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The Coulson Protocols
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The Coulson Protocols

Written by Marc Guggenheim (writer), German Peralta (pencils & inks), Chris Sotomayor (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters)

Collects the first six of ten issues of the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. series, March - August, 2016.
Issue 1 - Lola: The team battles an A.I.M. faction to rescue Coulson. Tony Stark informs S.H.I.E.L.D. that there was a major theft from the Department of Defense, and Coulson tracks down his old love Lola Daniels to get more information. She informs him that it was a storage device with information on how to take out every super-hero. The information was developed by Coulson himself.
Issue 2 - Dangerous Liaisons: S.H.I.E.L.D. processes what they have learned about the Axiom protocols. The mystery man in the Iron Man armor kills Horus in Madripoor. Two teams set out to find out where the Axiom protocols are being auctioned off. While Fitz and Mockingbird risk their lives infiltrating a plane over North Korea, Coulson and Lola track down Iron Maiden and get the information from her. Along the way, Coulson learns something is going on in Pleasant Hill.
Issue 3 - Free Fall:  Mockingbird saves herself and Fitz as they fall from an exploding plane. Coulson discovers that Lola is still working for another side, and it has to do with Kobik and Pleasant Hill. Coulson sends Simmons, Deathlok and May to retrieve Rick Jones, who leaked the info about Pleasant Hill so his life is in danger. The rest of the team goes to the auction for Axiom, where someone who looks like Wolverine is in attendance. They bring Rick Jones back to base, just as the New Avengers strike!
Issue 4 - Reversals of Fortune: The agents battle the New Avengers who are there to rescue Rick Jones. Coulson, May and Mockingbird set out to infiltrate the auction for the Axiom protocols. Coulson battles U.S. Agent to get the protocols but then is taken out by the mystery man in the Iron Man armor.
Issue 5 - Shanghaied: Coulson is captured by Grant Ward, who has been the man in the old Iron Man armor we've seen in previous issues. Deathlok learns that Jemma is dying of a disease. The team sets out to rescue Coulson. In Japan, an unknown man in the same armor as Grant Ward attacks and almost kills Spider-Man, until he is saved by Mockingbird and May. Grant Ward reveals to Hydra that he has an army of Iron Men who all have the Coulson protocols built-in. In flashback, we see Ward, as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., going undercover in Hydra, and being turned.
Issue 6 - Unintended Consequences: S.H.I.E.L.D. gathers heroes to battle the weapons of Grant Ward and Hydra; Coulson breaks free within the Hydra base and frees Lola. When one of Ward's Iron Men attacks S.H.I.E.L.D. they are able to stop him and use his armor to track down the Hydra base. The combined heroes and agents stop Ward, but Lola is killed in the process. Now that the truth of Coulson's protocols are out, his team no longer trusts him.


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