Carl "Crusher" Creel, known to Marvel fans as the Absorbing Man in the comics, will bring his unique power set to Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. with the season premiere Tuesday, September 23 at 9:00 p.m. ET on ABC!

With the news we've also got your first look at Brian Patrick Wade (Generation Kill, Teen Wolf) as Creel directly below. With his ability to absorb the properties of anything he touches, Creel will put Coulson and his team through their paces when their second season kicks off...but you'll have to wait until then to see how their battle turns out!

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Wade joins a number of new characters and guest stars on the series' second season, including the previously announced Adrianne Palicki (Bobbi Morse, a.k.a. Mockingbird), Lucy Lawless (Agent Isabelle Hartley), Reed Diamond (Daniel Whitehall), Nick Blood (Lance Hunter), Henry Simmons (Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie), and Kyle MacLachlan (Skye's father), alongside the returning cast of Clark Gregg (Director Coulson), Ming-Na Wen (Agent May), Brett Dalton (Grant Ward), Elizabeth Henstridge (Agent Simmons), Iain De Caestecker (Agent Fitz), and Chloe Bennet (Agent Skye).

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is Executive Produced by Joss Whedon (Marvel's The Avengers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer); Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen, (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot co-writers, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog); Jeffrey Bell (Angel, Alias); and Jeph Loeb (Smallville, Lost, Heroes).

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is produced by Marvel Television and ABC Studios.

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