I arrived at the Javits Center for the second day of New York Comic Con an hour before the show floor opened Friday morning and there were already crazy long lines of people. I immediately got in line to get my wristband for the afternoon’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. panel, right next to a girl dress as Melinda May with her own Asgardian staff.
The wait in line was a long one — over an hour — and I know I’ll have to get here even earlier Saturday if I want to have a chance of getting into the Walking Dead panel (though I’m not getting my hopes up).
With my wristband for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. secured, I headed over to the line for the panel for TNT’s upcoming 10-episode run of The Librarians, a continuation of the made-for-television movie series. I love the Librarian movies to begin with, but I’m also a big Leverage fan, so knowing there would be a lot of that crew involved — plus star Christian Kane — I’ve been very excited about this show.
The panel was great. It became apparent early on that the cast is also excited about this project. They all seem to really enjoy their characters and each other and are ready for people to finally see what they’ve been working on. And if the clips we saw at NYCC are any indication, it’s going to be good.
Later in the day, it was time to cash in my wristband to attend the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. panel. The session was monitored by men in black suits with night-vision goggles, so there was no way to take pictures. The majority of the session was on video anyway, so there wasn’t much to photograph. Clark Gregg, the man behind S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Agent Phil Coulson, made an appearance after Marvel’s head of television, Jeph Loeb, revealed the Hydra T-shirt he was wearing. Gregg was greeted with an enthusiastic standing ovation. He told of how he requested to come to NYCC because it was here two years ago that he learned Agent Coulson was indeed alive despite the events in The Avengers movie.
Gregg and Loeb introduced next week’s episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which includes an undercover operation with Coulson and Agent May. Gregg and Loeb followed that up with an extra surprise for the audience: a clip from the upcoming Agent Carter, which just began filming last week. The clip featured Hayley Atwell as Carter, Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark, and James D’Arcy as Stark’s butler, Edwin Jarvis. The clip was short, but it was enough to whet our appetites for the series, which premieres in January.
Much of today was spent waiting in line, but I surprisingly didn’t mind a minute of it. Everything I’ve had the opportunity to see and do has been entirely worth it.
Look for a more detailed review of The Librarians and Marvel panels next week, and stay tuned for my recap of Saturday, coming soon!