Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: New Promo Pic Shows Deathlok Looking Like The Comics

While so far, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen have done very little to ugly up J. August Richards's pretty face for Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., on which he plays the cyborg called Deathlok, a new promotional image shows what an x-ray-type image that shows fans a more familiar take on Deathlok. It's the second "Deathlok vs. S.H.I.E.L.D." poster, and there have been a number more Deathlok images besides those, but this is the first time that the character has particularly looked like his comic book counterpart, something that has raised some hackles among hardcore fans. The "guy in a vest with a few metal bits here and there" design has been evoking a lot of Lazer Tag references, for instance, on ComicBook.com's Facebook page.

It's not clear whether the final look of Deathlok will be more in line with his comics counterpart or whether this is an X-ray or some other type of scan that reveals what's under his skin. We may come a step closer to finding out for sure when Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. comes back to the air on Tuesday night. End of the Beginning – Agents Garrett (Bill Paxton) and Triplett are back to help Coulson's team track down S.H.I.E.L.D.'S nefarious enemy – the Clairvoyant. But will Deathlok destroy them all to protect his master's identity? "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." airs TUESDAY, APRIL 1 (8:00-9:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Agent Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz and Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons. Guest starring are Bill Paxton as Agent John Garrett, Saffron Burrows as Victoria Hand, J. August Richards as Mike/Deathlok, B.J. Britt as Agent Antoine Triplett, Titus Welliver as Agent Felix Blake, Maximiliano Hernandez as Agent Jasper Sitwell and Brad Dourif as Thomas Nash. "End of the Beginning" was written by Paul Zbyszewski and directed by Bobby Roth.