Jeffrey Mace
Full Name: Jeffrey Mace
Portrayed by: Jason O’Mara
First Appearance: What Is Revealed: Truth
Parent: Phil Coulson
Aunt/Uncle: Paul Coulson, Cathy Coulson
Siblings: Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov, Raina, Grant Coulson, Bobbi Morse, Gamora, Nebula
Nieces/Nephews: Wanda, Pietro, Lincoln, Valkyrie
“I…I don’t like to call myself a hero. I just did what needed doing at that time.”
— Jeffrey, to Bobbi. What Is Revealed: Truth
Still a fairly new addition to the family, Jeffrey’s first meeting with the Avengers-SHIELD family was when Bobbi and Gamora broke into the facility he was performing an undercover operation inside. When the sisters were targeted by a group of the enemy, Jeffrey turned on the group and aided the two women in escaping. And while doing so, he revealed that he had powers.
Actually, the powers weren’t a natural ability of Jeffrey’s. He was injecting himself with a serum that gave him unnatural abilities, all in the name of giving people a superhero they could relate to. Coulson discovered this when he noticed Jeffrey injecting himself with said serum. The other man’s claims it was insulin might have been believable…if the liquid he’d been injecting himself with hadn’t been bright neon purple in colour!
As was normal with every single one of his children, Coulson felt drawn to Jeffrey straight away. It had originally occurred when Jeffrey saved two of his daughters, but the feeling only grew stronger when he saw what Jeffrey was doing to himself. Coulson knew that someone needed to step in and put a stop to it…and Jeffrey’s boss wouldn’t, because of the advantages injecting himself with the serum offered. Even though there was no guarantee the serum wouldn’t ultimately cause harm to Jeffrey himself.
Jeffrey is probably a bit more mature than the rest of Coulson’s children and less likely to see the need to be cuddled. However, he has never turned away from the affection his father’s given him, learning to welcome it. And apart from one slight altercation with his brother, Grant, his relationship with his siblings has been fairly good.
“Never seen a spy that talked so damn much….”
— Grant, to Jeffrey. Once Upon A Christmas
Random Facts
Jeffrey felt drawn to Bobbi and Gamora when he first saw them, despite having no idea of how they were related to the Avengers-SHIELD family.
He’s really good at undercover work.