Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Marvel's first television series, opening with agency insignia and a brass sting rather than any of the heroes it is adjacent to.
One opening sequence is catalogued for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., covering season 1.
It arrived on ABC in 2013, when Roseanne, Twin Peaks and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
No clean upload of an opening is listed here. The one that was turned out to be a fan's what-if, built from episode clips and an Avengers film for a season that had no title sequence.
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