Patton Oswalt will guest star on 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'

Marvel has announced that comedian and well-known comic book lover Patton Oswalt has booked a guest-starring role in an upcoming episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

The comedian/actor, perhaps best known for his work on the long-running sitcom King of Queens, will play Agent Eric Koenig, who made his first comic book appearance in Sgt. Fury & His Howling Commandos #27.

 "I got a call from my agent saying they want you on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and I said 'hell, yes,'" Oswalt said in Marvel's statement. "I'm lucky that I'm visible enough that they wanted to bring me in to play this character. I'd worked with Joss Whedon before on Dollhouse, and I guess I wasn't too annoying and they decided to put me on another one of his shows. So I was very lucky."

There's no word on if this is a one-off appearance or if Oswalt would appear in future installments.

In other Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. news, the following comes from the "Matt's Inside Line" column at TVLine:

"Do you have any scoop on what's coming up on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in their eight remaining episodes, perhaps something Marvel-y? -Andy B
I'm sure I don't need to tell you this, Andy, but RUN DON'T WALK to see Captain America: Winter Solider (in theaters April 4), which uncorks, as one S.H.I.E.L.D. star told us at the film's Hollywood screening a 'huge tie-in' to the ABC series. And perhaps because of that, 'Things go crazy' in the season finale, EP Maurissa Tancharoen said, 'and not all survive.'"

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