name, and we knew that would pique interest. It’s always fun to throw in an established character when you can to get fans excited. Heck, it gets us excited! But he’s also a very compelling character on his own. So if you’re not a comic fan, he’s a character you’ll be introduced to who we think will appeal to folks who don’t have an encyclopedic knowledge of the MU, especially this incarnation that our Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. writing team has come up with. Of course our loyal fans know that some interesting things happen to Dr. Franklin Hall in the pages of our comics, and while I’m not saying that those things happen here, the fact that perhaps someday they might is kind of cool,” Quesada tells Comic Book Resources.
Graviton debuted in Avengers when graviton molecules merged with Hall’s human molecules in an experiment gone wrong. Hall would take on Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Fantastic Four and Thunderbolts.
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. airs Tuesdays at 8pm on ABC.
By Editor