Global InformationValentina Allegra de Fontaine information
| Valentina Allegra de Fontaine | |
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 Page from Strange Tales #168 (May 1968) Art by Jim Steranko and Joe Sinnott | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Strange Tales #159 (August 1967) |
| Created by | Jim Steranko (writer/artist) |
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| Alter ego | Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine |
| Team affiliations | Leviathan Hydra S.H.I.E.L.D. J.A.N.U.S. Thunderbolts |
| Notable aliases | Madame Hydra |
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La Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine[1] is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-artist Jim Steranko, she first appeared in the "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." feature in Strange Tales #159 (August 1967).[2]
Lisa Rinna portrayed the character in the 1998 film Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Julia Louis-Dreyfus portrays Fontaine in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021), and the films Black Widow (2021), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), and the upcoming film Thunderbolts* (2025).
- ^ As spelled officially by Marvel Comics on its S.H.I.E.L.D. page, although misspelled with a male name and spelled with different Italian article as "Valentina Allegro de Fontaine" in her name's first two mentions, in Strange Tales #159, "Spy School", p.10, panel 6, and Strange Tales #162, "So Evil, the Night", p. 3, panel 6.
- ^ Wells, John (2014). American Comic Book Chronicles: 1965–1969. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 188. ISBN 978-1605490557.