VALKYRIE
Real Name: Brunnhilde (often referred to as Brunnhilda)
Identity/Class: Asgardian god
Occupation: Chooser
of the Slain, adventurer;
former bartender
Group Membership: Secret Avengers (Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady), Beast (Henry McCoy), Black Widow (Natasha Romanova), Moon Knight (Marc Spector), Nova (Richard Rider), Steve Rogers), War Machine (James Rhodes)), Asgardian Gods,
Valkyrior (Axe,
Fatal Sisters
(Hilda, Mista, Sangrida),
Freya, Friagabbi,
Geirahod, Goll, Grimgerta, Gunna, Helmviga, Herfjotur, Hildegarde, Hlokk,
Krista, Leita, Mist, Danielle Moonstar, Ortlinda, Pruda, Radgrid, Randgrid,
Regenleif, Rossveissa, Rota, Siegrina, Sigurdrifta, Skeggjold, Skuld, Svava,
Sygnet,
Valtrauta, others);
formerly Defenders (Andromeda,
Angel/Archangel, Beast (Hank McCoy), Clea,
Cloud,
Devil-Slayer, Dr. Strange,
Gargoyle (Isaac Christians), Hawkeye (Clint Barton),
Hellcat,
Howard the Duck,
Hulk (Bruce Banner), Iceman,
Interloper,
Manslaughter, Nighthawk,
Over-Mind,
Power Man
(Luke Cage), Red Guardian (Tania Belinsky), Silver Surfer,
Son of Satan,
Candy
Southern, Sub-Mariner, Yellowjacket (Henry Pym)),
Dragon Circle
(Andromeda/Genevieve
Cross,
Sian Bowen,
Interloper/Will Fanshawe,
Daffyd ap
Iowerth, Manslaughter/Roger Loomis)
Affiliations:
Alice,
Annham, Aragorn, Avengers (Beast
(Hank McCoy), Black
Panther (T'Challa), Captain America (Steve Rogers), Iron Man (Tony Stark),
Mantis, Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers), Scarlet Witch, Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne), Thor, Vision, Wonder Man),
Bambi,
Michael Barnett,
Barton
Beekman, Victoria Bentley, Black Knight (Sir Percy of Scandia), Black Knight (Dane Whitman), Black Panther (T'Challa), Luann Bloom, Abigail Brand, Vera
Cantor,
Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell), Sharon Carter,
Elizabeth Cavropolis,
Chorus/Psychics
(Al Gentle, Philip
LeGuin, Theodore Kroeber, Georgia Orr,
Ursula Richards,
Mindy Williams,
others),
Judge
Clark, Cloak,
Cutlass, Cyclops,
Dagger,
Danny, Daredevil
(Matt Murdock), "Defenders for a Day" (Black Goliath, Captain
Marvel (Mar-Vell), Captain Ultra, Falcon, Hercules, Iron Fist (Daniel Rand),
Jack of Hearts, Marvel Man (Wendell Vaughn), Nova
(Richard Rider), Paladin, Polaris, Prowler (Hobie Brown),
Son of Satan, Stingray,
Tagak, Torpedo, White Tiger (Hector Ayala)),
Alvin Denton,
Devil-Slayer,
Dizzy the Hun, Sean Dolan,
Dollar Bill,
Dolly Donahue,
Dracula,
Elena,
Carol
Faber, Argyle
Fist, Forearm, Emma Frost, Nick Fury, Ghost Rider (John Blaze), Ghost Rider (Dan
Ketch), Gibichungs (Gunther, Gutruna, Hagen), Grane,
Amber Grant,
Greeneggs, Guardians of the Galaxy (Vance Astro, Charlie-27, Martinex, Starhawk,
Yondu), Ruth Hart,
Heartbreak Kid, Harold Holliman,
Mr. Hudack,
Human Torch (Johnny Storm),
Jeff,
Asmodeus
Jones,
Junk-Food Junkies (Alex, Cody, Isaac, Paulie), Kahji-Da,
Jennifer Kale,
Kubik,
Mrs. Lafferty,
Chris Larmouth,
Ledge,
Love, Christa
Ludlow, Fia Lundstrom,
Lynne,
Garvin
Macken, Man-Thing, Mindy, Moondragon, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers), Namorita, Barbara
Denton Norriss, Jack Norriss,
Old Jigme, Omega the Unknown,
Ozu,
Felix Palmer,
Cory Payne,
Prester John, Professor X,
Monica Rambeau, Colonel
Razhumin, Red Wolf (Will Talltrees), King Richard the
Lion-hearted, Rintrah, Rom,
Rose of
Purity,
Milton Rosenblum, Roxxon (Mr. Bromley),
Sassafras,
Seraph,
Sheriff Tom,
Shirley,
Roxanne Simpson, Spider-Man (Peter Parker),
Squadron Supreme (Amphibian, Arcanna, Cap’n
Hawk, Doctor Spectrum, Golden Archer, Hyperion, Lady Lark, Nuke, Power Princess,
Tom Thumb, Whizzer),
James-Michael Starling,
Trish Starr, Beverly Switzler,
Edna Mae
Terry, Thing, Henry Todd, Valkyrie (Parrington),
Vassily, Vishanti, Vision,
Dorothy Walker, Wasp, "Whaling Captain",
Dian Wilkins,
Sara Wolfe, Joshua and Bea Walker, Wong,
Dr. James
Wynter, X-Force (Cable, Caliban, Meltdown, Moonstar, Rictor, Shatterstar,
Sunspot, Warpath),
Xhoohx,
Xiombarg aliens, Zeus;
formerly Enchantress,
Harrison Tyrk
Enemies: AIM
(Advanced Idea Mechanics),
Alpha the Ultimate Mutant,
Anything Man,
Arisen Tyrk,
Asmodeus,
Aspects of
Eternity (Sai
Anand, Socrates Cavropolis, Ivan),
Asti the All-Seeing,
Attuma,
Badoon, Balor,
Band of the Bland (Black Hole, Doctor Angst, Sitting Bullseye, Spanker, Tillie the Hun),
Behemoth (Manfred Haller), Big Grokko,
Cyrus Black, Blackheart,
Black Mast,
Blowtorch Brand, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
(Blob, Lorelei, Magneto, Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde),
Unus), Bruno,
Captain Barracuda, Casiolena,
Celestial Mind Control
Movement,
Chandu the Wizard,
Committee for Free Emigration,
Celestia Denton,
Cult of the
Harvester of Eyes (Agent
of Fortune,
Balthazar, Vera
Gemini),
Dalia,
Death, "Defenders" (Batroc the Leaper, Beetle (Abner Jenkins), Blob, Boomerang,
Electro (Max Dillon),
Joe the Gorilla, Leap-Frog,
Libra (android),
Looter, Melter,
Pecos, Plantman, Porcupine (Alex Gentry),
Sagittarius (android), Shocker (Herman Schultz), Toad, Whirlwind),
Dibbuk, Dire
Wraiths,
Stephanie Donal, Dormammu,
Dragon of the
Moon, D'Spayre, Durok the Demolisher, E-Street Jukes, Eelar,
Emissaries of
Evil (Cobalt Man
(Ralph Roberts),
Egghead, Rhino,
Solarr), Enchantress, Enmity,
Erlik Khan, Executioner (Skurge), Felicia,
Fem-Force,
Fenris,
Foolkiller (Salinger), Fragon,
Frozen Man,
Furies,
Gamma
Spores,
Gnostic Wizard, Grandmaster,
Hanson,
"Hanuman" construct,
"Harpy"
and "Glaucus" constructs,
Hashid,
Headmen (Chondu
the Mystic,
Gorilla-Man (Arthur Nagan),
Shrunken
Bones,
Ruby Thursday),
Hotspur,
Jeremiah,
Jewel (Jessica Jones),
Jicarilla
Trolls, Marduk
Kurios, Loki,
Lorelei,
Ludberdites,
Lunatik
(Arisen Tyrk/Harrison Turk), Mad Dog,
Maggia (Hodges,
Tapping Tommy), Malekith the Dark-Elf,
Mephisto,
Meru,
Mandrill,
August Masters,
Mayor
Easyread,
Messiah
(David Kessler), Meteor Man/Looter,
Miracle Man, Mordred,
Morgan le Fey,
Mutant Force
(Burner,
Lifter,
Peeper,
Shocker,
Slither),
Nebulon,
Nightmare, Nilffim Riders,
Null the
Living Darkness,
Ollerus the Unmerciful,
Omegatron,
Ort-Beast,
Darqon Par,
Pluto,
Poppo the
Cunning,
Prime Mover,
Prime Mover’s Minions
(Dumog,
Grott the
Man-Slayer, “Screechy”,
Takkor), Prince John, Red Ghost,
Red Rajah,
Satannish, Secret Empire operatives (Harridan,
Leviathan,
Mandroids,
Professor Power, others),
Serpent Men,
Shazana,
Sisterhood of the Badoon (Queen Tolaria),
Six-Fingered Hand (Avarrish,
Fashima,
Hyppokri,
Maya, Puishannt,
Unnthinnk),
Ephraim Soles,
Sons of the Serpent
(JC Pennysworth),
Spirits of Air, Earth, and Water,
Squadron Sinister
(Dr. Spectrum, Hyperion, Whizzer),
Star Thief,
Supernalia,
Taaru the
Terrible, Temax,
Thog,
Thornton,
Ruby Thursday,
Tribunal (and their agent the Elf with a Gun),
Undying
Ones, Unnameable,
Van Nyborg,
Warbot,
Watch-Dragons, Wicker Man,
Xemnu the Titan,
Yandroth,
Zodiac (Aquarius,
Aries,
Cancer,
Capricorn,
Gemini,
Leo,
Libra,
Pisces,
Sagittarius,
Scorpio,
Taurus,
Virgo);
formerly Barbara Norriss,
Cloud,
Manslaughter,
Over-Mind,
Seraph, Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases:
Val, "Val Doe", Woman Incarnate,
Death-Maiden, Shield-maiden, Chooser of the Slain, Sword-Girl (nickname given by
Hulk), Golden Hair, Handmaiden of Death;
possessed/essence cast on: Sian Bowen, Barbara Norris, Samantha Parrington, Amora the Enchantress, Lorelei (possibly)
Base of Operations: None;
formerly Asgard; Borders of the
Land of the Dead; New York City, New York; Montclair, New Jersey; Richmond
Riding Academy, Upstate New York
Powers/Abilities:
Valkyrie, the strongest of all the
Valkyrior, is superhumanly strong, capable of lifting up to 45 tons. Possessed
of extremely long life, immunity to diseases, high resistance to injury, and
enhanced agility, stamina, and endurance like other Asgardians, Valkyrie also
possesses the ability to sense a deathglow surrounding those soon to die. She is
capable of transporting herself and a dying or dead person to the realm of the
dead. Valkyrie often rides a winged horse (often Aragorn) and is trained in its
use. She has been known to wield a long spear in battle as well as the enchanted
sword Dragonfang, which allowed her to change her attire at will, could remain
invisible on her hip while sheathed, can absorb and redirect electrical blasts,
and has at least a small mystical connection to some other dragons. (Valkyrie
briefly wielded the deadly and cursed Ebony Blade). At times, Odin has granted
Valkyrie enhanced powers to combat specific situations, greatly increasing her
own ability and even once allowing her to appear at giant size. Even while based
in the Borders of the Land of the Dead (after her brief seeming death), Valkyrie
could traverse dimensions to summon souls. Valkyrie possesses a mental link to
others of the Valkyrior, including Danielle Moonstar. When acting as the leader
of the Valkyrior, Valkyrie has access to mystic knowledge and abilities that she
seemingly does not otherwise, including the capability of dimensional travel and
access to knowledge of the lands of the dead. Valkyrie has been capable of
passing a portion of her life essence on to others, and could bestow leadership
of the Valkyrior to another. While in Barbara Norriss’ body,
Valkyrie could not even defend herself against robotic women due to an
enchantment by the Enchantress. Valkyrie was briefly granted the ability, by the
Vishanti, to possess the mortal form of Sian Bowen, retaining all of her natural
abilities and memories. What became of this union is unknown. Valkyrie is part
of the Dragon Circle, a group of mortals meant to block the Dragon of the Moon
from entering Earth’s dimension again. Valkyrie has, at least once, been
summoned by an Earth sorceress for aid. When Enchantress had Valkyrie’s
soul trapped in the Globe of Souls, Brunnhilde’s essence could be cast on to other
women, Asgardian or Earthian, enabling them to assume Brunnhilde’s likeness,
powers, and skills in battle, though not remembering any true origins. This
spell (after being used by the Enchantress, Samantha Parrington, and Barbara
Norriss) was eventually destroyed, but later utilized by Pluto and Lorelei (on
Samantha Parrington, again, and Lorelei). A later version of Barbara Norriss
could seemingly access these powers as well, but it is unrevealed how she
obtained this ability. While her soul was imprisoned, Valkyrie’s form was in
suspended animation for an undetermined number of years, and was briefly
inhabited by the soul of Barbara Norriss. Valkyrie also briefly dwelled in a
mortal form, as a punishment by Odin. While in the body of Barbara Norriss,
Valkyrie did not have her full faculties, memories, powers, or personality.
Valkyrie has been known to fall
victim to a "warrior's madness" that causes her to attack those around her in a
short-lived berserker rage, though this was only briefly and connected with her
separation from her true form. For a time, due to a spell by Dr. Strange,
Valkyrie could summon Aragorn by shouting "Aragorn -to me!" While the details remain unconfirmed, Valkyrie may have
briefly dwelt in a mortal form, though she still had her Asgardian memories. At
this time, she could grant a spell of invulnerability over one she loved, which
would protect this person unless they turned their back to a foe. Height: 6’3’’ History: (Defenders I#109
(fb) - BTS) - Odin, the All-Father of Asgard, created nine mighty Valkyries,
including Brunnhilde (sometimes called Brunnhilda), who were to act as the
Valkyrior, sweeping over the battle fields of Earth astride flying horses and
gathering the souls of the slain, taking them to Valhalla, resting place for the
worthy dead. Brunnhilde was the eldest of the nine, and was very dear to Odin.
(Thor: Son of
Asgard#8) - Brunnhilda admired the enchanted blade of Balder and taunted Thor
for not having one, and Sif came to Thor’s defense, striking Brunnhilda. The two
of them got into a fist fight until the teacher intervened, blaming Sif for the
ruckus. The next day, Thor and Brunnhilda were practicing swords when Amora the
Enchantress interrupted, casting a love spell on Thor with an enchanted mirror. (Thor: Son of
Asgard#9) - Brunnhilda watched Sif argue with Thor and Amora, and realized the
spell had been cast. She allied with Sif, apologizing for their earlier fight
and convincing Sif to help her free Thor. They attacked Amora and Loki, her
ally, and Brunnhilda broke the mirror, releasing Thor from the enchantment.
