Contessa Valentina 'Val' Allegra de la Fontaine (Marvel)
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Powers: The Contessa is a superb hand-to-hand combatant, a brilliant marksman with firearms of most kinds, and an excellent leader and strategist on combat missions in the field.
Bio: Little has been revealed about the past of the Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine. Formerly a member of the European "jet set," the Contessa sought a more serious role in life, and eventually entered a training program to become an agent of SHIELD, the international intelligence and law enforcement agency. She first encountered Nick Fury, the Public Director of SHIELD, towards the end of her training, when she impressed him by overpowering him in hand-to-hand combat.
As a result of her remarkable talents and skills in many areas, the Contessa soon became a leading member of SHIELD. Her first major assignment for SHIELD was her participation in the battles against the robotic duplicate of the Yellow Claw.
The Contessa soon became Fury's lover and their relationship continued for many years.
At one point the Contessa was the leader of SHIELD's Femme Force, an elite cadre of female agents. Nothing has been revealed about the Femme Force's activities in recent years, and it may therefore be presumed that the group was disbanded years ago.
The Contessa was among the small number of leading agents loyal to Fury who were not killed and replaced by one of the artificially created human beings called the Deltites. The Contessa was among the SHIELD agents who struggled against the Deltite takeover, which was finally defeated by Fury and others.
Following the defeat of the Deltites, Fury persuaded the United Nations to disband SHIELD. Aided by the Contessa and a few more of his closest loyal aides, Fury traveled throughout the world, closing SHIELD bases and destroying its most dangerous weaponry and technology.
The Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine, however, will become a member of the now, more efficient SHIELD organization that Fury is organizing to take the place of the original agency.
A Skrull was seen impersonating Valentina during the preview pages of Secret Invasion. Where the real Valentina is at the moment remains unknown, or if she's still alive.
Notes: http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/d/delafontaine.htm
First Appearance: Strange Tales (1951) #159
Other Identities: Madame Hydra (03 - Contessa de la Fontaine) Favorite Characters:
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Issue Appearances: Amazing Adventures (1979)
Amazing Spider-Girl (2006)
#9 - 'Specimen 297!' #10 - 'Comes the Carnage!' #12 - 'Only The Innocent Must Die!' Blood and Glory (1992)
Cable (1993)
Capitaine America (1970)
#10 - 'Le grand sommeil!' #11 - 'Les hommes m`appellent l`Etranger!' #12 - 'Nuit d`horreurs!' #13 - 'Capitaine America...Heros ou farceur?' #26 - 'La nuit ou les morts attaquent!' #27 - 'Tout retourne en cendres' #29 - 'Quand meurt une legende' #48 - 'Guerre de druides!' #49 - 'Une arene pour un heros vaincu!' #50 - 'Nightshade' #51 - 'Le proces du Faucon!' Captain America (1968)
#144 - 'Hydra Over All!' #145 - 'Skyjacked!' #146 - 'Mission: Destroy the Femme Force!' #147 - 'And Behind The Hordes Of Hydra...' #148 - 'The Big Sleep!' #149 - 'All the Colors -- of Evil!' #150 - 'Mirror, Mirror...!' #152 - 'Terror in the Night!' #153 - 'Captain America -- Hero or Hoax?' #166 - 'Night of the Lurking Dead!' #167 - 'Ashes to Ashes' #169 - 'When A Legend Dies' #188 - 'Druid-War' #189 - 'Arena For A Fallen Hero!' #190 - 'Nightshade is Deadlier the Second Time Around!' #191 - 'The Trial of the Falcon!' #439 - 'O'er the Ramparts We Watched' #449 - 'First Sign, Chapter One: I'll Take Manhattan' Captain America Special Edition (1984)
Civil War: Battle Damage Report (2007)
Daredevil (1964)
Annual 07 - 'The Von Strucker Gambit - Prologue' #120 - 'And A Hydra New Year!' #122 - 'H.Y.D.R.A. - And - Seek!' #123 - 'Holocaust In The Halls Of H.Y.D.R.A.!' Dark Avengers (2009)
Dark Reign: The List - Secret Warriors One-Shot (2009)
Double Edge (1995)
Omega - 'Over The Edge, conclusion: Glory Days' Earth X (1999)
1/2#7 - 'Chapter Seven' #11 - 'Chapter Eleven' Fantastic Four: The End (2006)
Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1995)
#1 - 'Hell Hath No Fury' #2 - 'Hell Hath No Fury, Part 2: Stop in the Name of Love' #3 - 'Hell Hath No Fury, Part 3: Stand By Your Man' #4 - 'Town without Pity' Fury/Agent 13 (1998)
