'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Season 3 News, Update: Marvel Executive Jeph Loeb Talks About The Inhumans

By Arvin Donguines, Christian Post Contributor Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Joined by the entire cast of the show for the 2015 Comic-Con event, Head of Television for Marvel, Jeph Loeb, discussed one of the most exciting aspect of the Marvel universe that is bound to come in the next season of ABC's hit TV series "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."

Loeb explained how the Inhumans will seamlessly integrate itself in the scripted program.

"It works on so many levels, if you start with Coulson who has lost a hand, who has alien DNA inside of him, who has come back from the dead. He's thinking about his own humanity, who am I, what am I? And then you go to the next deeper level, with a character like Ward who is now hell bent on making sure that he has closure and willing to do things many people would consider Inhuman," he said.

"And then there is Inhuman in the Marvel sense and it's a very simple concept for people to understand, which is if you have the gene inside you and you come in contact with it you get triggered and if you do one person or more could become enhanced," the Marvel executive explained.

Loeb went on to incorporate the concept of the Inhuman into the real world.

"What's exciting to us is the idea of who the Inhumans are very much speaks to what's going on today, our tolerance of people based on their race, their religion, the feeling of being different has never been stronger than now. There are people who think tolerance to that is and isn't a good idea, so the idea putting that onto people with powers is a big part of Marvel," he said.

Fans may remember the inclusion of actor Luke Mitchell as a series regular in Season 3. His character, the Inhuman Lincoln, has yet to find the party to which he will offer his allegiance.

"He doesn't know where he lies in terms of allegiances, he was on one side then another," Mitchell said. "So at the start of Season 3 he will be trying to work out who he is exactly and where his allegiance lies."