MS. FORTUNE

Real Name: Laura (last name unrevealed)

Identity/Class: Human mutate

Occupation: Enforcer

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Squid (Donny Callahan), unidentified criminals

Enemies: Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

Known Relatives: Unidentified parents

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Currently unknown;
    formerly the sewers of the Upper West Side, Manhattan

First Appearance: Peter Parker: Spider-Man II#16 (April, 2000)

Powers/Abilities: Ms. Fortune probably possesses some degree of enhanced strength, and wears body armor.  She wields a staff, and is likely proficient in its use.

History: (Amazing Spider-Man II#26 - BTS) - The early history of the woman known as Ms. Fortune is unrevealed.  At some point she acquired superpowers from an unknown criminal group and began dating Donny Callahan, the Squid.

(Peter Parker: Spider-Man II#16) - In their first outing as supercriminals, Ms. Fortune and the Squid attacked Spider-Man on a rooftop.  Ms. Fortune didn't even manage to hit Spider-Man before he grabbed her staff and tossed her, along with the Squid, off the roof. 

(Amazing Spider-Man II#26 - BTS) - After their defeat by Spider-Man, the criminals who empowered them turned on the Squid and Ms. Fortune, and she was nearly killed.  Following that, she broke up with Donny.

Comments: Created by Howard Mackie, A.A. Ward, John Romita, Jr., and Scott Hanna.

    Like the Squid, the nature of Ms. Fortune's powers was unrevealed - not too surprising, since she appears in a whopping two panels.  Since Donny appears to be a mutate, though. it's probably safe to assume that Laura is too.  However, I don't know whether she wears an orange mask/bodypaint, or if her skin is actually orange.

    My friend Marcus recently informed me of the ghastly mating habits of giant squid...maybe getting pasted by Spider-Man isn't the only reason Ms. Fortune dumped Donny's butt.
http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=1993462005

Profile by Minor Irritant

Clarifications:

Ms. Fortune has no known connections to:

• Fortune 2099, ally of Zefiro @ Doom 2099#1
• Dominic Fortune (Duvid Jerome T. "Davey" Fortunov), pre-WWII crimefighter @ Marvel Preview#2
• Dominic Fortune (Jerome "Jerry" Fortunov), son of Duvid, killed by Iron Monger @ Marvel Team-Up I#120
• Roy Fortune, brother of Spellbinder @ Spellbound#1
• Sally Fortune, sister of Spellbinder @ Spellbound#1
• Ms. Carlyle, arms dealer, associate of Dr. Octopus (Octavius) @ Marvel Comics Presents#127/2
• Ms. Fantastic of Earth-MC2 (Lyja Storm), wife of Johnny Storm, member of Fantastic Five @ What If? II#105
• Ms. Fingers, squid-like mutant, Brotherhood @ Brotherhood#9
• Ms. Fix, Druglord @ Captain America: Drug Wars
• Ms. Marvel  (Carol Danvers), a.k.a Binary, Warbird  @ Ms Marvel#1
• Ms. Marvel (Sharon Ventura), a.k.a. She-Thing.  Grapplers, Fantastic Four @ Thing I#26
• Ms. MODOK (Kate Waynesboro), SHIELD agent, briefly became female version of MODOK @ Incredible Hulk II#290
• Ms. Tieque, alias of Oonagh Mullarkey @ Codename: Genetix#1
• Ms. Tique of Earth-Amalgam, mother of Runaway, member of Brotherhood of Injustice @ JLX letters page
• any other women who shack up with squid-men

images:
Full shot - Peter Parker: Spider-Man II#16 , p10, panel 2

Peter Parker: Spider-Man II#16 (April, 2000) - Howard Mackie & A. A. Ward (writers), John Romita Jr. (penciller), Scott Hanna (inker), Ralph Macchio (editor)

Last updated: 09/29/07

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