(Thor I#296
(fb)) - In a possible origin told by the Eye of Odin, Valkyrie led the Valkyrior
to gather the slain souls from Viking battles and to lead them to Valhalla or
Hel, as appropriate. Brunnhilda was called by Odin and asked to slay the Viking
Hunding, who had come at odds with Odin's son Siegmund (Thor's mortal identity
at the time) for betrayal with Hunding's wife, Sieglinda. However, Frigga,
Odin's wife, implored Odin to slay Siegmund instead since he had betrayed a
marriage vow. Odin ordered Brunnhilda to slay Siegmund, but made plans of his
own at the same time. Brunnhilda appeared before Siegmund on Earth and told him
of his pending demise, but she chose to disobey Odin's orders when she realized
how deep Siegmund's love for Sieglinda was. When Hunding attacked, Brunnhilda
stayed back, earning Odin's wrath and Odin saw Hunding slay Siegmund regardless.
Valkyrie took Sieglinda upon her winged horse, hoping to protect her, and fled.
' (Thor I#297 (fb)) - Brunnhilda brought
Sieglinda back to the Valkyrior, and her sisters took Sieglinda to a place where
she could raise her unborn child in safety from Odin. Brunnhilda gave Sieglinda
the shattered pieces of Siegmund's sword, Needful. When Odin approached, he cast
the Valkyrior aside and vowed to strip Brunnhilda of her godhood and banish her.
He took her to the outskirts of Asgard and told her she would be destined to
marry the first man she saw and take care of him, as a mortal, as her hair grew
grey. In tears, Brunnhilda begged that only a worthy man be given this power
over her, and Odin agreed. He took away her godhood and placed her on a rocky
crag, surrounded by fire created by Loki at Odin's command, to remain until a
brave man found her. (Thor I#298 (fb)) - Sieglinda's son,
Siegfried (who was another mortal version of Thor), grew to manhood and reforged
his father's sword, then went on a quest to find Brunnhilda. He braved many
dangers, including the fire, then awoke Brunnhilda with a kiss, and she retained
full memories of her past and Odin's punishment. She initially rejected
Siegfried until she realized that their love was true. (Thor I#299 (fb)) - Brunnhilda asked
Siegfried to leave her behind while he fulfilled his destiny. She cast on him
her spell of invulnerability (which would protect Siegfried unless he turned his
back on a foe), and he awarded her with a ring he'd won from a dragon. She also
gave Siegfried her once-winged steed, Grane, who'd been nearby. Siegfried was
tricked by three of the Viking Gibichungs, Gunther, Gutruna, and Hagen, into
drinking a potion that made him fall in love with Gutruna and forget his vows to
Brunnhilda. He agreed to retrieve the ring and Brunnhilda for Gunther so that
Gunther could marry Brunnhilda. Meanwhile, Brunnhilda received a visit from
Valtrauta of the Valkyrior, who warned Brunnhilda to cast aside the ring
Siegfried had given her, but Brunnhilda refused to do so. Soon Siegfried
returned, but in the visage of Gunther and not remembering Brunnhilda. He
demanded the ring from her finger, and she fainted rather than give it to him.
Siegfried took the ring and brought Brunnhilda back to Gunther, where they
commenced with the wedding, Siegfried to Gutruna and Gunther to Brunnhilda.
Brunnhilda finally came to her senses again and stated that Siegfried was her
love, causing an argument among the Vikings, but Siegfried was protected in the
following fight by the spell of invincibility. Siegfried departed with Gutruna,
leaving Brunnhilda despairing, and Hagen planning on slipping Brunnhilda a love
potion. In weakness, Brunnhilda revealed Siegfried's weakness: that if he turned
his back, he could be slain. (Thor I#300 (fb)) - Hagen slew Siegfried and
Gunther before being taken away. Brunnhilda, in grief, commanded a funeral pyre
be built for Siegfried and set up on the river. In despair, she and Grane leaped
on to it, slaying themselves. Odin had the Valkyrior bring them both back to
Asgard and he restored their lives, though he wiped their memories of their
mortal experiences. (It is unconfirmed whether Brunnhilda's time as a mortal
actually happened, or if it was a story concocted by the Eye). (Defenders I#109
(fb) - BTS) - When the gigantic Celestials came to
Earth, Odin made a vow to no longer interfere in the ways of mortals, and so
disbanded the Valkyrior. Brunnhilde was saddened and displeased, but Odin could
not tell her why he’d chosen to do this. (Defenders I#108
(fb)) - Bitter and bored since the dissolution of the Valkyrior, Brunnhilde
confided in the Enchantress and agreed to act as her agent for a time. As they
adventured, Valkyrie did not realize that Enchantress was siphoning off
Valkyrie’s life essence little by little, but she soon discovered that
Enchantress was evil, and refused to serve her any more. Enchantress cast a
spell on Valkyrie, locking her soul in the Globe of Souls and keeping her form buried in a
mountain. (Official Handbook of the
Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition#14) - Enchantress
discovered a way to impose the form and powers of Brunnhilde on another person, and
used it over the years on others, including herself, though others apparently
had no memories of the events, nor did Valkyrie. The details of this time are
unknown. Valkyrie’s form was kept alive in suspended animation, still in Asgard.
(Marvel: the Lost Generation#5) - Valkyrie
(or someone in her guise) attended a court Odin held against Thor. (Avengers I#83 - BTS) - The
Enchantress briefly disguised herself as the Valkyrie on Earth. (Incredible Hulk II#126 - BTS) -
Humans Jack and Barbara Norris joined van Nyborg's cult seeking to resurrect the
Undying Ones. Barbara sacrificed herself to free Dr. Strange and became a
captive of the Undying Ones. (Incredible Hulk II#142 - BTS) - The
Enchantress, seeking revenge on the Hulk, temporarily turned socialite Samantha
Parrington into the Valkyrie. (Defenders I#3 - BTS) - Barbara
Norris, insane with loneliness, joined the Undying Ones as their mate until the
Defenders rescued her. They returned Barbara to Earth, utterly mad. (Defenders I#4) - The Defenders,
with Barbara, were soon captured by Casiolena, Fragon, and the Executioner. The
Enchantress and the Black Knight were also imprisoned, and in order to
facilitate escape the Enchantress changed Barbara into the Valkyrie. (Defenders I#109 (fb) - BTS) -
Enchantress altered the spell, sending Brunnhilde’s true mind into Norriss’ form
and sending Norriss’ soul into Valkyrie’s form. She also made it so Valkyrie
could not attack another woman without severe pain. (Defenders I#4) - Valkyrie helped
the team escape and vanquish their enemies, defeating Executioner and Casiolena
herself, though the Enchantress had to force Valkyrie's hand in the defeat of a
female. The Enchantress departed, leaving the Black Knight a stone
statue. Valkyrie took the Knight's ebony blade and his winged horse,
Aragorn. Valkyrie offered to join the Defenders, but they let her know there was
no team to join.
(Avengers I#157 (fb)) - The Defenders traveled between dimensions, returning
home. (Defenders I#5) - Valkyrie, who
was staying at Doctor Strange's mansion, wandered the city wondering about her
origins and the blank slate that was her life. She battled Cyrus Black's men,
with Strange's help, then took Aragorn to find Namor and Hulk, using enchanted
crystals provided by Strange. When Namor disappeared, Namorita joined Valkyrie
in looking for him. An angry Hulk soon disappeared as well, and Aragorn saved
Valkyrie when she fell. Valkyrie and Namorita tracked the heroes to where they'd
been captured by the Omegatron. Using swordplay, strategy, strength, and
Aragorn's senses, Valkyrie fought the Omegatron and almost single-handedly
defeated it, lopping off its head. (Defenders I#6) - With Namor,
Strange, and Silver Surfer, Valkyrie battled Cyrus Black and his minions, and
later battled Black's nightmare creations. Valkyrie felt feelings of love for
the Black Knight, still stuck as a statue, and began to feel purpose as part of
a team. (Defenders I#7) - Namor and
Valkyrie found Hulk and met Hawkeye, and they all returned to Strange's mansion,
greeted by Wong and Clea. The four heroes attacked Attuma's forces, and held
their own until Namor was captured and the others surrendered. By falsely
seducing Big Grokko, Valkyrie helped the heroes escape, only to find Namor
mind-controlled by the Red Ghost. (Defenders I#8) - Recaptured by
Namor, Hawkeye and Valkyrie were subjected to treatments for weeks that left
them in Red Ghost's control. They attacked Atlantis, but when Barbara's madness
somehow reasserted itself, Valkyrie was incapacitated. Strange and Silver Surfer
found Valkyrie and calmed her, and Attuma and Red Ghost's plot was soon
vanquished. (Defenders I#8/2) - Later, when Dr. Strange gathered the team around the Black Knight's
statue, Valkyrie was pensive about her madness and her love for the Black
Knight. Strange seemingly heard a message from the Black Knight's psyche that
directed them to gather the pieces of the Evil Eye in order to save him (the
message was a ploy by Dormammu and Loki). (Avengers I#116) - The team split
up to retrieve the Eye pieces. (Defenders I#9) - Valkyrie
deposited Hawkeye in Mexico, where Strange informed them telepathically that the
Avengers would be opposing them. Hawkeye brashly kissed Valkyrie, causing her
anger and intrigue. She then moved for Sucre, Bolivia. (Avengers I#117) - In Bolivia,
Valkyrie used Aragorn to spiral an Avengers ship in the air, then rushed to the
castle where the Eye was. Before she found it, the Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)
attacked and the two engaged in an agile swordfight through the castle. When the
Swordsman grabbed the exposed Eye, he was shot by the castle's patron. After
making sure the Swordsman would get medical help, Valkyrie grabbed the Eye and
fled. (Defenders I#10) - Almost all
reunited, the Defenders and Avengers joined forces once they realized they'd
been duped. They stopped the battle between Thor and Hulk, the assembled the
Eye, prepared to face Dormammu who were now invading their world. (Avengers I#118) - When Dormammu
began changing humans to monsters, SHIELD agreed to contain them while the
heroes took the battle to the Dark Dimension. Dormammu knocked the Defenders
unconscious, leaving the Scarlet Witch to almost single-handedly defeat the
villain. (Defenders I#11) - After the
Defenders saw to the clean-up of the battle, they used the Evil Eye to track
down the Black Knight's psyche and found him fighting in the ancient
Crusades (in the body of his ancestor Eobar Garrington). They participated in a battle to rescue King Richard the Lionhearted
from Prince John, Mordred, Chandu the Wizard, Temax the giant gnome, and their
army of gnomes and Mohammedans. Prester John reclaimed the Eye, the Black Knight
remained in the past willingly, and the Defenders returned to the future. The
Valkyrie left the ebony blade with the Knight. (Defenders I#12) - While she
contemplated leaving the Defenders to find herself, Valkyrie was presented with
a sword called Dragonfang by Dr. Strange. Strange claimed the sword had been
carved by a wizard, Kahji-Da, from a dragon's fang. When Strange received a
mental distress call from the Hulk, he and the Valkyrie investigated. Xemnu the
Titan attacked them with inanimate objects, and the Valkyrie destroyed a
steam-roller with her sword, before they were captured by the mind-controlled
townsfolk. The freed Hulk and Strange defeated the villain. (Giant-Size Defenders#1) -
Valkyrie viewed the origins of her teammates when Clea cast a spell to show
their pasts. (Defenders I#13) - Nighthawk burst
into Strange's mansion and briefly battled Hulk and Valkyrie. He revealed that
Nebulon and the Squadron Sinister were planning to flood the Earth, then was
teleported away. After seeking out Namor, who Valkyrie convinced to join them,
the Defenders traveled to the polar ice caps and defeated the Squadron Sinister
while Valkyrie tried to free Nighthawk from his force bubble. Nebulon trapped
all the heroes in a force bubble. (Defenders I#14) - The heroes
escaped the bubble, which had been sent into space, and defeated the Frozen Man
that Nebulon created to battle them. Overwhelmed by force, Nebulon reverted to
his monstrous alien form and Nighthawk seemingly destroyed Nebulon with a laser
cannon. After Nighthawk was almost killed in an explosion, the Defenders
volunteered parts of their life force to let him live. He asked to join the
Defenders. (Defenders I#15) - Valkyrie and
Dr. Strange welcomed Nighthawk to the team, then Valkyrie announced her plan to
soon leave the team. She was concerned about Aragorn, so Nighthawk arranged to
buy a secluded riding academy for the horse. The Defenders traveled to the
Carlsbad Mountains at the request of Professor X, telepathic leader of the
X-Men, and met the Hulk there so they could fight against the Brotherhood of
Evil Mutants (Blob, Lorelei, Magneto, Mastermind, Unus). After battling a
monster that turned out to be an illusion, they were held in a magnetic field by
Magneto, the Brotherhood's leader, and listened to his plot to rule the world
through his new creation, Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant. Professor X helped the
heroes escape and Valkyrie battled Unus the Untouchable, with his impenetrable
forcefield, unsuccessfully until Unus dropped the field. Alpha then awakened.
(Defenders I#16) - After
unsuccessfully battling Alpha, the villains were teleported away by Alpha, who
trapped the Defenders and Professor X in a sealed mountain, leaving the heroes
to dig themselves out. The heroes tracked the villains to the United Nations
building, which was hovering in the air. While trying to battle Alpha again,
Valkyrie's legs were turned to putty by the mutant. Soon Alpha realized who the
true villains were and reduced the Brotherhood to infancy before leaving Earth
completely. (Valkyrie’s legs were restored). (Giant-Size Defenders#2) -
Valkyrie accompanied the Defenders and the Son of Satan into Hell to rescue the
Hulk from Asmodeus. While there, she was beset by a despairing vision of other
forms of her having no face, reflecting her fear that she had no identity.
(Defenders I#17) - Valkyrie saw
the headquarters Nighthawk had built for the team at his riding academy in
upstate New York. After Nighthawk tried to ride Aragorn unsuccessfully, she
changed and prepared to depart. Strange cast a spell on her sword so it would be
invisible on her waist until drawn. Valkyrie said her goodbyes and was kissed on
the mouth by Nighthawk, then departed to find out Barbara's origins. (Defenders I#18) - Feeling alone,
Valkyrie started her quest in Cobblers Roost, Vermont, where Barbara had first
been seen by the Hulk. (Marvel Two-In-One#7) - The
Enchantress and the Executioner traveled to Cobblers Roost in order to retrieve
the Celestia harmonica, an artifact that contained the life-force of Celestia
Denton, Barbara’s mother, and was bound to Alvin Denton, Barbara's father. Thing
and Alvin approached Valkyrie at Cobblers' Roost and Alvin embraced Valkyrie,
recognizing his daughter, causing Valkyrie distress, before Enchantress appeared
and briefly reduced Valkyrie to the maddened Barbara again. In a chaotic
alternate world created by the harmonica, Valkyrie and Thing fought against the
Asgardians until they won the harmonica and set the world aright. Alvin Denton
suffered a fatal heart attack during the fight. (Defenders I#20) - Valkyrie
mourned the loss of Alvin Denton while Enchantress and Executioner departed. She
carried the corpse back to Cobblers Roost, asking the Thing to leave them be.
Sheriff Tom helped turn Alvin's
body over to Henry Todd, the undertaker, then showed her to Alice's restaurant,
where Valkyrie learned that Barbara had been married to a man named Jack. Tom
took her to the Denton's home and she entered, only to be subdued by Van Nyborg.
