Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-11220539-20160214210504/@comment-61022-20160217140903


 * Yeah the Rick Stoner stuff is a bit of a hard fit. He was only featured in, which is rife with all sorts of inconsistencies that a lot of mentions to that comic are usually glossed over. A lot of that stuff also makes some issues with what is being told now. My theory is that SHIELD has existed since the mid 20th century but was highly covert. When it was "created" in the modern age it was a cover to reveal the organization to the public. That makes the idea of Stoner being chosen over Fury to head the public face of SHIELD still make sense -- When you take into account all the shady dealings Fury had that have since been revealed -- that makes sense. What doesn't make sense is the fact that they clearly establish that Stoner was active during World War II. The Sliding Timescale of course is making that increasingly unlikely if not impossible without some means of slowing or stopping his aging process. Given all the manipulations Fury undertook to get SHIELD where it is today, I would theorize that perhaps Stoner was a similar type of LMD that Fury used to create the Dum Dum Dugan LMD in . Then Fury orchestrated and manipulated events so Hydra "assassinated" the Stoner LMD so that the government had no choice but make Fury the public face of SHIELD even given his gruff past. It would be a brilliant strategy you kill one war hero and replace him with someone that wouldn't have tested well with the public during a moment of tragedy.


 * If I'm not mistaken, the Handbook is probably the only place where you're going to find that information. One thing I've found in my research is that sometimes the Handbooks are used to fill in gaps, explain more technical issues, and even reveal someone's name. I don't see any harm in citing the Handbook in this case. Obviously if you're not citing the handbook for everything you should be fine. If you find a specific reference in a comic down the road you can always change it later.