Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26066818-20151123195954/@comment-61022-20151124200056

We've taken an editorial position with the Original Sin reference as an error on the part of the writer until there is something more concrete. The basis of that is that if you look at the year referenced from a publication standpoint (The SHIELD stories published in Strange Tales circa 1966) it fits into modern age continuity. The way the art work is done is in clear homage to Sterynkio's work on Strange Tales/Nick Fury Vol 1.

I haven't read Bitter March or the Agent Carter book. Neither Secret Warriors.

It is looking like they're going for a "SHEILD has been around for a while" direction. Moreso that SHIELD appears to be inspired by the Brotherhood of the Shield seen in S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 1 & 2.

There are also some conflicting elements about the origin of SHIELD. A lot of modern age stories reference it being Tony Stark's brainchild. Those early Strange tales stories and. Although states that the government was planning on creating SHIELD prior to the modern age before the First Line went kaput.

Given the ever changing situation, one could start to assume that SHIELD has existed prior to the modern age, just covertly. When it appeared in Strange Tales it was when it finally went public. Fury could have been operating SHIELD under deep cover prior (given what he was already doing covertly already defending the Earth from invaders what's one more thing to be doing secretly really?)