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In this twisted reality the many headed organization headed by an LMD (Life Model Decoy-a kind of robot in the Marvel comics) named Aida who had taken on the title of Madam Hydra. In season 4 of the show, the titular agents ended up in a virtual world where Hydra controlled the world.

Not too long after the first Avengers movie, ABC and Marvel Studios released the fan-favorite show Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Valentina’s history recapped, now we look ahead at a road for a character that may seem a bit muddy based on what has already transpired in the MCU.

Arthur Star Wars shirt-it simply too beautiful for anyone to get. In the end, she was just doing her part to sow the seeds of destruction and try to destroy the evil organization known for always being the thorn in the side of S.H.I.E.L.D.ĭon’t mess-a with the Contess-a! God, now I need that on a t-shirt that only two out of a hundred folks will get and compliment me on-just like my B. She eventually betrayed Hydra and manipulated an all-out war between them and Leviathan. In true spy-thriller fashion, she eventually joined the group known as Hydra in secret and even became the head of the quasi Nazi group as Madam Hydra.

Can you blame her? I mean, he does possess America’s Ass. operatives known as the Femme Force (say that five-times fast), and been known to flirt with Cap from time to time just to spite Fury. She’s been a high-raking member of S.H.I.E.L.D., led an all-female group of S.H.I.E.L.D. and for many years, the two would become romantically involved. Upon completing her training, she met Director Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. thanks to Dum-Dum Dugan-bowler hat aficionado and an all around silly named soldier. It was in pursuit of this new chapter to her life when she joined S.H.I.E.L.D. However, after her parents died she began looking to do something more important with her life. Both she and her parents worked for the Italian anti-Communist group known as Leviathan as sleeper agents. Valentina…Ĭreated by Jim Steranko and making her first appearance in issue #159 of Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.LD., Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine was born and raised in Italy, part of the swinging 1960’s jet-set scene. So who then is this no-nonsense woman with the purple streak in her hair who has an affinity for a Captain America knock-off and the little sister of the late Natasha Romanoff and what does her presence mean for the MCU going forward? While there are no concrete answers, we can still look at her character from the comics and see if we can glean a little of where she might take us in this new Phase. If you’ve seen The Falcon and Winter Soldierseries on Disney+, then you already know Contessa. Thanks to the global pandemic that is still forcing us to sip our soda through our masks while at the movies, this character’s reveal changed spots. At the conclusion to Black Widow this weekend, we were both giggling when who should appear on screen but La Contessa Allegra de Fontaine herself, played to perfection by the hilarious and brilliant Julia Louis-Dreyfus of Seinfeld and Veep fame. While she is now pretty well versed in the lore of Marvel Comics more recent history she knows that if she sees me giggling excitedly when someone delivers a cryptic line or makes a deep reference to an older piece of Marvel Comics history while watching these films, then something exciting is about to happen. My wife and I watch these films together-we’ve been enjoying them as a couple ever since our earliest days of dating when we did a date-night to see Thor in theaters after having her watch the first two Iron Man movies and The Incredible Hulk on DVD.

Marvel Studios keeps dangling those carrots and some of us keep running after them like the poor, fools the we are. But hey, cliched or not, they’re still a blast to see since they usually do a great or at the least, intriguing job at setting up what is to come. Over 10 years now and the MCU mid and end credits stingers have become almost as cliched as villains who twirl their mustache and divulge their ultimate plan to the hero. But don’t say we didn’t warn you! La Contessa… Unless you’re cool with spoilers, then keep reading. Go and catch up before you read any further. It goes without saying that this piece comes with a whole, hefty load of spoilers for Marvel’s newest release.