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Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: GliderMan wrote: Council of Nine being connected to Hydra would be completely appropriate for this series. I know we're all a little burned out on them from Agents of SHIELD, but this is a spin off of The First Avenger, and we know Hydra has been inside SHIELD since the very beginning.

I reckon SHIELD will probably begin to form in 1949, when Operation Paperclip was enacted. Could always be earlier though. We know from the one-shot that Peggy and Howard headed SHIELD in '47. Until a third season set in 1948 proves us wrong, that's still canon. She worked for both until 1949. I don't know what the source for that is, but it's on her Wikia page, so I'll assume it's accurate.

So SHIELD existed since at least 1947. Until an episode of the show proves me wrong, I don't and won't believe that the one-shot is canon.