#1 - 'Search...' #2 - '...and Destroy!' Hulk Comic (1979)
Infinity Gauntlet (1991)
#1 - 'God' #3 - 'Preparations for War' Kitty Pryde, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1997)
#1 - 'The Calling' #2 - 'The Mission' #3 - 'Pryde Goeth Before the Fall' Marvel (1988)
Marvel Comic Exklusiv (1987)
#11 - 'Wolverine und Nick Fury: Die Scorpio-Verbindung' Marvel Exklusiv (1998)
#20 - 'The Infinity Gauntlet - Die Ewige Fehde!' Marvel Fanfare (1982)
Marvel Fanfare (1996)
Marvel Holiday Special (1991)
Marvel Spotlight (1971)
#31 - 'Assignment: The Infinity Formula!' Marvel Team-Up (1972)
#82 - 'No Way to Treat a Lady' #83 - 'Slaughter on 10th Avenue!' Marvel Two-In-One (1974)
#26 - 'The Fixer and Mentallo Are Back and the World Will Never Be The Same!' Marvel-Comic-Sonderheft (1980)
Marvel: The Year-in-Review (1989)
#1 - '1989 The Year in Review' Ms. Marvel (1977)
#17 - 'Shadow of the Gun!' Mutant X (1998)
New Avengers (2005)
Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. (1988)
#1 - 'The Delta Equation' #2 - 'Into the Depths' #3 - 'Uneasy Allies' #4 - 'The Eastern Connection' #5 - 'The Ascension Call' #6 - 'Light of Truth' Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1989)
#1 - 'The Past Still Haunts' #2 - 'A Web With Many Strands' #3 - 'In Memory Ever Green' #4 - 'Slips of Memory' #5 - 'Memory And Menace!' #6 - 'In Final Memory' #7 - 'Stealth Warfare' #8 - 'The Devil You Say' #9 - 'To Fear A Painted Devil' #10 - 'A Matter of Faith' #11 - 'Greetings From Scotland' #12 - 'The Hydra Affair: part 1' #13 - 'HYDRA Affair - Part 2' #14 - 'Pyrrhic Victory' #15 - 'Apogee of Disaster' #16 - 'Uh, Houston, We Got A Problem' #17 - 'Telemetry and Terror' #18 - 'Magnificent Desolation' #19 - 'Downrange of the End of the World' #20 - 'To Honor The Dead' #21 - 'Der Totenkopf' #22 - 'Pledge Of Allegiance' #23 - 'Storm Warning' #25 - 'Commencement Ceremonies' #26 - 'The Soldiers of Anarchy' #27 - 'Recruitment Drive' #28 - 'Icy Roads' #29 - 'The Cold War' #30 - 'Infinity's Not Forever' #31 - 'Infinity Is Forever, After All!' #32 - 'Formal Wear' #33 - 'Man Of Action' #34 - 'In The Field' #35 - 'More Men Of Action' #36 - 'The Snake Who Came in From the Cold' #37 - '...Who killed the Changelings?! / The Cold War Of Nick Fury Prologue' #38 - 'The Cold War Of Nick Fury 1/4: The fourth horseman' #39 - 'The Cold War Of Nick Fury 2/4: A hunger for freedom' #40 - 'The Cold War Of Nick Fury 3/4: Salvation!' #41 - 'The Cold War Of Nick Fury 4/4: Redemption!' #42 - 'The Past Recalled' #43 - 'The Dead Zone' #44 - 'Skeletons Reborn' #45 - 'The Treachery Within' #46 - 'Revelations' #47 - 'Final Retribution' Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2000)
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (1968)
Nick Fury, Agent von S.H.I.E.L.D. (2000)
Nick Fury: Der beste Mann von SHIELD (1990)
#1 - 'Delta - Die Formel des Todes' #2 - 'Treibjagd im Untergrund' Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A To Z Update (2010)
Punisher (1995)
#1 - 'Condemned!' #7 - 'He's Alive?!' #11 - 'Manhattan Onslaught' Punisher: P.O.V. (1991)
#4 - 'Book Four: Hindsight' Punisher: Terror (2001)
Ryhmä-X / X-Men (1984)
Sarjakuvalehti (1990)
Scorpio Rising (1994)
Secret Invasion (2008)
Secret War (2004)
#1 - 'Book One of Five' #2 - 'Book Two of Five' #3 - 'Book Three of Five' #5 - 'Book Five of Five' Secret Warriors (2009)
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack (1992)
Skrull Kill Krew (1995)
Spider-Woman (1978)
Strange Tales (1951)
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1991)
The Avengers (1963)
#67 - 'We Stand at... Armageddon!' #118 - 'To the Death!' The Incredible Hulk (1968)
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (1983)
#10 - 'S: From Shi'Ar to Sub-Mariner' The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition (1985)
#11 - 'Richard Rider to Sidewinder' The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Update '89 (1989)
#2 - 'Champion to Ecstasy' #7 - 'Set to Tyrak' Uncanny X-Men (1963)
Universe X (2000)
What If? (1977)
#17 - 'What If... Ghost Rider, Spider-Woman, and Captain Marvel Had Remained Villains?' What If...? (1989)
#3 - 'What If... Steve Rogers Had Refused To Give Up Being---Captain America?' Wolverine, Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection (1989)
X-Force (1991)
Group Affiliation(s): Femme Force Leviathan (Marvel) S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel) Famous Quotes: - Add a Famous Quote None.
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