Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Clark Gregg to Jim Steranko: Make Your Own Show

Just hours after an interview ran in which Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Clark Gregg called viewers dissatisfied with the lack of superheroes and other Marvel Universe references on the show “losers,” S.H.I.E.L.D.Site quotes the actor as taking a pot shot at legendary Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. writer Jim Steranko. Steranko, who writes commentary track-style columns for new episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. at The Hollywood Reporter‘s website, is typically pretty hard on the show, saying that it’s squandering the potential that S.H.I.E.L.D. has built into its premise. “A month or so ago, during a conversation with Loeb, he categorized the series as ‘S.H.I.E.L.D. meets The X-Files,’” Steranko claimed shortly after the pilot aired. “Great premise, but barely in evidence. S.H.I.E.L.D. needs to be much tougher, much stranger, much edgier to reach its potential!”