She was soon rescued by Nighthawk and the Thing, and learned that Barbara's
mother, Sister Celestia, had been part of the plot. (Defenders I#21) - Valkyrie looked
through a picture album, trying to connect to Barbara's memories, and planned to
confront Barbara's husband, Jack, which caused Nighthawk to depart in anger as
he had a crush on Valkyrie. Valkyrie attempted to visit Jack at Mrs. Lafferty's,
but was met with animosity. Despairing, Valkyrie returned to Strange's mansion
and helped the exhausted Banner enter. When the Headmen's black rain caused all
sleeping New York citizens, including Hulk, to rampage, Valkyrie joined Strange
in trying to subdue the Hulk, who quickly knocked her aside. The rain soon died
out. (Giant-Size Defenders#3) - The
Grandmaster recruited six heroes to use in his game against the robotic Prime
Mover, and selected Valkyrie, Nighthawk, Dr. Strange, Hulk, Daredevil, and
Sub-Mariner as his pawns. The Prime mover selected six other-dimensional
opponents. The Defenders agreed to fight, knowing the fate of the world was in
the balance. The Grandmaster explained to his champions that they would battle
two villains in pairs and in another unfamiliar world. He stated that lethal
force would be required for victory. Valkyrie, astride Aragorn and armed with
Dragonfang, battled the deadly skeletal Takkor, who rode a monstrous mount.
Despite lopping off Takkor's head, Valkyrie was beset by the strange villain
until she realized that by she must slay the mount. She lost Dragonfang in the
battle, then watched Nighthawk defeat his bat-like opponent, “Screechy.”
Grandmaster's forces won, and Dragonfang was restored, but he declared he would
rule Earth anyway; he conceded after Daredevil tricked him into losing a game
for it. (Giant-Size Defenders#4) -
Valkyrie, with Hulk and Strange, waited at the hospital while Nighthawk and his
girlfriend, Trish Starr, received operations by Dr. James Wynter for wounds
received in a car bombing. Nighthawk set them after the Squadron Sinister, who
he assumed was responsible for the accident. Valkyrie, Strange, and Hulk were
defeated by the Squadron, rescued by Yellowjacket, and then defeated the
Squadron at the hospital, though Valkyrie had little to with the battle.
(Marvel Team-Up I#34) - Nighthawk
told Valkyrie of a battle he'd had with the Meteor Man that he'd chosen not to
finish. Disgusted, Valkyrie moved to finish the battle for him. She tracked down
Spider-Man, who did not want her help, and pushed aside a cop who tried to stop
her from pursuing Spider-Man, who she found battling Meteor Man. She was
surprised b y his strength, and Meteor Man fled. Learning he'd been stealing
meteor samples, Spider-Man leapt onto Aragorn behind Valkyrie and they knocked
Meteor man from the air, defeating him. (Marvel Team-Up I#35) - Valkyrie
was captured by the mystic Jeremiah, who planned to sacrifice her. She found
herself beset by visions of attacking demons and illusions, though she called
out to Strange for aid. She was soon rescued by Strange and Human Torch.
(Defenders I#22) - Valkyrie walked
through the streets sadly until she broke up a mugging, intimidating the
attackers. She heard a woman scream and helped rescue the woman's baby from a
rat. She took the woman, Elena, and the child to get them help at Strange's
mansion. The Defenders returned with Elena to her tenement building, only to see
it had had a fire. A fight broke out between the tenants, their landlord Harold
Holliman, and the racist armored Sons of the Serpent. The Defenders intervened
and broke up the attack. (Defenders I#23) - Valkyrie
watched as her teammates interrogated a captive Son that Yellowjacket had
brought in. She was shocked when they apprehended a man peeping in the window
and the man revealed himself to be Jack Norriss She rushed from the room in
tears, overwhelmed, but soon returned composed. The team split up, part to
attend to another Serpent attack and part to question Harold Holliman, who they
assumed was behind the Serpents. Valkyrie told Jack their relationship would
have to wait until this crisis ended. They questioned Holliman, but did not
unearth any proof, and so joined the battle against the Serpents, who used
powerful ray guns to capture the entire team, though they left the Hulk behind.
(Defenders I#25) - Valkyrie was
saved through the efforts of her allies and Jack Norris, though she later
brushed him off when he tried to comfort her. Valkyrie and her allies took down
the Sons of the Serpent after receiving information from their leader, J.C.
Pennysworth. (Giant-Size Defenders#5) -
Valkyrie investigated a temporal phenomenon with Dr. Strange and Hulk and saved
a ship from a barrage of dead fish created by the creature Eelar. They tracked
and battled Eelar, who at one point attacked Aragorn and electrocuted Valkyrie
through her blade. After joining with Nighthawk and the futuristic Guardians of
the Galaxy (Vance Astro, Charlie-27, Martinex, Yondu), Valkyrie and her allies
defeated Eelar. The Defenders agreed to help the Guardians in their quest to
alter the future by battling the Badoon now. (Defenders I#26) - Valkyrie and
Jack discussed their relationship and Jack was persistent in stating that she
was his wife despite Valkyrie's protestations that she was a different woman.
Jack kissed Valkyrie, and she pushed him away. After rescuing Jack from an
earthquake, Valkyrie returned to the Defenders and accompanied them to the
Guardians' future Earth, shoving Jack away before she left. (Defenders I#27) - The Defenders’
teleportation beams were skewed by the Badoon, causing Valkyrie and Vance Astro
to land on a Badoon world. They were beset by attacks from the female Badoon,
and Valkyrie grew weak and nauseous, collapsing in pain. Vance Astro rescued
her, then the mysterious Starhawk healed her. (Defenders I#28) - Starhawk
revealed that Valkyrie's sickness had come from fighting the Sisterhood, causing
her to wonder how he knew so much. The trio approached the Sisterhood's city,
where Queen Tolaria told them of the Badoon's origins. The heroes questioned the
Sisterhood's willingness to stand by while the Brotherhood conquered the
universe. Dr. Strange then teleported them off planet and arrived just in time
to see the Badoon prepared to execute Nighthawk, Charlie-27, and Martinex.
(Defenders I#29) - Valkyrie and
Vance Astro subdued the few Badoon and released the others from their
restraints. Nighthawk told Valkyrie Strange was dead. The heroes stormed the
Badoon's Earth headquarters, joined by Hulk and Yondu, and fought until Strange,
still alive, paralyzed all the Badoon magically. Strange, with Jack's aid,
liberated all the planet's captives, and Strange returned the heroes to their
own time. Valkyrie learned that Jack had followed them to the future Earth.
(Defenders I#30) - Valkyrie,
Strange, and Hulk moved to aid Nighthawk in battling the Maggia. They fought
Maggia goon Tapping Tommy, who managed to disarm Valkyrie and defeat the heroes
with a gas attack. They were placed into an elaborate trap and Valkyrie found
herself unable to defend herself against even robotic women. She soon freed
herself and destroyed the male robots. Valkyrie soon defeated all the robots by
destroying the control held by the man, Hodges. Strange defeated Tommy.
(Marvel Treasury Edition#12) -
When Howard the Duck and Beverly Switzer came to the mansion, Valkyrie and the
Defenders found themselves under attack by Dr. Angst and his minions, Black
Hole, Sitting Bullseye, Spanker, and Tillie the Hun. Valkyrie battled Sitting
Bullseye at the mansion and at Shea Stadium and was soon triumphant, despite
having her sword vibrated by an arrow. (Defenders I#31) - Valkyrie
attended a day at Coney Island with Jack and was perplexed by their games and
prizes there, even breaking a strength tester. She admitted to becoming
attracted to Jack, despite being 'created to lay bare man's foolish notion of
his superiority to women.' Jack and Valkyrie returned to Strange's mansion and
saw Strange, Nighthawk, and Hulk, holding a baby deer called Bambi. Nighthawk,
who had Chondu the Mystic's brain in his body, trapped the allies in an
ectoplasmic field and fled before Strange dissipated the field. 'Nighthawk' hit
them with a strength-draining spell before Strange subdued him. (Defenders I#32) - Son of Satan
attempted to exorcise Chondu from Nighthawk unsuccessfully, but Jack helped them
realize who Chondu was. (Defenders I#33 (fb) ) - Dr. Strange performed a complicated spell that sent Chondu's mind into the body of the baby deer, and Jack Norris's mind into Chondu's brain in Nighthawk's body. Chondu woke up in the body of a fawn and was infuriated. (Defenders I#32) - With Hulk, Strange, and Jack (whose mind had been
magically transferred into Chondu's brain in Nighthawk's body), Valkyrie traced
Nighthawk's brain to Connecticut and
they were knocked unconscious by Ruby Thursday's exploding head. (Defenders I#33) - Valkyrie,
Strange, and Hulk were donned with brainwashing equipment to bring them to the
Headmen's way of thinking. The Defenders awoke and attacked; Valkyrie was
briefly disarmed by Ruby and mauled by Nagan. Jack escaped with Nighthawk's
brain and the Defenders were left stuck under putty from Ruby's head while the
Headmen escaped. (Defenders I#34) - After freeing
themselves, the Defenders returned home to discover that Jack was not there, and
'Bambi' had escaped. Strange grew concerned over Jack being absent from his body
for so long. Investigating strange reports from the Hulk, Strange, Hulk and
Valkyrie went to the Park Plaza hotel to attend a seminar on Celestial Mind
Control, Valkyrie briefly being detained for her sword setting off the metal
detector. They listened to a bizarre speech, put on Bozo masks when instructed,
and were shown the sample of humanity that had been gathered as an example,
including Jack-as-Nighthawk and Chondu-as-Bambi. The man speaking was revealed
as Nebulon and he subdued the Defenders until Chondu, tapping into Nebulon's
powers, made both he and Nebulon disappear. (Defenders I#35) - Dr. Strange
arranged for Russian Dr. Tania Belinsky to perform the brain transplant for
Kyle. He transferred Jack's mind back to his own body, and Jack, feeling very
rested, agreed to accompany Valkyrie and Hulk in searching for the missing deer.
Valkyrie stopped Hulk from harming some cops who accosted him. After searching
for Hulk unsuccessfully, Valkyrie allowed Jack to put his arm around her as they
relaxed. They saw Chondu in a new form attacking a man, and Valkyrie pursued him
astride Aragorn. Chondu pulled her off, parrying her sword with his new horn and
lifted her off the horse, so she sliced off his wing. They crashed into a
restaurant and Valkyrie swiftly defeated Aragorn, though she was placed under
arrest. (Defenders I#36) - Valkyrie was
processed and considered hostile as she had no identification and no last name.
She was given clothes and her sword was confiscated. In the cell, one particular
inmate Felicia ridiculed Valkyrie, treating her and the other women brutally.
Valkyrie tried scaring the woman off, even lifting her off the ground, but grew
ill over attacking a woman. (Defenders I#37) - Felicia
continued harassing Valkyrie, and she was helpless to stop it. (Defenders I#38) - Valkyrie talked
to her cellmate Shirley at the table and dumped a bowl of stew on the large
prisoner's head when she picked on Valkyrie again. (Defenders I#39) - Valkyrie,
called "Val Doe," was taken to the warden, who tried to seduce her, causing
Valkyrie to toss him aside. The warden, furious, ordered her to be placed on
work detail, determined to make an example of her. When Valkyrie refused to do
the work and punched the warden again, she was thrown into solitary confinement,
which Valkyrie appreciated for its isolation. Having had enough, she burst out
discovering Shirley and the other inmates had had an uprising and were holding
the warden captive. Valkyrie helped take down Felicia finally and the women
agreed to end the riots. The Defenders arrived, finally having found Valkyrie.
(Defenders Annual#1) - The
Defenders watched a video sent by Jack where he postulated that many of their
recent incongruent actions had been the result of the Headmen's tampering with
them during the time they were captive, and stated that he was infiltrating Ruby
Thursday's political campaign. The Defenders agreed to begin addressing the
world challenges that they'd been subliminally avoiding. Valkyrie and Power Man
were sent to India to
investigate a recent string of assassinations. They arrived just after one such
attack and grabbed a box from the attacker that contained the shrunken down
bodies of the supposed victims. Gorilla-Man of the Head-Men attacked and shrank
down Power Man while Valkyrie tried to flee, but she too was shrunk and added to
the box. The Defenders were all gathered under one sphere before being rescued
by the Hulk. Valkyrie and Jack defeated Shrunken Bones while the others defeated
the other Head-Men and Nebulon. (Defenders I#41) - Valkyrie and
her allies were called to the American southwest to aid Dr. Strange, Nighthawk,
and Trish Starr against Shazana the sorceress. (Incredible Hulk II#206-207) -
Valkyrie joined her allies in opposing the Hulk, who was destroying the city in
a grief-filled rage. Despite being buried in rubble, the Defenders managed to
stall the Hulk, Valkyrie using Dragonfang to waylay the Hulk, who unsuccessfully
tried to break her blade. Hulk was soon calmed down and returned to the mansion,
though the news that his love was dead caused him more grief. (Defenders I#47 (fb) - BTS) -
Valkyrie realized that when she drew her sword, it automatically changed her
garb to her old costume. (Defenders I#57 (fb)) - Valkyrie
and Dr. Strange tried to calm the Hulk, who reacted violently to an apparition
of Ms. Marvel appearing. Valkyrie was struck for her efforts and went to rest.
(Defenders I#42) - Valkyrie
watched Nighthawk get hit with a powerful solar blast and joined her teammates
in repelling attackers Solarr and Rhino, members of the new Emissaries of Evil. Valkyrie guarded Nighthawk and parried
with Solarr until the villains departed. Strange departed, leaving Valkyrie in
charge, and Cobalt Man soon attacked, primed to give off a nuclear explosion. (Defenders I#43) - Nighthawk saw
the explosion stopped, and Red Guardian rejoined the heroes. Back at the
mansion, Egghead attacked and defeated Valkyrie with an electrified egg. Cobalt
Man and Egghead seemingly disintegrated. (Marvel Comics Super Special#1) - Valkyrie was among the Defenders who met with Dizzy the Hun and decided to stay out of the newly-empowered KISS' conflict with Dr. Doom as well as their extradimensional travels. (Defenders I#44) - Valkyrie
successfully quelled Hulk from rampaging, and they agreed to search for Strange.
Jack returned and confessed he loved Valkyrie, hoping she'd give him a chance,
but she turned him down and departed. Valkyrie listened to Red Guardian's
political plight before Hellcat rushed in with a dire warning of the Star of
Capistan. They noted Wong and other citizens mentally ensorcelled, and tracked
the source to Red Rajah, secretly Dr. Strange possessed by the Star, and with
Nighthawk, Hulk, and Power Man in his service. (Defenders I#45) - Valkyrie, Red
Guardian, and Hellcat fought a mountainous image of Dr. Strange that Red Rajah
created, then fled, barely saving Red Guardian from being ensorcelled. The women
discussed possible reasons why they may have been able to resist Rajah's
teachings, Valkyrie assuming it was her strong sense of individuality. Clea
joined them and they returned to fight Rajah and his minions. Valkyrie, back on
Aragorn, fought Power Man, knocking him from the air and catching him before he
landed. Clea freed Strange, and the Defenders made amends, though Strange
announced he was leaving the team. (Defenders I#46) - Strange, Red
Guardian, and Power Man departed and Hellcat joined the team, who moved their
headquarters to Nighthawk's riding academy. Valkyrie struggled with her decision
to stay, but couldn't imagine life without the Defenders. They returned to the
riding academy, where Scorpio, wielding the Zodiac Key, attacked, looking for
Kyle Richmond. The heroes aided each other in disarming Scorpio, who then
wielded a chain against Valkyrie before turning himself to water and getting the
Key back, then departed.
