Marvel's Phase 4 Already Has The Perfect Agents Of SHIELD Replacement
After Agents of SHIELD’s seven-season conclusion, WandaVision may have already introduced a perfect replacement, featuring Jimmy Woo and the Agents of Atlas. In WandaVision’s fourth episode, Jimmy Woo, the FBI agent who previously appeared in Ant-Man and The Wasp, returned alongside Monica Rambeau and Darcy Lewis to investigate the strange occurrences at Westview from outside the bubble of Scarlet Witch’s sitcom world. After the episode aired, director Stephen Sean Ford tweeted suggested Jimmy Woo should lead an X-Files type of show for weird cases in the MCU, which isn't a bad idea. WandaVision has set up a perfect premise with the investigation of CMBR, and it could lead to introducing Jimmy Woo’s Agents of Atlas from the comics.
Jimmy Woo has taken on a central role in several comic series, most recently leading a group of heroes called the Agents of Atlas. In more recent runs, Woo recruited many Asian and Asian-American heroes from Marvel’s roster, such as Shang-Chi, Brawn, and Silk, into his team at the Atlas Foundation, and heroes like Ms. Marvel also worked with his agents. The Agents of Atlas operated in a similar manner to SHIELD, and Jimmy Woo’s comic history could be an ideal lead-in to his future in the MCU, especially as WandaVision might set up the MCU’s next wave of superheroes. While an MCU version of the Agents of Atlas would be markedly different from the comics, the set-up is ripe for Woo and his team to become the new Agents of SHIELD.
While most of Marvel’s current and upcoming TV shows are developing toward major twists and theatrical releases, an Agents of Atlas series could take Agents of SHIELD’s place in exploring the smaller and weirder happenings in the MCU. The star-studded Disney+ releases only have so much room to dip into the expansive universe of Marvel comics as they build up the MCU’s newest phase. Agents of SHIELD worked as a story that operated in the background of the big events involving the Avengers, showing how SHIELD handled cases that didn’t make it onto the Avenger’s radar. An Agents of Atlas show could improve on that dynamic, giving the MCU’s events more real-world consequences.
An Agents of Atlas show could also be fully folded into the MCU. Agents of SHIELD had many connections to the events of the movies, but they were separated into a distinct TV arm of Marvel, unable to fully coordinate the series with the latest MCU developments. However, the new television shows on Disney+ are now completely incorporated into the rest of the MCU. Jimmy Woo’s team would be able to flesh out every twist and turn with cases that show how the MCU’s events ripple out into the rest of the world. With SWORD currently occupied with WandaVision’s potentially world-shattering events, the Agents of Atlas are an ideal candidate to handle the smaller-stakes weird occurrences.
An Agents of Atlas series with Jimmy Woo could improve upon the the formula Agents of SHIELD used to so much success. Woo could easily become the MCU’s next Agent Coulson, given that he’s already nailing the bantering, heartfelt role Coulson brought to his show. With the MCU’s events only getting bigger and more widespread as time goes on, Marvel needs a story about the everyday people caught in the wake. With Agents of SHIELD off the air, Jimmy Woo is in the perfect position to lead that story.
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