Marvel’s ‘Daredevil’ Teases Direct ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Connection

For starters, I want to acknowledge that yes, we already know that all Marvel television properties are a part of the blockbuster Marvel Cinematic Universe. You don’t need to tell us twice.

But a teaser image posted on the official Twitter account for Marvel’s Daredevil (set to premiere on Netflix this April) hints at a more direct connection than we would have expected.

Be careful of the Murdock boys. They got the devil in them. #Daredevil pic.twitter.com/ycGOg5sQnz

— Daredevil (@Daredevil) February 20, 2015

Carl Creel is the Absorbing Man, who appeared in early season two of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., portrayed by Brian Patrick Wade. This is entirely speculation, but is Wade reprising his role? Or is his S.H.I.E.L.D. character the child of this Carl Creel, also played by Wade? Is it time travel? Just a coinky-dink? The crux of this is just who the hell is fighting poppa Daredevil.

My guess is the one that makes the most sense: it’s Carl Creel Sr. in that poster, because it’s an old poster. If it were new, it would be brandished with “Like us on Facebook” or some garbage. It has to be circa twenty years or a little less than the time period Daredevil actually takes place.

Which on that note, can we speculate why there’s hard crime in Hell’s Kitchen in 2015? The second wave of gentrification has changed Hell’s Kitchen, and it isn’t the dangerous neighborhood it was when the Daredevil comic books were first being published. I’m curious to see Daredevil almost entirely because of this: How different is the Marvel Universe’s New York to ours?

Daredevil premieres April 10 on Netflix, which is just two days before Game of Thrones. You are not going anywhere that weekend.