(Defenders I#48) - The heroes
chose to release Jack to Fury, despite Jack's reservations. Valkyrie felt guilty
about it, even asking Hellcat to be quiet while Valkyrie rode. They went back to
the riding academy where Nighthawk received word that Scorpio was holding Jack
for ransom, infuriating Valkyrie. Nighthawk was captured while Valkyrie and
Hellcat slept. (Defenders I#49) - Valkyrie and
Hellcat received word from Clea that Moon Knight was waiting for them at
Strange's mansion, hoping they could aid Nighthawk and Valkyrie. They met with
Moon Knight, and worked to entice Hulk into joining them, having to make him
angry to do so. They tried to flee in Moon Knight's helicopter, fighting off
Hulk the whole and bringing him to Scorpio's base just as the robot Zodiac
awoke. (Defenders I#50) - Valkyrie,
Hellcat, Moon Knight, Hulk, and the soon-freed Nighthawk got involved in a
complicated melee with the Zodiac, who had varying responses and states of mind
about Scorpio's plan, some of them meeting grisly fates that unhinged Scorpio's
sanity further. In the end, the Zodiac was defeated and Scorpio committed
suicide. (Defenders I#51) - After the mess
from the battle was cleaned up, Valkyrie was convinced by Nighthawk to try
enrolling in college. The contact he attempted to connect her with was dead, so
she was required to fill out many forms, stand in many lines, and attempt to
comprehend lingo she had no understanding for. Incredibly frustrated, her final
form was torn up by a stern secretary, and Valkyrie broke the woman's desk in
return. (Defenders I#52) - Valkyrie broke
the pipe of the man smoking behind her at the movie, college professor Harrison
Turk. At a nearby donut shop, she heard about the college's costumed menace,
Lunatik. (Defenders I#53) - Valkyrie stayed
the night at Strange's mansion and found the Defenders gone on a mission. After
discussing her college frustrations with Clea, she returned to ESU, suffering a
crowded subway ride and seeing her first glimpse of Lunatik. (Defenders I#54) - After
successfully registering, Valkyrie went to Dollar Bill's house and watched his
home movie, which put her to sleep. (Defenders I#55) - Ledge walked
Valkyrie to the subway where they saw Lunatik had killed two drug dealers.
Valkyrie garbed for battle. (Defenders I#56) - Valkyrie
watched as Lunatik wounded Ledge, then engaged in a maddening battle all over
the city, saving various pedestrians, listening to Lunatik's nonsensical banter,
and even having one of her pigtails lopped off. Lunatik seemed to be hit by a
train, but Valkyrie saw him shortly after that again. (Defenders I#57) - At Strange's
mansion, the A.I.M. creation Warbot attacked and proved resistant to the attacks
of Clea, Hulk, and Valkyrie, who he encased in a crystal cage. The Defenders
later helped Ms. Marvel rescue her friend, Michael Barnett, from A.I.M.
(Defenders I#58) - After visiting
Ledge in the hospital, Valkyrie and Hulk (as Banner) went to a nightclub with
Dollar Bill. Valkyrie sensed an odd aura from one of the patrons, and was proven
right when he turned out to be Devil-Slayer battling Vera Gemini. Valkyrie and
Hulk initially assumed Devil-Slayer was the villain and attacked him, but
learned that Gemini was the true villain. Devil-Slayer transported Valkyrie
and Hulk to another dimension with him. (Defenders I#59) - Valkyrie allied
with Devil-Slayer and retrieved Hulk from his inter-dimensional battle with the
Ort-Beast. The trio then returned to Strange's house, where they learned the Eye
of Agamotto had been stolen by the Cult of the Harvester of Eyes, led by Vera
Gemini and the Agent of Fortune. Nighthawk, Hellcat, and Hulk joined Valkyrie
back at Strange's mansion to participate in a mission and met film student
Dollar Bill. (Defenders I#60) - The heroes
prepared to depart for Mexico to track the Cult of the Harvester of Eyes, and
Dollar Bill convinced the heroes to let him accompany them, promising to stay
out of trouble. They flew to Mexico in Nighthawk's plane, though the Air Force,
manipulated by the demon Baltazar, shot them down. The heroes separated and
Nighthawk, Valkyrie, and Dollar Bill were attacked by a demonic version of Dr.
Strange, who enticed Valkyrie to slay it. She did so despite her reservations
and ended up breaking Strange free of the demon. The heroes soon triumphed.
(Defenders I#61) - Valkyrie
watched as Hellcat showed off her Shadow-Cloak, briefly accidentally pulling the
Ort-Beast through it. The Defenders read of Lunatik's deadly rampage across
Empire State University campus, and devised a plan, with the aid of Professor
Harrison Turk and Dollar Bill, to trap the vigilante. They built a statue of
Spider-Man to lure Lunatik in and, with Spider-Man himself, battled Lunatik when
he arrived. Lunatik escaped, managing to knock Aragorn and Valkyrie out of the
air during the fight and leaving them to be caught in Spider-Man's web.
(Defenders I#62) - After playing
Frisbee with her teammates, during which Valkyrie took a hard blow from Hulk,
Valkyrie and the Defenders learned that Dollar Bill had televised his recordings
of the Defenders, inviting any interested hero to join the team. When over a
dozen heroes showed up in response, Valkyrie tried to meet them cordially,
serving poorly made coffee to the guest. (Defenders I#63) - As the chaos
died down, Iron Man delivered news that several villains were terrorizing the
city under the name Defenders, the heroes divided into three teams, Valkyrie
agreeing to lead Falcon, Jack of Hearts, Prowler, Stingray, and Torpedo. They
left for New York immediately. (Defenders I#64) - Valkyrie's
group came across a group of villains (Boomerang, Joe the Gorilla, Leaper,
Libra, Melter, Pecos Bill, Shocker, Toad) who had already beaten Nighthawk. She
unexpectedly succumbed to a 'warrior's madness' and single-handedly waylaid all
of the heroes and villains. She almost choked Nighthawk before she snapped out
of it. (Defenders I#65) - Valkyrie and
Nighthawk returned to the academy and Valkyrie asked to be left alone, though
she soon entered the madness again and took it out on a water trough until
Nighthawk snapped her out of it. He vowed to get her medical help. Valkyrie
awoke in front of a fire and her past life became awakened in her mind, at least
in part. She sensed a summons to return to Asgard and left immediately, leaving
a note for her companions to not try and find her. (Defenders I#66)
- Valkyrie returned to Asgard on Aragorn via the Rainbow Bridge, greeting
Heimdall as she did so. She rode through the streets, frightening Asgard’s
citizens, and wondered why she’d been summoned, knowing that her memories were
still unclear. She visited the Three Fates (Skuld, Verandi, and Urdur) to learn
her future and foresaw a mighty battle, a civil war in Valhalla between forces led by Hela and a masked opponent, death claiming
the Defenders and others on Earth, and finally banishment to the hell-like
Niffleheim for herself. Resigned to her fate, Valkyrie flew onward, wondering if
the same fate would overtake the Barbara Norris side of herself. Valkyrie saw
the war had already begun as Tyr and his Sea Reavers won the first battle. She
found the hordes of Hela, led by Harokin, and met up with Hela, who’d been
appointed by Odin to reign over Valhalla, and the Valkyrior. Hela revealed she’d summoned Valkyrie back to
aid in the battle against the forces of Ollerus the Unmerciful. Valkyrie
discussed her situation with Svava, of the Valkyrior, then rushed to warn
Harokin of Ollerus’ attacking army. The two opposing armies battled in
Valhalla until a rising mountain
caused an earthquake that broke up the battle. Valkyrie investigated and found a
portal that led her to her true body, from which her soul had been pulled and in
her original costume. When she touched it, that form was awakened and Valkyrie
fell unconscious. Her true form possessed the maddened mind of Barbara Norris. (Defenders I#67)
- Valkyrie attempted to fight against Ollerus and Poppo the Cunning, but was kept in an
enchanted spell on their mountain. Valkyrie soon noticed she was in her original
costume, and realized the villains must have switched her clothes with
Barbara’s. Valkyrie grabbed one of the spears of Ollerus’s guards, then burst
through the wall of the mountain. She slew one of the mighty Watch-Dragons, and
Harokin slew the other, helping Valkyrie escape on the back of Aragorn.
(Defenders I#68)
- Valkyrie watched as the two armies began another vast fight. She realized that
the mountain would have to be defeated for Ollerus to lose, and so decided to
sneak in to hopefully capture Casiolena and Poppo, or to have a rematch with the
Norris-Valkyrie. She soon found Norris, wielding Dragonfang and riding on a
winged horse Casiolena had created, then noticed the Defenders had been
recruited to fight in Ollerus’s army. The Defenders were unsure of which
Valkyrie was the true one and, despite Valkyrie’s pleas to let she and Norris
fight alone, Hulk threw a stone and dismounted Valkyrie, who he assumed was
evil. The Defenders soon realized their folly, however, and returned to aid
Valkyrie. The team joined with Hela’s forces, under Harokin, and, after Hulk
destroyed Ollerus’s mountains, proved triumphant. Valkyrie realized that it was
Norris who would be banished to Niffleheim, along with Ollerus and Hela, who
appointed Harokin the new ruler of Valhalla. Valkyrie agreed to return to Earth
with the Defenders. (Defenders I#119 (fb)) - Valkyrie tried giving Nighthawk horseback lessons before Yandroth, in a
woman’s body (Stephanie Donal), attacked them and gained mind control with a small brain implant.
Soon, at Strange’s mansion, the woman had control of Dr. Strange, Clea,
Nighthawk, Valkyrie, Hellcat, Hulk, and Sub-Mariner, but the Defenders managed
to break free and defeat Yandroth. Valkyrie was one of the earliest to break
free, and struggled to battle against the woman’s form. (Alias#25 (fb), 26 (fb) - BTS) - The Defenders and the Avengers (Captain America, Iron Man, Ms. Marvel Scarlet Witch, Thor, Vision) returned from an adventure. Shortly after the mind-controlled (by Purple Man) heroine Jewel (Jessica Jones) had attacked Scarlet Witch, the Quinjet with the Defenders (Dr. Strange, Hulk, Namor, Silver Surfer and Valkyrie) landed. Jewel fled, but was hunted down and severely beaten by the present heroes until she was saved by Ms. Marvel. (Defenders I#69)
- The Defenders returned to Earth and were soon gathered by Dr. Strange to
investigate the Omegatron, which had possessed a veterinarian who called himself
the Anything Man. He battled the Defenders successfully, even holding off
Valkyrie in a sword-attack, until Nighthawk convinced him to relinquish his
powers. (Defenders I#70)
- Returning to the academy, Valkyrie received an invitation from E.S.U. to
attend a midnight mixer and she agreed, taking Hellcat with her. They saw Dollar
Bill and Prof. Turk there, along with Ledge, who accused Turk of being Lunatik.
When Lunatik attacked, Valkyrie pursued him and defeated him in a difficult
battle. However, Nighthawk and Hellcat soon returned, having defeated two more
Lunatiks, and Turk claimed to be Lunatik himself. (Defenders I#71)
- The Defenders met with Dollar Bill, Turk, and Ledge, and the three captive
Lunatiks and learned that the Lunatiks and Turk were each aspects of Arisen
Tyrk, the deposed god of Other Realm. Hellcat was captured by the Lunatiks, and
Valkyrie pursued on Aragorn. (Defenders I#72)
- Though hard-pressed to catch up, Valkyrie battled the Lunatiks until the
Nilffim attacked, worrying her until Dr. Strange and Hulk arrived to aid her.
Their combined forces went after the Lunatiks’ master, the Unnameable, fighting
a group of monsters on their way. (Defenders I#73)
- The heroes teamed up with Xhoohx, sorcerer supreme of Tunnelworld, and saw the
Lunatiks recombined into Arisen Tyrk, who they fought and defeated before
returning home. (Defenders I#74)
- Nighthawk announced he’d be leaving the team for a time, shocking Valkyrie and
Hellcat. While conferring with Clea and Hellcat, Valkyrie was interrupted by
Dollar Bill and Ledge, who brought Foolkiller to the Defenders. Foolkiller soon
attacked. (Defenders I#75) - Foolkiller held
Dollar Bill hostage while he explained his motivations, then turned his gun on
Valkyrie before escaping. Acting as leader of the Defenders, Valkyrie soon
defeated Foolkiller, but the academy burned down. When reporter Fia Lundstrom
tried interviewing Nighthawk, he announced that the Defenders were kaput and
flew off. Richard Rory asked for aid from Valkyrie and Hellcat in finding Omega
the Unknown. (Amazing
Spider-Man I#225 (fb)) - Valkyrie watched Foolkiller get loaded on an ambulance.
(Defenders I#76) - Hellcat had
Wasp take them in an Avengers Quinjet, along with Rory, Amber, and Ruth, and
they heard about James-Michael Starling and Omega the Unknown. They went to pick
up adolescents Dian and James-Michael and saw spaceships descending, leading
them to battle armored aliens. Valkyrie and Wasp fought savagely while Hellcat
called for help. Moondragon responded just before the aliens pulled back. The
women and their allies burst into the house to find that James-Michael had
switched places with the corpse of Omega. (Defenders I#77) - Valkyrie,
Hellcat, Wasp, and Moondragon tracked Starling to Las Vegas and found Ruby
Thursday with her ally, the monstrous teleporting Dibbuk, and they fought until
Wasp blew a hole in Ruby’s computer head, leading Dibbuk to teleport her away.
They found Starling, now powered, holding off the aliens, and he turned his
powers on the women until he realized his friends were in danger. Moondragon
helped him learn the truths of Omega’s origins, after which she departed.
