tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post882973646438520043..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: We're SHIELD... You YIELDComicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-84184926240133377272016-01-29T05:38:46.973-05:002016-01-29T05:38:46.973-05:00Fair points, George. If I remember correctly, SHI...Fair points, George. If I remember correctly, SHIELD's primary mandate was to combat Hydra, a dangerous organization whose activities were used by Tony Stark and others to sell Fury into becoming the "division's" director. The word "international" was also originally part of its acronym, though used to describe SHIELD's scope of espionage; while SHIELD's authority (and oversight) likely came at least in part from the Defense Department, though in the beginning Fury reported to a council of presumably international members. In this particular story, SHIELD's authority to act is apparently coming directly from the President, which would seem to put SHIELD under American control and jurisdiction--rather confusing, considering this time period was still seeing SHIELD's early days.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-1657525628588084742016-01-28T20:42:10.424-05:002016-01-28T20:42:10.424-05:00I've always found SHIELD to be, well, both kin...I've always found SHIELD to be, well, both kind of silly in a superpowered universe, and annoying at worst. Marvel could never even be consistent about whether SHIELD was an American agency or a world-wide one, but what I'd find galling was that they would pull crap like this with never any explanation of where their authority came from to do it, or of who or what oversights them? I'd have loved to see someone like Hawkeye just tell off Fury with something to the effect off, "why don't you call us next time you fail to stop HYDRA?"George Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837115563034614545noreply@blogger.com