
By Patrick A. Reed
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By now, you've probably heard the news that ABC has ordered a full season of "Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.," the show set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and masterminded by Joss Whedon. But what you might not be familiar with, if you're not a hardcore comic reader, is the background of this mysterious S.H.I.E.L.D. organization. We break it down for you, in MTV Geek's History of S.H.I.E.L.D.
In 1986, news broke that United States government officials had been selling arms to Iran, and funneling the profits to the Contras, a group of anti-communist rebels in Nicaragua. The Iran-Contra Scandal (as it would come to be known) was a defining event in the Reagan administration; the investigations and trials that followed dragged on for years, and gave many Americans a less-than-rosy view of their government and its secretive dealings.
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