(Defenders I#78) - Hellcat,
Valkyrie, and Wasp took Amber, Ruth, and Dian aboard a spare Quinjet, picked up
by Yellowjacket, who quickly took them to Colorado to respond to a distress call
on a military base. They battled the Mutant Force (Burner, Lifter, Peeper,
Shocker, Slither) and the women warriors of the Mandrill. Valkyrie fought
against Slither and redirected the energies of Shocker’s blast back at him. Most
of the Force escaped, having captured Yellowjacket. Hellcat, Wasp, and Valkyrie
were soon led into a trap. (Defenders I#79) - The women
fought the female warriors, and Valkyrie was soon vanquished, unable to do more
than defend herself. They were held in restraints, though Wasp managed to
escape, then Mandrill took the women under his control with his voice, forcing
them to admit they loved him and having them join his army, which attacked the
military base. (Defenders I#80) - The females
savagely fought the military, who had the Wasp on their team. Valkyrie slashed
apart tanks and responded well to this independent role. Nighthawk soon attacked
them and was able to free Valkyrie and Hellcat’s minds by tossing them into an
electrical field. Mandrill fled, and the heroes rescued Yellowjacket. (Defenders I#81) - Valkyrie and
Hellcat returned to Nighthawk’s apartment with him, and Hellcat offered to help
Valkyrie acclimate to life on Earth. Nighthawk was then arrested, shocking the
heroines. (Defenders I#83) - Hellcat and
Valkyrie went shopping, becoming fast friends. They stopped men from robbing a
bank, Valkyrie slashing the car’s engine with a sword. (Defenders I#84) - Valkyrie and
Hellcat united with Clea, and they decided to form their own Defenders, inviting
Dr. Strange to join them. (Defenders I#85) - Valkyrie joined
with her allies, who’d recruited Black Panther, in leading an attack against the
Mandrill. Sub-Mariner and Hulk dropped by the mansion, though Sub-Mariner
quickly left after he and Black Panther almost came to blows. They attacked
Mandrill’s forces in Frenchtown, New Jersey, and Hellcat and Black Panther were
caught in a trap aboard a plane. Valkyrie almost fell to her death when she
tried to rescue them, but Clea saved her astride Aragorn. Mandrill now
recognized the Defenders as formidable foes. (Defenders I#86) - Valkyrie tried
to track down the purchasers of smuggled Wakandan technology, the silencing
Arranger, but she was unsuccessful. She enjoyed the sunset over the city, and
reflected on her position in life. She returned and took Banner to the movies,
trying to cheer him up. The Arranger was brought near the movie, quieting it,
and Valkyrie moved to track it, unintentionally starting a riot. Hellcat and
Black Panther quelled it by destroying the Arranger. (Defenders I#87) - Valkyrie and
Hellcat, who were currently living in Nighthawk’s penthouse, returned to the
burned down riding academy. They noticed they were being watched and pursued a
fleeing limousine; when they tried to stop it, they were knocked out by agents of
the Tribunal. They returned home, then moved to find Hulk, who was in trouble
with the authorities. They found him at Giants’ Stadium and rescued him from an
attack by the Mutant Force and the Air Force. (Thor I#311/2 - BTS) - Valkyrie didn't answer Odin's call and refused to rejoin the Valkyrior. (Defenders I#88) - Valkyrie
helped men at Richmond Enterprises repair their air-car. When Hellcat and
Valkyrie tracked Hulk, they found him aboard the ship of the "Whaling Captain"
and Vassily, who Valkyrie was suspicious of. Hulk sank the ship, also destroying
the air-car. They fought a giant squid and Hulk, on a whale, rescued Valkyrie
from drowning. (Defenders I#89) - Valkyrie and
her allies bid hello to Barton Beekman, Nighthawk’s doorman, and learned that
the government was freezing all of Nighthawk’s assets. A call came in and
Hellcat learned that her mother had passed on. On Hellcat’s request, Clea
changed the spell on Valkyrie’s sword back to the old one, so that her old
costume returned. Valkyrie attended the funeral and joined her teammates at
Dorothy’s home in Montclair, New Jersey, where she met Dorothy’s housekeeper, Dolly Donahue. Valkyrie was
sent to go grocery-shopping, Hulk accompanying her. After they stopped some
robbers, they simply bought beans (as Valkyrie lost her shopping list) with the
aid of Mr. Hudack and Mindy. (Defenders I#90) - After grabbing
a bite to eat, Valkyrie took Aragorn out for exercise. At Nighthawk’s trial,
Valkyrie proved unruly and was almost arrested before Hellcat and Fem-Force,
under sway of Mandrill, burst in the room and put Valkyrie and Judge Clark under
their control. Valkyrie battled Hulk for a time, but fled on Aragorn when
Mandrill did. (Defenders I#91) - Valkyrie rode
Aragorn to Mandrill’s headquarters, and was appointed his second-in-command. At
Arrowshaft Nuclear Plant, Valkyrie was forced to battle Hellcat, who drew a
sword from her Shadow-Cloak to fight, but the enchantment against fighting women
in opposition to Mandrill’s orders caused Valkyrie extreme psychic pain. The two
fought until Valkyrie finally snapped out of it, and she tearfully apologized to
Hellcat. Mandrill was defeated. (Defenders I#92) - Valkyrie teamed
up with Sub-Mariner to travel to Greece, where they worked to find one of the
missing aspects of Eternity, Socrates Cavropolis. They met his wife, Lizzie, who
informed them Socrates had disappeared. They tracked him and battled and
defeated psychokinetic constructs of the Greek Harpy and merman Glaucus. They
were soon caught up in a cosmic fight with other Defenders and the other two
aspects of Eternity, Sai Anand and Socrates Cavropolis. The Defenders were
defeated, and Nighthawk convinced the aspects to return to Eternity in order to
experience humanity to its fullest. (Savage She-Hulk#13) - Hellcat pestered
Valkyrie to engage in leisure time until Hellcat disappeared, relieving
Valkyrie. (Defenders I#93) - Valkyrie
relaxed with her friends until Nighthawk collapsed, discovering he was
paralyzed. She then went with the Defenders to oppose Sub-Mariner’s Atlantean
attack on London. They were defeated by Namor’s Sonic-Scrambler, and held
captive. Valkyrie tried to convince Namor of his wrong-doings, and was attacked
by Namor’s seemingly resurrected lover, Dorma, who turned out to be Nebulon in
disguise. The Defenders quickly defeated Nebulon, who was taken up into space.
(Defenders I#94)
- Valkyrie, Son of Satan, and Dr. Strange responded to a call for aid from
Hellcat and found her home destroyed and an injured Dolly Donahue informed them
Gargoyle had kidnapped her. They tracked her to Christiansboro, Virginia, where they battled the demon hordes of Avarrish, then
Hellcat, transformed and possessed by Avarrish, attacked. Valkyrie refused to
fight, and helped to shock Hellcat back to her senses. Gargoyle allied with the
Defenders. (Defenders I#95)
- The Defenders returned to Strange’s mansion where they learned that Nighthawk
had gained his ability to walk, but only at night; Valkyrie attacked him when
she thought he was an intruder. Later, the Valkyrior summoned Valkyrie to Asgard
for battle, but she declined and instructed them to select a new leader. The
Defenders were attacked by Dracula, who was possessed by Puishannt of the
Six-Fingered Hand, then they teamed with his to stop Puishannt, and they
successfully defeated the demon’s cult in Transylvania. (Defenders I#96)
- Valkyrie accompanied Nighthawk in visiting his lawyer, Milton Rosenblum.
Defenders, sans Nighthawk, soon left for
Detroit, where they allied with Ghost Rider (who they had to battle
briefly) to drive the demon Fashima out of singer, Asmodeus Jones, and witnessed
the demise of his manager, Felix Palmer. (Defenders I#97)
-Joined by Nighthawk and Devil-Slayer, the Defenders traveled to the Middle East
to track down the Hand. Devil-Slayer’s wife, Cory Payne, had joined a group
worshipping supposed Messiah, David Kessler. Kessler healed Nighthawk, then
launched an attack of demons posing as angels on the Defenders, who fought them,
then drove the demon Hyppokri from Kessler’s form. (Defenders I#98)
- Nighthawk quit the Defenders, who soon responded to a call for help from the
Avengers (Beast, Captain America, Iron
Man, Wonder Man), who let them know that Citrusville, Florida had disappeared. The group was attacked by the demon
Unnthinnk possessing the body of Man-Thing while Hellcat quietly departed. The
team traveled through the Nexus of All-Realities to a dimensional level of Hell,
where the Six-Fingered Hand waited with captives Clea, Hulk, Silver Surfer, and
Sub-Mariner. (Defenders I#99)
- The expanded team of Defenders were taunted by the Hand’s manipulation of the
citizens of Citrusville and had to fight the demons and the town’s transformed
citizens until the demons’ power wore off and Mephisto revealed that he and
other lords of Hells, Satan (Kurios), Thog, and Satannish were behind the Hand
all along. They took the Defenders back to Earth, which had been transformed
into a world of night and demons. Nighthawk and a newly transformed Hellcat were
there. (Defenders
I#100) - The Defenders reeled with the seeming revelation that Hellcat was
Satan’s daughter (later proven to be false). Hellcat accosted Valkyrie and
Hellcat, embracing her new ‘heritage.’ The Defenders agreed to participate in
three contests to attempt to attempt to wrest control of Earth from the
entities. Valkyrie, with Silver Surfer and Clea, were sent to a void of
nothingness, faced with being insubstantial and ineffective against Mephisto.
Valkyrie rejected the promises of a dimension of endless battle with her
Valkyrior; she and the others defeated Mephisto, who then allowed them to
seemingly fade into nothingness. The Defenders were soon reunited against Satan
and the possessed Hellcat, who was soon restored to normal, though Satan left
her with doubts about her parenthood. The Defenders fed their energy into
Hellstrom, who defeated Satan and returned to Hell with him. (Defenders
I#101) - Valkyrie watched many of their allies depart, and then accompanied
Hellcat, who she agreed to be there for, and Gargoyle to the hospital to visit
Dolly Donahue, who was much improved. She later helped welcome Devil-Slayer to
the team. (Marvel Team-Up I#111) - The
Serpent Men captured several Defenders (Clea, Devil-Slayer, Dr. Strange,
Gargoyle, Hulk, Sub-Mariner, Valkyrie) in a complex plot, and imprisoned them in
mystic energy in Japan. (Marvel Team-Up I#111) - The
Serpent Men tried to manipulate Spider-Man into completing the resurrection, but
he managed to free the Defenders, and all seven heroes defeated the villains
together. (Marvel Team-Up I#116) - Valkyrie
stopped the E-Street Jukes gang from robbing citizens Jeff and Lynne. As she
flew away on Aragorn, her sword was possessed by the combined energy of Dalia
and Meru, who then took over Valkyrie’s mind and instilled in her a desire to
slay Spider-Man and Thor. Valkyrie attacked Spider-Man, slashing at him with
Dragonfang all across the city and seeking to kill him, until Thor intervened
and Spider-Man took Dragonfang away. Valkyrie’s mind clear, she stopped Thor
from confessing his connection to her in the past in their mortal forms,
claiming her life was too complicated right now for more revelations. Thor
smashed Dragonfang and vanquished Dalia and Meru, then departed with Valkyrie to
fix Dragonfang. (Marvel Graphic Novel: Death of
Captain Marvel) - Valkyrie, alongside many other heroes, traveled to Titan
to witness the passing of Captain Marvel. (Silver Surfer Annual#6 (fb) ) - Along with many other heroes Valkyrie was present at Mar-Vell's funeral. (Defenders
I#103) - After accompanying Hellcat back to New Jersey, Valkyrie joined Hellcat, Clea, Devil-Slayer, and Gargoyle
in investigating Gargoyle’s hometown,
Christiansboro, Virginia. She met a
demonic cat before the group united against Null the Living Darkness, who was
defeated by Gargoyle. (Defenders
I#104) - Attending a party with Hellcat, Matt Murdock, Gargoyle, Rosenblum,
Luann Bloom, and Nighthawk, to celebrate Nighthawk’s legal resolutions, Valkyrie
and the others were quickly attacked by some of August Masters’ men, including
Hanson, who gassed the heroes and took them captive. (Captain America I#268) - Hellcat,
Nighthawk, Valkyrie, and Gargoyle were awakened by the Psychics/Chorus in Mt.
Charteris and fought against August Masters’ soldiers, soon joining with Captain
America and trying to escape. When Masters threatened innocents, however, the
heroes surrendered and were recaptured. (Defenders
I#106) - Dr. Strange, Son of Satan, and Beast rescued the heroes, who then fled
only to see the base explode with Nighthawk still inside. (Defenders
I#107) - While the heroes were still in shock, one of Masters’ men fired a
high-powered gun at Valkyrie, slaying Barbara’s body and setting Valkyrie’s soul
adrift. A small memorial service for Valkyrie and Nighthawk was attended by
Beast, Vera Cantor, Captain America, Daredevil, Dr. Strange, Gargoyle, Hawkeye,
Hulk, Power Man, Silver Surfer, Spider-Man, Sub-Mariner, and Thor. Valkyrie’s
soul soon appeared before Hellcat, unable to speak, and soon before the
Defenders (joined by Beast, Vera Cantor, Spider-Man, Hulk, and Sub-Mariner).
They conducted a séance, and Valkyrie entreated them to help her free her true
body from Niffleheim so that she could have form again. A spell by the
Enchantress trapped Valkyrie’s sword inside Dragonfang. Clutching Dragonfang,
Enchantress required the heroes’ aid if they ever wanted to see Valkyrie alive
again. (Defenders
I#108) - Enchantress promised to restore Valkyrie’s true body to her if the
Defenders retrieved the Rose of Purity for her. However, Valkyrie realized that
this task would send Barbara’s mind adrift eternally, an act which Valkyrie
could not commit though Hellcat argued with her. The team split and Hellcat,
wielding Dragonfang, accompanied Son of Satan, Sub-Mariner, and Hulk to retrieve
the Rose of Purity. They traveled to the Rose’s other-dimensional world and
Valkyrie’s long-forgotten memories began coming back to her. They found the
Rose, a being who caused peace and purity all around, and Valkyrie convinced
Hellcat not to destroy that. The embodiment of Love soon retrieved Barbara’s
soul and took it with back to the cosmos, granting it a peaceful afterlife. Her
body free, Valkyrie’s soul rushed back into it and she awakened, vowing her
revenge on Enchantress, who stood nearby with Dr. Strange, Beast, Gargoyle, and
Spider-Man. (Defenders
I#109) - Strange cast a spell that confined Valkyrie and Enchantress, allowing
them to battle without Enchantress fleeing. They traded blows, Valkyrie seeking
to slay her foe, until Enchantress cast a spell that was slowly turning Valkyrie
into a tree. Valkyrie, however, saw the nearby globe of souls and used her
familiarity with it to draw Enchantress’s soul into it, trapping her. Valkyrie
considered her revenge sufficient. Hellcat returned to them, and Valkyrie bid
her teammates farewell as she went to approach Odin. She questioned why he’d
forsaken her all these years, and Odin revealed that he’d assumed she was angry
at him and living elsewhere. Valkyrie was furious and refused to forgive Odin,
but she hugged him and stated that she accepted him for what he was, then
departed back to Earth. (Avengers Annual#11 (fb) ) - After exercising Aragorn, Valkyrie returned to the Defenders and joined
Beast, Gargoyle, and Wong at Strange’s mansion. They were approached by
Supernalia, who mentally manipulated them into believing Nebulon was
mind-controlling the Avengers. Valkyrie helped Supernalia retrieve Silver Surfer
to aid them. (Avengers Annual#11) - The Defenders moved to attack the Avengers (Captain America, Iron
Man, Thor, Wasp) and Nebulon, first at their mansion and then pursuing them to
the Himalayas. Valkyrie and Thor battled, and Valkyrie almost snapped out of
Supernalia’s control due to her familiarity with Thor, but Supernalia maintained
control by having Aragorn suddenly appear, though Thor soon was felled by Silver
Surfer. All the heroes’ energies were drained by Nebulon’s Ennui device, which
ended up killing both Nebulon and Supernalia. (Defenders
I#112) - Valkyrie reunited with her allies and held a house-warming party at
their new headquarters, a brownstone Nighthawk had purchased for them before his
death. The patrons at the party (Beast, Vera Cantor, Dolly Donahue, Gargoyle,
Scarlet Witch, Silver Surfer, Vision) commented on Valkyrie’s new personality.
