<P> Elias "Eli" Morrow (portrayed by José Zúñiga) is the uncle of Robbie and Gabe Reyes, and engineer who helped raise his nephews . After his coworkers at Momentum Energy labs began experimenting with the Darkhold, Morrow came to crave its power for himself . He put Joseph Bauer into a coma trying to find the book, and ultimately turned the rest of his coworkers into ghost - like beings . S.H.I.E.L.D. breaks him out of prison believing him to be a victim, but he uses the Darkhold to create a machine that gives him the power to create matter . </P> <P> The comics version of Eli Morrow is a Satanist who, after dying, possesses his nephew Robbie and turns him into the Ghost Rider . In August 2016, Whedon cautioned that the series would not necessarily be directly adapting the comics' storyline, saying, "We can't say much about what we're going to do with (Robbie Reyes') origin, but we are doing our own spin on it . We don't want people who have read the comics to know exactly what's coming ." In October, Morrow was confirmed to be appearing in the series, with Zúñiga cast . He is changed for the series by introducing him as an apparently innocent man, and then revealing him to be as power hungry as his fellow scientists experimenting on the Darkhold . The abilities he gains from his experiments have been compared to those of the comic character Molecule Man . </P> <P> Anton Ivanov (portrayed by Zach McGowan) is a reclusive Russian industrialist known as "The Superior", who champions traditional values and old - fashioned hardware over modern technology and extraterrestrial entities . He believes that Coulson is the cause of Earth's alien problems, and works with the Watchdogs, Senator Nadeer, and Holden Radcliffe to fight S.H.I.E.L.D. After being crippled by Daisy Johnson, Aida decapitates Ivanov and creates an android body for his mind to control . Ivanov then creates multiple additional bodies for his mind to control . </P> <P> Hope MacKenzie (portrayed by Jordan Rivera) is Mack's daughter . While she has died sometime after birth in real life, she appears alive in the Framework . Hope's Framework counterpart is later deleted when the Framework collapses . </P>

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