Eric Koenig

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Eric Koenig
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #27 (February 1966)
Created by Stan Lee (writer)
Dick Ayers (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoEric Koenig
Species Human
Team affiliations S.H.I.E.L.D.
Howling Commandos
AbilitiesSkilled pilot

Eric Koenig is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #27 (February 1966) and he was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Dick Ayers. He is most commonly in association with the Howling Commandos and S.H.I.E.L.D.

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Patton Oswalt portrayed the character in the first season of the TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. . After Koenig is killed, Oswalt continued to portray his identical brothers Billy, Sam, and Thurston and grandfather Ernest throughout the remaining seasons.

Publication history

Eric Koenig's first appearance was in Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos vol. 1 #27 (February 1966), and he was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Dick Ayers.

Eric Koenig received an entry in the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z: Update #3 (2007).

Fictional character biography

Eric Koenig was a member of the original Howling Commandos and fought alongside the team during World War II. He was a pilot as well as a trainer and was a very anti-Nazi German, as the Nazis killed his sister. He was the replacement of Dino Manelli, who was away on a special mission,[ volume & issue needed ] and then replaced Izzy Cohen when he was a prisoner of war.[ volume & issue needed ] Upon Cohen's return, Koenig stayed as a member of the team.[ volume & issue needed ] In issue #65, "Eric Koenig, Traitor!", Koenig seemed to have been exposed as a Gestapo plant, and his apparent treachery was part of the storyline from then on. This later turned out to have been a complicated double agent operation by the High Command, and in issue #79, Koenig was finally confirmed to be a loyal fighter for the Allies. [1] [2]

After the war, Koenig is among the members of the Howling Commandos who join Nick Fury in forming S.H.I.E.L.D. [ volume & issue needed ] A Life Model Decoy of Koenig participates in the Deltite affair, but destroys itself after being captured and scanned by Tony Stark. [3]

When S.H.I.E.L.D. is decommissioned and its agents transferred to the newly founded H.A.M.M.E.R. during the "Dark Reign" storyline, Koenig remains with H.A.M.M.E.R. It is later revealed that Koenig had been working for H.A.M.M.E.R. from within and assisted in a raid on several H.A.M.M.E.R. Helicarriers. [4] Koenig is later killed in a battle against Hydra. [5]

In other media

Eric Koenig appears in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , portrayed by Patton Oswalt. [6] [7] Introduced in the episode "Providence", Koenig is assigned to Nick Fury's secret S.H.I.E.L.D. base, Providence, and assists Phil Coulson and his team following S.H.I.E.L.D.'s downfall [a] until he is murdered off-screen by Hydra double agent Grant Ward. [8] Oswalt returned in the season one finale "Beginning of the End" [9] as Eric's twin brother Billy Koenig, who oversees a S.H.I.E.L.D. base called the "Playground". [10] In addition to appearing as Billy in the second season, Oswalt also portrays Eric and Billy's other brother Sam Koenig in the episode "...Ye Who Enter Here". [11] In the season four episode "Hot Potato Soup", two more Koenig siblings are introduced: [12] Thurston Koenig, a slam poet activist who mocks S.H.I.E.L.D. for allowing Eric to die, and an older sister named L.T. Koenig (portrayed by Artemis Pebdani), who got her younger siblings to join S.H.I.E.L.D. and constantly picks on them. At the end of the episode, it is revealed that the Koenig siblings were part of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s original LMD program. [13] In the season seven premiere "The New Deal", Coulson's team travel back in time to 1931 New York City and meet the Koenig siblings' grandfather, Ernest "Hazard" Koenig, who runs a speakeasy that goes on to become an asset to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s predecessor, the Strategic Scientific Reserve, and a S.H.I.E.L.D. safehouse under the pseudonym Gemini . Following an encounter with the agents, Ernest discovers his employee, Wilfred "Freddy" Malick, is the father of future Hydra leader Gideon Malick. [14] In the episode "Know Your Onions", Ernest is given a glimpse of the future when he meets the agents' Chronicom ally Enoch and is brought aboard the agents' airship, Zephyr One, to help save Freddy from rebel Chronicoms. After the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents leave 1931 to pursue the Chronicoms, Ernest hires a stranded Enoch to become his new bartender in exchange for information on how he, his speakeasy, and his descendants will help S.H.I.E.L.D. in the future. [15]

Notes

  1. ↑ As depicted in the film Captain America: The Winter Soldier .

References

  1. ↑ Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos #65 (April 1969)
  2. ↑ Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos #79 (June 1970)
  3. ↑ Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #1-3 (June - August 1988)
  4. ↑ Secret Warriors #4-6 (July - September 2009)
  5. ↑ Secret Warriors #19 (August 2010)
  6. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Patton Oswalt Enlists in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." Marvel.com. March 20, 2014. Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  7. ↑ Strom, Marc (March 29, 2014). "DECLASSIFYING MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.: PROVIDENCE". Marvel.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  8. ↑ Goldberg, Eric (April 22, 2014). "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD: "The Only Light in the Darkness" Review"". IGN. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  9. ↑ "DECLASSIFYING MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.: BEGINNING OF THE END". Marvel.com. April 25, 2014. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  10. ↑ Goldberg, Eric (May 13, 2014). "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD: "Beginning of the End" Review". IGN. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  11. ↑ Abrams, Natalie (July 25, 2014). "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Reveals New Characters, Carter Adds Captain Directors". TV Guide . Archived from the original on August 3, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  12. ↑ Lovett, Jamie (January 31, 2017). "Agents Of SHIELD Season 4 Episode 12: Hot Potato Soup Recap With Spoilers". ComicBook.com . Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  13. ↑ Lopez-Corrado, Nina (director); Craig Titley (writer) (January 31, 2017). "Hot Potato Soup". Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Season 4. Episode 12. ABC.
  14. ↑ Tancharoen, Kevin (director); George Kitson (writer) (May 27, 2020). "The New Deal". Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Season 7. Episode 1. ABC.
  15. ↑ Laneuville, Eric (director); Craig Titley (writer) (June 3, 2020). "Know Your Onions". Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Season 7. Episode 2. ABC.
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