Dr. Strange soon transported the heroes to the alternate world of the Squadron
Supreme where they were united with Hulk, Sub-Mariner, Son of Satan, Strange,
and a seemingly resurrected Nighthawk (actually the Squadron’s Nighthawk
template). They discovered that the Squadron Supreme (Amphibian, Arcanna, Cap’n
Hawk, Doctor Spectrum, Golden Archer, Hyperion, Lady Lark, Nuke, Power Princess,
Tom Thumb, Whizzer) had been mentally enslaved by the Over-Mind. (Defenders
I#113) - The heroes were joined by a composite being of the Psychics (telepaths
who’d been manipulated by August Masters) and moved to the moon to attack
Over-Mind. Valkyrie battled against Power Princess. Over-Mind was soon defeated,
only to have Null the Living Darkness attack. (Defenders
I#114) - The heroes, focusing their powers through the Psychics, defeated Null,
and the composite being took over Over-Mind’s body. (Defenders
I#115) - When transporting home, Valkyrie, Sub-Mariner, Gargoyle, and Beast were
shunted to the dimensional world of Here and There. Valkyrie calmed Sub-Mariner
with words of admiration. They aided Greeneggs and Annham and other cartoonish
citizens in fighting against Mayor Easyread and the sleep-inducing Thornton.
Finally the bizarre adventure came to an end when they used the Ruby Sneakers to
travel home. (Defenders
I#116 (fb) ) - After bidding Vision and Scarlet Witch farewell, Valkyrie called forth
Aragon, who could be summoned by saying “Aragorn -to me!” thanks to a spell by
Dr. Strange. Valkyrie flew on Aragorn away with Sub-Mariner. (Defenders
I#116) - Valkyrie flew with Sub-Mariner to the sea. The two laughed, enjoyed each
other’s company, and kissed, but the Sub-Mariner departed, stating that they
could never be more than friends. The smaller team later bonded. (Defenders
I#117) - After bidding a final farewell to Nighthawk, Valkyrie and Hellcat
traveled through the city and Valkyrie noted how reluctant Hellcat was acting
around her. After Valkyrie stopped some bank robbers, she discovered that
Hellcat felt Valkyrie was a stranger. Valkyrie took Hellcat to Maine where she
explained that her soul was restored and that their friendship had endured, and
the two friends embraced. They later welcomed Over-Mind to the team. (Incredible Hulk II#278) - In Washington Hellcat was present along with dozens of heroes when the Hulk was granted complete amnesty in front of the White House. (Incredible Hulk II#279) - Hellcat joined dozens of heroes when the city of New York honored the Hulk. (Contest of Champions I#1, 2-3 - BTS) -
Valkyrie was summoned alongside dozens of super heroes to witness the cosmic
game played between Grandmaster and Death. (Defenders
I#120) - At the local YMCA, Valkyrie wrapped heavy barbells around some patrons
who doubted her heritage. When Hellcat sensed that Son of Satan was in danger, a
group of Defenders traveled to Massachusetts
to find him. (Defenders
I#121) - The reality-altering Miracle Man caused the Defenders’ ship to crash,
then the heroes battled an ice giant. Valkyrie briefly argued with Beast over
who should be the leader of the team. Miracle Man taunted the heroes with claims
of being able to give humanity paradise; Valkyrie argued that man must find his
own way to paradise, however. Miracle Man stood revealed as wanting power for
himself, however, and Valkyrie briefly engaged in a mighty sword fight against
floating swords. The heroes soon defeated Miracle Man.
(Defenders I#122) - The Defenders
returned Miracle Man to the monastery. Later, back at Strange’s mansion,
Valkyrie met Beast’s dog Sassafras. Hellcat announced that she was leaving the
team to marry Son of Satan. Valkyrie, upset, flew away on Aragorn and only
returned just in time to wave goodbye to Hellcat. While reminiscing over lost
loves, Valkyrie was summoned by Odin to return to Asgard for a task. (Defenders I#123) - Valkyrie was
called to Asgard by Odin, who told her how proud he was of her. He asked her to
watch over the mortal Moondragon, giving Moondragon a chance to redeem herself. (Defenders I#124) - [Valkyrie only
appears on the cover of this issue, and in the preview to the next issue.] (Defenders I#125) - Valkyrie
returned to Strange’s mansion with Moondragon, w ho put her team off with her
haughty nature and refused to concede at even attempts at compassion. While the
team interacted, Dolly announced Patsy and Daimon’s wedding, and they planned to
attend. Later, while Valkyrie sculpted a bust of Odin, Beast questioned the
others on making the Defenders an official team. They dressed up and took a
Quinjet to the wedding, where they met Patsy’s family (Joshua and Bea Walker).
When Mad Dog and the Mutant Force (minus Peepers) attacked, Valkyrie quickly
leaped at Lifter, who negated her gravity and tossed her away, but she quickly
returned and hit him into a pigsty. After the villains were vanquished, the
wedding went forward, and the heroes agreed to the official new team. The soon
received the original Defenders’ blessing. ((New) Defenders I#126) - The
Defenders saw Nick Fury and SHIELD arrest the villains, then learned that
others (Cloud, Harridan, Seraph) had escaped SHIELD custody. On their way home,
Valkyrie caught Iceman when he fell. After dinner, Valkyrie nominated herself as
new team leader, laughing at Beast when he suggested himself. This sparked an
argument among the team that lead to Angel flying away, furious. Embarrassed,
the Defenders went looking for Angel and found him battling the giant Leviathan.
While contemplating her place in the team, Valkyrie pummeled Leviathan only to
be knocked down by the giant’s punch. Working as a team, they subdued the giant,
Valkyrie delivering the final punch. ((New) Defenders I#127) -
Struggling with Moondragon’s haughty nature, Gargoyle and Valkyrie discussed
their new teammate until former Secret Empire operative Cloud attacked and soon
fell unconscious. Moondragon quickly came to Cloud’s aid, disconcerting
Valkyrie, then a group of Mandroids seeking Cloud burst through the wall,
already in battle with Angel, Beast, and Iceman. Using teamwork, the Defenders
quickly defeated the Mandroids, but another group attacked and subdued the
heroes, gassing Valkyrie. They departed, taking Cloud captive again. ((New) Defenders I#128) - After a
flight upon Aragorn to renew her spirits, Valkyrie returned to her teammates and
Moondragon admitted she telepathically knew the location of the Empire’s
headquarters. When Moondragon taunted Beast telepathically, the headband Odin
had equipped her with gave her feedback, and Valkyrie explained to the others
what the headband was. After conferring with Nick Fury of SHIELD, the Defenders
attacked the Empire, fighting through a powerful forcefield and then against
dozens of guards and operatives (Mad Dog, Mutant Force, Harridan, Seraph).
Valkyrie chopped Harridan’s staff in half, reflecting on how mad Moondragon was
driving her. The whole team was vanquished and captured by Leviathan. Professor
Power then told them he would use them to destroy Professor X. ((New) Defenders I#129) - The
Defenders were held in transparent cages while Professor Power tried to mentally
condition them. The team managed to escape, following a plan of Moondragon’s,
and they allied with Cloud and Seraph to take down the Secret Empire. Valkyrie
chopped the head off a robotic Mandroid as they fought their way free, then she
and Moondragon leaped onto a launching missile to try and stop it. ((New) Defenders I#130) - Valkyrie
and Moondragon managed to destroy the rocket, and Angel and Gargoyle saved them
from crashing to the Earth. The team then defeated Mad Dog and Mutant Force
again. They confirmed with Fury and Colonel Razhumin that the Secret Empire was
being dismantled, then returned home and discovered Professor Power holding
Candy Southern and Dolly Donahue. After a brief battle, Moondragon subdued Power
telepathically. ((New) Defenders I#131) - Valkyrie
relaxed by the pool with some of her teammates. ((New) Defenders I#132) - The team
fought against a gamma-irradiated beast, which sprang forth out of mansion
visitor Ephraim Soles. When the beast was thought dead, Valkyrie stabbed it for
good measure and was shocked to see deadly flowers spring out of it. The beast
attacked again, and Valkyrie continued fighting by her teammates, seeing no way
to defeat it, but they soon did, working as a team. ((New) Defenders I#133) - While
the mansion was under quarantine, the Defenders took a vacation to Angel’s
residence in San Francisco
(Iceman spun Dragonfang to determine which place to stay). From the residence
window, they witnessed Cutlass on the back of a cab and rushed to help him,
agreeing to aid him in a difficult case. They were soon fighting black-clad
assassins to save Typhoon, then resisting Mr. Ozu of the Drug Enforcement Agency
as they went to fight more black-clad villains. They aided Cutlass and Typhoon
in shutting down a drug import, exposing Ozu as one of the villains. ((New) Defenders
I#134 (fb)) - The Defenders began receiving threats of death from the mysterious
Manslaughter, who laid traps for Cloud, Iceman, and Angel, and pilfered
Valkyrie’s sword. Valkyrie watched as Gargoyle disappeared under mysterious
circumstances. ((New) Defenders
I#134) - Valkyrie accidentally attacked the Beast, thinking he was Manslaughter,
then Manslaughter himself appeared, taunting the heroes and even catching and
returning Valkyrie’s thrown dagger before disappearing. The Defenders huddled
together until Manslaughter seemingly killed Cloud; they then split up to find
him. Valkyrie soon found him and the two battled with swords until Manslaughter
cut her leg with Dragonfang, which had been dipped in a poison. The wound was
deadly enough for Valkyrie, who collapsed. The Defenders later defeated
Manslaughter and Valkyrie was put in deep freeze by Iceman to keep her alive.
((New) Defenders
I#135) - The medical professionals arrived and aided Valkyrie in getting the
poison out of her system. Valkyrie was soon up and around, which surprised new
ally Candy Southern. Days later, the Defenders responded to a call for aid from
local sheriff Garvin, and they helped bring down Blowtorch Brand, who had
started a fire in a local workshop. Garvin sacrificed his life in the fire, and
Valkyrie took his soul to Valhalla, surprising her teammates. ((New) Defenders
I#136) - Valkyrie, with her teammates, was very shocked to find that Cloud had
changed sexes. The Defenders soon left to investigate Gargoyle’s disappearance,
and battled roots generated by the Gnostic Wizard to get to Gargoyle. They were
attacked by Gargoyle, now a giant. ((New) Defenders
I#137) - Valkyrie used Dragonfang, “carved from the fang of a celestial dragon,
and scriven with the runes of the Valkyrior” to draw blood from Gargoyle, but
she recognized that this battle was beyond the Defenders’ ability to handle. She
attacked, but was knocked off Aragorn by Gargoyle’s hand, and had to be saved by
an ice-slide. All other attacks were unsuccessful, but Valkyrie caught a falling
Angel and held Gargoyle’s hand while Beast chopped it off with Dragonfang. The
hand mutated into a demon and Valkyrie helped slay it. Finally they won by
defeating the Gnostic Wizard, and Gargoyle was returned to his standard size. ((New) Defenders
I#138) - The Defenders returned home and saw their new security system, which
used holograms to ward off attackers, and Valkyrie saw that Gargoyle’s wounds
were tended to. Candy Southern was later named new team leader. The Defenders
were shocked when Mantis attacked (actually a psychic manifestation from
Moondragon). ((New) Defenders
I#139) - The Defenders battled ‘Mantis’ until she disappeared. The Defenders
responded to a call from aid from the government, and traveled to the small town
of Jicarilla, where they heard from Red Wolf (Will Talltrees) that a group of
trolls had attacked them. While investigating in the mines, Valkyrie realized
they’d been transported somehow to the caverns of the Asgardian trolls, and a
group quickly attacked them and took the Defenders captive. The Defenders
escaped and Valkyrie pulled the ceiling down on the heads of the trolls.
Moondragon, having proved worthy in battle, lost the headband Odin had granted
her. (Rom#65-66) - Alongside many
heroes, Valkyrie witnessed Rom’s last defeat of the Dire Wraiths. (Sub-Mariner II#3) - Valkyrie and
the Defenders watched Sub-Mariner’s address to the United Nations on television. ((New) Defenders
I#140) - While fraternizing, the Defenders saw Moondragon’s new costume. They
attended the trial of Danny Sheppard, the Heartbreak Kid, and heard testimony
from Edna Mae Terry; Valkyrie watched as Moondragon intervened to get the whole
truth. ((New) Defenders
I#141) - When the Gamma Spores that had infected Ephraim Soles surrounded the
mansion, Valkyrie and her teammates rushed back to home, stopping in the town of Ephraim to
gauge the deadly threat. The Spores, in monstrous form, loomed over them and
threatened the world until Moondragon and Gargoyle were able to stop them.
((New) Defenders
I#142 - BTS) - (Valkyrie only appeared on splash page and cover) ((New) Defenders
I#143) - The entity, the Dragon of the Moon, began to take over Moondragon’s
conscious mind. Valkyrie and Gargoyle, aware of this, decided to give Moondragon
the chance to handle it on her own. However, when she felt the Dragon’s attack
was pending, Valkyrie ordered Candy, Dolly, and Sassafras out of the mansion,
and Valkyrie, with Angel and Gargoyle, soon stood against the Dragon, who turned
Gargoyle’s bestial nature against him, struck Angel blind, and made Valkyrie
disappear in a blast. ((New) Defenders
I#144) - Valkyrie, powered by Odin, appeared before the Dragon in Moondragon’s
body as a giant, wielding tremendous power and revealing that Moondragon had bee
placed in Valkyrie’s charge in the first place because Odin had sensed the
Dragon’s power in Moondragon’s soul. They traded blows, and Valkyrie
successfully quelled the Dragon’s attempt to use the Earth’s molten core against
her, but the Dragon attacked her physically, putting Valkyrie on the defensive.
She summoned the Valkyrior to her aid. The battle did not end, however, until
the other Defenders reached Moondragon psychically. In the aftermath, the
Dragon, Valkyrie, and the Valkyrior were all gone. ((New) Defenders
I#145) - Back in her normal form, Valkyrie returned to her teammates and
revealed that Moondragon was still out there and was being more and more
corrupted by the Dragon of the Moon. She also revealed that with the Dragon’s
initial defeat, that Valkyrie’s stewardship over Moondragon was over, and that
any additional powers granted to her were now gone. The team agreed to continue
on. Valkyrie briefly associated with John Blaze, Roxanne Simpson, and General
Argyle Fist. (Marvel Fanfare I#20) - Dr.
Strange sought out the help of the Defenders in trying to aid the Hulk.
((New) Defenders
I#146) - With her teammates, Valkyrie received the news that Angel’s blindness
was permanent. The Defenders left for New York, leaving their mansion in the care of Fist, who sent his
aid (secretly Seraph) with the as a liaison. They traveled to Strange’s mansion,
and met Wong and Sara Wolfe. As Valkyrie contemplated the worthiness of the
current Defenders team, she, with her senses heightened by Strange’s mansion,
sensed an aura of death nearby. She led her teammates to
Central Park, where they found
Hotspur terrorizing an ensorcelled crowd. Hotspur hit Valkyrie with his deadly
muspel-flame, then lopped off her pig-tail with a sword. The heroes were soon
joined by new ally Andromeda. ((New) Defenders
I#147) - The allies charged Hotspur, who caused Valkyrie to believe she was
fighting trolls, driving her berserk as she destroyed things around her until
she came to her senses. They continued fighting, caught up in a vision of
fighting alongside Nick Fury and his Howling Commandoes against Hotspur’s deadly
Hades-Engine. At ‘Fury’s’ urging, the heroes almost gunned down innocents before
finally snapping out of the hallucination. Cloud then defeated Hotspur, and the
heroes welcomed Andromeda to the team. Seraph then revealed herself and stated
she was there to reveal Cloud’s origins. ((New) Defenders
I#149) - After hearing of Andromeda’s origins, the Defenders accompanied Cloud
to learn the truth of her origins. In West Virginia,
Cloud had an outburst that nearly crashed their ship. At the local hospital, the
Defenders learned Cloud was connected to two teenagers, Danny and Carol Faber.
