The writer/director, who has something of a reputation for slaying his characters (see what we did there?), has had to defend Marvel's decision yet again, this time at a screening of the film at the Directors Guild in Hollywood.
"Coulson's death was mandated in the first meeting by Kevin Feige," he explained.
"I can't say that enough times. Apparently I have some kind of reputation that we won't discuss right now, but I do love to kill people.
"Clark himself said when we were shooting that it was obvious that it had to happen, otherwise all of this becomes irresponsible. There's no toll or actual downside to this very bad idea of bringing all of these people together.
"As a film it's just irresponsible. That's why we're bringing him back for a S.H.I.E.L.D. series."
There's no news yet on how Coulson will return… or in what guise, though Clark Gregg enjoyed winding up fans and Jeph Loeb during the Marvel Television panel at New York Comic Con this October.
"I just want to say because I won't have another chance to ask this - 'Have you heard of a Life Model Decoy?'" he joked.
"I don't know if you've read the theories from the people on Twitter, but there's this guy called the Vision. I don't know if you saw the UK version of the DVD, but the blade wasn't coming out of his chest. There's a tesseract!
"All around the globe you can see graffiti, bumper stickers that say 'Coulson Lives!' You have the power, Jeph. I feel like we could make this happen right now!"
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