((New) Defenders
I#150) - Cloud, actually a sentient astral body, transported the Defenders and
Seraph into space to battle the alien Star Thief, who was causing many of the
stars in the sky to go black. After allying with group of aliens from Xiombarg,
and the former Cosmic Cube (in the form of Captain America), the Defenders
donned translating devices. The unlikely allies battled Star Thief’s race, and
convinced the young alien to return the stars to their orbit. Cloud left the
team, and the Cube returned the heroes to Earth. ((New) Defenders
I#151) - The Defenders bid farewell to Seraph and returned hoe to find that
Manslaughter had infiltrated the mansion and captured Candy. He stated he wanted
to join the team, but then proceeded to defeat the heroes one by one until
Valkyrie choked him into temporary submission. Manslaughter started the mansion
on fire and threatened to destroy it unless the heroes allowed him to join the
team, but the Eternal Interloper arrived and subdued Manslaughter, calming the
flames as well. Interloper informed the heroes that it was crucial that
Manslaughter join them just before Moondragon, under the influence of the Dragon
of the Moon, attacked anew. ((New) Defenders
I#152) - The Defenders and their allies attacked Moondragon, using teamwork, and
Moondragon’s form shifted into a more serpentine one while Valkyrie held on to
her. Soon, rather than facing Manslaughter’s madness, Moondragon fled. After
hearing Manslaughter and Interloper’s origins, the Defenders regrouped, but
Moondragon soon attacked anew, renewed by the power of the Beyonder. She quickly
mutated Gargoyle into a monstrous form. The heroes tried a savage attack on
Moondragon and Gargoyle, but they were led for a final battle in a ring of fire
with the looming image of the Dragon of the Moon behind Moondragon. Moondragon
toyed with Beast, Angel (restoring his sight) and Iceman, while they attacked.
Interloper finally proposed that Valkyrie join his life-force to his, and the
two willingly sacrificed their bodies to achieve power capable of stopping the
Dragon once and for all. Needing mortal forms to focus their power, Interloper
acted through Manslaughter and Valkyrie through Andromeda, and the heroes
focused their energies for a final attack. Valkyrie implored her other allies to
rush away. After a bright flash, the Dragon was defeated, and all that remained
of Moondragon, Gargoyle, Valkyrie, Interloper, Manslaughter, and Andromeda were
statues of ash. (Strange Tales
II#5 (fb) - BTS) - Due to Valkyrie’s status as a chooser of the slain, Valkyrie,
Interloper, Manslaughter, and Andromeda were all transported to the dimension
between life and death, the Borders of the Land of the Dead, where they began
defending themselves against countless demons controlled by the Dragon of the
Moon. Valkyrie was occasionally granted respite from the battles in order to
retrieve a slain soul and take it forward to its final reward. (Marvel Comics Presents I#37/4) - While
battling the demon Baltazar, Devil-Slayer drew Dragonfang from his Shadow-Cloak
and teleported to the Borders of the Land of the Dead, seeing ashen statues of
the four "dead" Defenders there. After the battle, Dragonfang disappeared and
Devil-Slayer left the statues behind. (Doctor Strange II#80) - Valkyrie went to
escort Dr. Strange to his afterlife, but he resisted and returned to life. (Strange Tales II#5/2) - Valkyrie
appeared in the Tibetan mountains to retrieve the soul of Old Jigme, who was
near Dr. Strange and Rintrah. Strange tried to stop her, wanting to preserve
Jigme's soul, and Valkyrie reminded him that if he allowed her to take Jigme, he
could then summon she and her allies to aid him in battle, for one 24-hour
period. Strange agreed, and allowed Jigme to pass.
(Strange Tales II#6/2) - When
Strange was accosted by the demon, Erlik Khan, he summoned Valkyrie and the
others to aid him in battle. They quickly repelled Khan, aiding Strange and
Rintrah. (Strange Tales II#7) - After a
brief siesta of food, water, and wine, Valkyrie and her allies were joined by
Cloak and Dagger, who was distressed at Valkyrie's undead state, and then the
entire group was pulled by Nightmare into his dimension. They fought against
several of Nightmare's apparitions, including maniacal heads and insects. When
Cloak was near death, Valkyrie prepared to escort him into the afterlife, but he
chose to go back, leaving the four Defenders to go back to the Borders of the
Land of the Dead on their own. (Black Knight II#3) - Victoria Bentley allowed Brunnhilde to possess her to aid Dr. Strange and the Black Knight (Whitman possessed by his ancestor Sir Percy) against Morgana and her forces in Avalon. She freed Black Knight, who soon had to save her from the monstrous Balor. Afterwards she explained to her allies what Victoria had done to save her friends. Valkyrie returned with the other to Earth which was already invaded by Morgana's hordes. (Black Knight II#4) - Valkyrie, Dr. Strange and Black Knight fought Morgana's hordes on Earth. Valkyrie and Dr. Strange were both knocked out and then imprisoned within the Wicker Man until it was destroyed by Black Knight, who also ended Morgana's plans to turn Earth into a medieval world. When all was over Valkyrie left Victoria's body again and returned to the Borders of the Land of the Dead. (Doctor Strange III#3) - The four Defenders finally defeated the last of the Dragon’s servants,
and the Vishanti agreed to grant them new life for their service. They were
placed into the forms of a gathered group of mortals: Valkyrie into Sian Bowen,
Manslaughter into Roger Loomis, Andromeda into Genevieve Cross, and Interloper
into Will Fanshawe, and given the power to achieve their true forms at various
times with the humans to maintain their natural forms and wills most of the
time. With Daffyd ap Iowerth, who contained a portion of the Pendragon, they
called themselves the Dragon Circle.
They reunited with Dr. Strange, and realized that the Dragon had managed to come
through to Earth as well. The group fought the attacking Spirits of Air, Earth,
and Water (Doctor Strange III#4) - The Dragon Circle
and Strange visited Manchester, England, where the Dragon had influenced several
people to riot. After quelling the riot, Strange used Dragonfang to locate the
Dragon’s next place of influence, and took them to a nuclear plant. The Dragon
Circle got the Dragon to reveal himself, then attacked, Valkyrie using
Dragonfang relentlessly to weaken the Dragon of the Moon. The Circle joined
hands and Strange cast a spell that reduced the Dragon in size, then Iowerth
crushed the remainder between his fingers. The Dragon Circle was meant to act as
a talisman to prevent the Dragon from ever again influencing the world.
(Thor I#454) - Valkyrie, Tilda, Hermod and Tyr were summoned by Odin to discuss the fate of the Warriors Three.
(Marvel Comics Presents I#168/2) -
While traveling to find herself, Valkyrie was attacked by the elemental soldiers
of Taaru the Terrible in a remote part of China. She was knocked out by the
water elemental and taken to Taaru’s pleasure palace, where she was place din
the dungeon until summoned by Taaru, who called Valkyrie “Golden Hair”. She
attacked him again, knocking his elementals aside and crushing his mystic
talismans. She tossed Taaru to his former captives and departed. (Valkyrie#1
(fb) - BTS) - A woman named Barbara Norris committed suicide and her soul was
fed upon by the demonic D’Spayre. Soon, Valkyrie woke in Barbara’s bed with no
memory of her former life. She found friendships Barbara had had with members of
the band the Junk-Food Junkies, including Paulie, Isaac, Cody, and Alice. She
began being plagued by dreams of Asgard, Aragorn, and the Valkyrior, losing all
sense of identity. She also began seeing death-auras around those that would
soon die. Barbara worked as a bartender at ‘The Gates of Hell.’
(Ghost Rider III#80) - Valkyrie
was summoned by Jennifer Kale to battle the Dark Lady, Ember, and Lady Ash.
After reverting Ember to her human form with Dragonfang, Valkyrie turned her
attention to the other two villains, but was buried under a van hurled by Lady
Ash. (Ghost Rider III#81) - Having come
out from under the van to see the other villains already defeated, Valkyrie
confronted Ghost Rider (Dan Ketch) and Jennifer Kale, learning that she’d fought
the Furies. She vowed to ask Strange about her familiarity with them.
(X-Force/Champions Annual 1997
(fb) - BTS) - Malekith the Dark-Elf captured most of the Valkyrior, seeking to
use their powers to dethrone Odin. He sent Fenris against Valkyrie, and Fenris
greatly weakened her in battle. (X-Force/Champions Annual 1997) -
Valkyrie and Aragorn crashed to Earth in Montana, near Moonstar, formerly of the
Valkyrie, and her ally, Forearm. Valkyrie implored Moonstar to help her, giving
Moonstar a bit of her life essence to protect, just as Valkyrie was snatched up
by Fenris and returned to Asgard. Malekith bound Valkyrie with the other
Valkyrior, petitioning her to relinquish her power to span dimensions. Moonstar
brought her allies in X-Force (Cable, Caliban, Meltdown, Moonstar, Rictor,
Shatterstar, Sunspot, Warpath) to Asgard to liberate the Valkyrior. To stop
Malekith, the Valkyrior had surrendered their life essence to Hela, but Moonstar
returned the essence Valkyrie had given her, restoring the Valkyrior to life.
Malekith was soon defeated.
(Hellcat#3) - Valkyrie gathered
in Centerville, California alongside many of Hellcat's friends to aid her
against Mephisto. (Defenders II#4 (fb) - BTS) -
Pluto (of Hades) and Lorelei (of Asgard) somehow used the Valkyrie spell to
change Samantha Parrington into the likeness of Brunnhilde once again. Pluto
then used the same magic on Lorelei, though she later broke out of it.
(Thor II#83 (fb) - BTS) - Sensing
great need back in Asgard, Valkyrie returned to the Valkyior from Earth, again
wielding Dragonfang and riding Aragorn. The Valkyrior witnessed the beginning of
Ragnarok, the death of the gods, and grew weary from all the death they’d
witnessed. Valkyrie found Sif and blessed her with chiefdom of the Valkyrior,
needing fresh eyes to continue the battles. (Thor II#82) - While in a massive
battle leading to Ragnarok alongside many of the other Norse gods, Valkyrie was
shot from the air along with Aragorn. The attack left her and many others dead.
Sif cradled Valkyrie’s form as she passed. (Thor II#83) - Volstagg built a
large funeral pyre for Valkyrie and the others, and Sif took Dragonfang into
battle. (Marvel Tarot#1 - BTS) - Sorcerer Ian McNee turned
over a mystic tarot card revealing Valkyrie to be one
of the Earth's current representations of the Justice
card. (Thor I#610) - Valkyrie assisted in the rebuilding of Asgard after the events of the siege. (Vengeance of the Moon Knight#10) - The Secret Avengers were briefed by Sharon Carter on the piracy of Captain Barracuda and the Black Mast. They swiftly attacked the villains, Valkyrie using her horse, sword, and strength to her advantage, even when Barracuda blew the Horn of Proteus and summoned sea monsters. The Secret Avengers soon stood victorious. (Secret Avengers#1) - While undercover in Dubai, Valkyrie and Black Widow returned to the room of Roxxon employee Mr. Bromley, where Valkyrie grew agitated with his wandering hands and knocked him out. She drew her sword, seemingly from thin air, and the two women fought the Roxxon security forces, soon joined by Steve Rogers, and successfully retrieved the artifact they'd been after. After learning about the object (a mystic crown) and receiving intel that Roxxon was digging on Mars, Rogers assembled the Secret Avengers to investigate the disappearance of Nova, who'd gone missing while investigating. They took a rebuilt Kree ship and soon arrived, leaving ally Sharon Carter behind. (Secret Avengers#2) - After exploring the mysteries of the base on Mars, the Secret Avengers were attacked by armed men with black eyes who were seemingly being mind-controlled. They defeated several, Valkyrie using her strength and sword, and the survivors killed themselves. The Avengers moved to check outside, where Valkyrie, Moon Knight, and Black Widow were sent to explore a road that led to Nova, under the control of a Serpent Crown, and a team of men under his control. Nova quickly launched himself at them. (Heralds#1) - At Cyclops' request, Valkyrie, Hellcat, Monica Rambeau, She-Hulk, and Abigail Brand showed up for a birthday party for Emma Frost in Las Vegas. They surprised her, wearing moustaches, and Valkyrie turned to the bar for the mead immediately. They were soon beset by a psychic barrage and an attacking alien dragon, which Valkyrie promptly stabbed to death. A group of cloned scientists, dinosaurs, and other monstrosities attacked the city, and Brand explained they were from a SWORD base. Hellcat punched Einstein as they rushed into battle. Comments: Created by Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema, and Tom
Palmer. Valkyrie received entries
in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#12 and OHotMU Deluxe Edition#14. Thanks to Dragynwulf for
help with Avengers I#157 and Ghost Rider III#80! And to Markus Raymond for help with Alias#25-26, Black Knight II#3-4 and a few other small appearances I had originally missed. Despite Valkyrie’s overly
complex origin, there are a few garishly dangling plotlines that have yet to be
addressed. It was never explained what happened to the form of Sian Bowen, or
whether or not Valkyrie continued to possess her mortal form. In the Valkyrie
one-shot, Barbara Norriss is inexplicably back and able to transform into the
Valkyrie again (maybe an Odin construct?). And we never learned whether Valkyrie’s shared mortal history
with Thor was true or not. It is not revealed
the circumstances under which Valkyrie retrieved Aragorn and Dragonfang from the
other Valkyrie (Parrington).
In Marvel Tarot it statet that Valkyrie was still dead.
In one of the above images it is mentioned that Valkyrie shared her form with Genevieve Cross (see Dragon Circle), but this was obviously an error because Andromeda shared her form with Genevieve and Valkyrie with Sian Bowen. Profile by Chadman. CLARIFICATIONS: Shirley (Defenders I#39 (fb) - BTS) - A recovering heroin
addict, Shirley was placed in a women's jail with little medical attention,
rats, and bullying from the guards. (Defenders I#36) - Shirley was in jail when the
Valkyrie was admitted. Felicia ridiculed Valkyrie, Shirley, and others. (Defenders I#38) - Now Valkyrie's cellmate,
Shirley questioned Valkyrie about her seeming super-strength. Felicia tried
intimidating Shirley, and Valkyrie stood up against her by dumping food on her
head. When questioned by the guards, Shirley claimed not to witness the event as
she feared Felicia's reprisal. (Defenders I#39) - The inmates soon took a chance and revolted,
holding the warden hostage while they made demands the place be improved. After
Valkyrie defeated Felicia, Shirley and the others agreed to end the riot.
--Defenders I#36 (Defenders I#36, 38-39 Felicia (Defenders I#36) - Felicia, an inmate at a women's prison,
ridiculed and prodded new inmate, Valkyrie, and others, including Shirley.
Shirley was furious when Valkyrie tried to stand up against her. (Defenders I#37) - Felicia continued prodding Valkyrie. (Defenders I#38) - Felicia ridiculed Valkyrie again,
putting a cigarette out in her stew, which Valkyrie dumped on Felicia's head.
Felicia lied to the guards about the act. (Defenders I#39) - Valkyrie was taken to the warden
who she stood up against. Felicia and the inmates were inspired and took the
warden hostage. Felicia started making phone demands that the jail be cleaned
up. Felicia, leading the women, was furious when Valkyrie wanted to use the
phone. She tried punching Valkyrie, then grabbed a knife and a chair when that
proved ineffective, but Valkyrie tossed Felicia against the wall. --Defenders I#36 (Defenders I#36-39 Mr. Hudack and Mindy (Defenders I#89) - Employees at Food Acres
in Montclair, New Jersey, Mr. Hudack and Mindy were shocked when superheroes
Valkyrie and Hulk stopped some robbers, then bought several dozen cans of beans.
They let the heroes buy them at a discounted price. --Defenders I#89 Bruno (Valkyrie#1) -
While drinking at the bar ‘The Gates of Hell,’ Bruno felt disrespected by
bartender Barbara Norris, and he leaped to attack her, but she tossed him into a
wall. --Valkyrie#1 images: Appearances: Last updated: 04/15/07 Any Additions/Corrections? please let me
know. Non-Marvel Copyright info
Weight: 475 lbs.
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
(Thor: Son of
Asgard#7) - A young Brunnhilda enrolled in a swordsman school, the only girl
there besides Sif.
(Defenders I#24) - Held captive
with Nighthawk, Strange, and Yellowjacket, Valkyrie burst free of her chains an
attacked the Sons until she realized there were women too and was recaptured.
They hung Valkyrie on an inverted cross and planned to assassinate her on
television. Allies Clea, Daredevil, Hulk, Power Man, and Son of Satan arrived to
save her as the cross was lit on fire. 
(Defenders I#40) - Represented by
Matt Murdock in court, Valkyrie was cleared of her crimes. Her sword was
returned to her, but she found that her costume had been thrown away. At
Strange's mansion, she found that Clea had made a new costume for her and
enjoyed the way she looked in it. Jack wondered why she continually rushed into
battle, and she blew him off. While showing off her costume, the Committee for
Free Emigration threw a rock through the window aimed at Red Guardian, who
rushed to pursue them herself. Jack, thoroughly frustrated with the Defenders,
chose to leave the heroes, taking a payment of $300,000 from Nighthawk, causing
Valkyrie soft distress. 
(Defenders I#47) - Valkyrie and
Hellcat went to Avengers Mansion to call
off the alert about Red Rajah, and Valkyrie returned to visit Clea, who altered
the enchantment on Dragonfang and gave Valkyrie a new costume. Moon Knight and
Jack arrived seeking help against S.H.I.E.L.D. who had been accosting Jack. They
went to get Hellcat and found her unconscious. Assuming Wonder Man was
responsible, they fought him until Hellcat stopped them. They then saw a message
for the Avengers from Fury, who was looking for Jack. 
(Valkyrie#1) -
‘Barbara’ awoke after another intense dream and made her way down to Paulie’s
diner, the Pierogi Restaurant, for some pancakes and coffee, seeing a death-aura
around a homeless woman on the way. Paulie sensed that ‘Barbara’ was struggling
and they talked, passing the homeless woman, who had passed away. ‘Barbara’ was
overcome with a feeling, and, with a glowing light, released the woman’s soul
into the next life. They soon arrived at the rehearsal of the Junk-Food Junkies,
and Alice was strung out on drugs again. ‘Barbara’ was shocked when a death-aura
appeared over Paulie and Alice, and she rushed away in shock. While despairing
in an alley, she met a stranger who briefly taunted her. The next morning, she’d
had the same bad dream, then a winged horse she called Aragorn appeared outside
her window. She jumped on his back, feeling free, until she was dislodged and
discovered she had enhanced strength as she fell to the ground. While at work,
ruffian Bruno was being a jerk and tried to attack her, but she knocked him
aside. Alice arrived, high, and ‘Barbara’ convinced Alice to confide in her and
work to give up drugs. Later, the mysterious stranger returned and showed
‘Barbara’ a newspaper article stating that her suicide killed her. The stranger
revealed himself as the demonic D’Spayre, and he wanted to claim Alice’s soul.
‘Barbara’ found Alice collapsed in the bathroom, having taken another hit, and
D’Spayre tried to convince ‘Barbara’ that she was mad. Somehow this freed her
inner psyche, and Barbara, in a colorful flash, transformed into the
sword-wielding Valkyrie. She fought D’Spayre and saved Alice’s soul, then rushed
Alice to the hospital aboard Aragorn, Paulie riding along with them. Valkyrie
told Paulie of her Asgardian connections, and then realized that he had AIDS.
Wanting him to feel true peace, then took him on an inspiring flight in the sky.
(X-Force I#74) - Possessing the
knowledge that Warpath, of X-Force, had been killed but not gone on to his
rightful reward, Valkyrie transported herself to Moonstar, and her allies
Meltdown and Sunspot. She transported them to Blackheart’s hell to resolve the
situation with Warpath. 
(Defenders II#4) - Along with the
Valkyrior, Brunnhilde traveled to Earth to aid the Defenders (Strange, Hulk,
Silver Surfer, Sub-Mariner, Nighthawk, Hellcat) against Pluto and Lorelei, who
had put the world in danger with an invasion of the dead. After Zeus appeared,
the villains fled. Brunnhilde gave the new Valkyrie (Samantha Parrington, who'd
been used in Pluto's plot) Dragonfang and Aragorn, and encouraged her to remain
with the Defenders.
--Markus Raymond
Valkyrie is
loosely connected to, but not meant to be confused with
Marvel Team-Up I#116, p1, pan1 (main)
Thor: Son of Asgard I#7, p23, pan1 (young Brunnhilda)
Defenders I#24, p22, pan1 (upside down)
Defenders I#40, p4, pan1 (golden costume)
Defenders I#47, p5, pan2 (white costume)
Marvel Comics Presents I#168, p9, pan1 (new costume, as part
of Dragon Circle)
Valkyrie I#1, cover (reborn as Barbara Norriss-Valkyrie)
X-Force I#74, p8, pan2 (on horseback)
Defenders II#5, p20, pan4 (as part of Valkyrior)
Defenders I#38, p5, pan2
(Shirley)
Defenders I#39, p16, pan4 (Felicia)
Defenders I#89, p17, pan5 (Mr. Hudack and Mindy)
Valkyrie I#1, p17, pan2 (Bruno)
Avengers I#83 (December, 1970) - Roy Thomas (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Tom Palmer (inker), and Stan Lee (editor)
Incredible Hulk II#142 (August, 1971) - Roy Thomas (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), John Severin (inker), Stan Lee (editor)
Defenders I#4 (February, 1973) - Steve Englehart (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Frank McLaughlin (inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Avengers I#157 (March, 1977) - Gerry Conway (writer), Don Heck (penciler), Pablo Marcos (inker), Gerry Conway (editor)
Defenders I#5-6 (April-June, 1973) - Steve Englehart (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Frank McLaughlin (inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Defenders I#7 (August, 1973) - Steve Englehart & Len Wein (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Frank Bolle (inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Defenders I#8 (September, 1973) - Steve Englehart (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Frank McLaughlin (inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Avengers I#116 (October, 1973) - Steve Englehart (writer), Bob Brown (penciler), Mike Esposito (inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Defenders I#9 (October, 1973) - Steve Englehart (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Frank McLaughlin (inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Avengers I#117 (November, 1973) - Steve Englehart (writer), Bob Brown (penciler), Mike Esposito & Frank McLaughlin (inkers), Roy Thomas (editor)
Defenders I#10 (November, 1973) - Steve Englehart (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Frank Bolle (inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Avengers I#118 (December, 1973) - Steve Englehart (writer), Bob Brown (penciler), Mike Esposito & Frank Giacoia (inkers), Roy Thomas (editor)
Defenders I#11 (December, 1973) - Steve Englehart (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Frank Bolle (inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Defenders I#12 (February, 1974) - Len Wein (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Jack Abel (penciler/inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Giant-Size Defenders#1 (July, 1974) - Tony Isabella (writer), Jim Starlin (penciler), Al Milgrom (inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Defenders I#13 (May, 1974) - Len Wein (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Klaus Janson (inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Defenders I#14 (July, 1974) - Len Wein (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Dan Green (penciler/inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Defenders I#15 (September, 1974) - Len Wein (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Klaus Janson (penciler/inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Defenders I#16 (October, 1974) - Len Wein (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Mike Esposito (inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Giant-Size Defenders#2 (October, 1974) - Len Wein (writer), Gil Kane (penciler), Klaus Janson (penciler/inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Defenders I#17-18 (November-December, 1974) - Len Wein (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Dan Green (inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Marvel Two-In-One#6 (November, 1974) - Steve Gerber (writer), George Tuska (penciler), Mike Esposito (inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Marvel Two-In-One#7 (January, 1975) - Steve Gerber (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Mike Esposito (inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Defenders I#20 (February, 1975) - Steve Gerber (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Vince Colletta (penciler/inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Defenders I#21 (March, 1975) - Steve Gerber (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Sal Trapani (inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Giant-Size Defenders#3 (January, 1975) - Steve Gerber, Len Wein, & Jim Starlin (writers), Jim Starlin (pencilers), Dan Adkins, Don Newton, & Jim Mooney (pencilers/inkers), Roy Thomas (editor)
Giant-Size Defenders#4 (April, 1975) - Steve Gerber, Don McGregor, Roger Slifer (writers), Don Heck (penciler), Vince Colletta (inker), Len Wein (editor)
Marvel Team-Up I#34-35 (June-July, 1975) - Gerry Conway (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Vince Colletta (inker), Len Wein (editor)
Defenders I#22 (April, 1975) - Steve Gerber (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Mike Esposito (penciler/inker), Len Wein (editor)
Defenders I#23 (May, 1975) - Steve Gerber (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Vince Colletta (inker), Len Wein (editor)
Defenders I#24 (June, 1975) - Steve Gerber (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Bob McLeod (inker), Len Wein (editor)
Defenders I#25 (July, 1975) - Steve Gerber (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Jack Abel (inker), Len Wein (editor)
Giant-Size Defenders#5 (July, 1975) - Steve Gerber, Gerry Conway, Roger Slifer, Chris Claremont, & Scott Edelman (writers), Don Heck (penciler), Jim Mooney, Mike Esposito, & Dave Hunt (inkers), Len Wein (writer/editor)
Defenders I#26-27 (August-September, 1975) - Steve Gerber (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Vince Colletta (penciler/inker), Len Wein (editor)
Defenders I#28 (October, 1975) - Steve Gerber (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Frank Giacoia & John Tartaglione (pencilers/inkers), Marv Wolfman (editor)
Defenders I#29 (November, 1975) - Steve Gerber (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Vince Colletta (penciler/inker), Len Wein (editor)
Defenders I#30 (December, 1975) - Bill Mantlo (writer), Sam Grainger (penciler), Jack Abel (inker), Marv Wolfman (editor)
Marvel Treasury Edition#12 (1976) - Steve Gerber (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Klaus Janson (inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Defenders I#31-34 (January-April, 1976) - Steve Gerber (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Jim Mooney (penciler/inker), Marv Wolfman (editor)
Defenders I#35 (May, 1976) - Steve Gerber (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Klaus Janson (penciler/inker), Marv Wolfman (editor)
Defenders I#36 (June, 1976) - Steve Gerber & Mary Skrenes (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Jim Mooney (penciler/inker), Marv Wolfman (editor)
Defenders I#37-40 (July-October, 1976) - Steve Gerber (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Klaus Janson (penciler/inker), Marv Wolfman (editor)
Defenders Annual#1 (October, 1976) - Steve Gerber (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Klaus Janson (penciler/inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Defenders I#41 (November, 1976) - Steve Gerber (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Klaus Janson (penciler/inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Incredible Hulk II#206-207 (December, 1976 - January, 1977) - Len Wein (writer/editor), Sal Buscema (penciler), Joe Staton (penciler/inker)
Defenders I#42-43 (December, 1976 - January, 1977) - Gerry Conway (writer), Keith Giffen (penciler), Klaus Janson (penciler/inker), Gerry Conway (editor)
Defenders I#44-45 (February-March, 1977) - Gerry Conway, Roger Slifer, David Kraft (writers), Keith Giffen (penciler), Klaus Janson (penciler/inker), Gerry Conway (editor)
Defenders I#46 (April, 1977) - Roger Slifer, David Kraft (writers), Keith Giffen (penciler), Klaus Janson (penciler/inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Defenders I#47 (May, 1977) - David Anthony Kraft, Roger Slifer, John Warner (writers), Keith Giffen (penciler), Klaus Janson (penciler/inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Defenders I#48 (June, 1977) - David Anthony Kraft, Don McGregor (writers), Keith Giffen (penciler), Dan Green (penciler/inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Defenders I#49 (July, 1977) - David Anthony Kraft (writer), Keith Giffen (penciler), Mike Royer (penciler/inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Defenders I#50 (August, 1977) - David Anthony Kraft (writer), Keith Giffen (penciler), Mike Royer (penciler/inker), John Tartaglione, Dave Cockrum (inkers), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Defenders I#51 (September, 1977) - David Anthony Kraft (writer), Keith Giffen (penciler), Klaus Janson (inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Defenders I#52 (October, 1977) - David Kraft (writer), Keith Giffen (penciler), Chic Stone (inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Defenders I#53 (November, 1977) - David Kraft (writer), Dave Cockrum, Keith Giffen, Mike Golden & Terry Austin (penciler/inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Defenders I#54 (December, 1977) - David Anthony Kraft (writer), Keith Giffen (penciler), Mike Golden (inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Defenders I#55-56 (January-February, 1978) - David Kraft (writer), Carmine Infantino (penciler), Klaus Janson (inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Defenders I#57 (March, 1978) - Chris Claremont & Gerry Conway (writers), George Tuska & Dave Cockrum (pencilers), Dan Green (inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Defenders I#58 (April, 1978) - David Anthony Kraft (writer), Ed Hannigan (penciler), Klaus Janson & Dan Green (inkers), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Defenders I#59-60 (May-June, 1978) - David Kraft (writer), Ed Hannigan (penciler), Dan Green (inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Defenders I#61 (July, 1978) - David Kraft (writer), Ed Hannigan (penciler), Bob Lubbers (inker), Archie Goodwin (editor)
Defenders I#62-63 (August-September, 1978) - David Kraft (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Jim Mooney (inker), Jim Shooter (editor)
Defenders I#64 (October, 1978) - David Kraft (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Don Perlin (inker), Bob Hall (editor)
Defenders I#65 (November, 1978) - David Kraft (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Bruce Patterson (inker), Bob Hall (editor)
Defenders I#66 (December, 1978) - David Kraft (writer), Ed Hannigan (penciler/inker), Bob Hall (editor)
Defenders I#67 (January, 1979) - David Kraft (writer), Ed Hannigan (writer/penciler), Bruce Patterson (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#68 (February, 1979) - David Kraft & Ed Hannigan (writers), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Pablo Marcos (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#69 (March, 1979) - Jim Shooter & Mary Jo Duffy (writers), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Al Milgrom (inker/editor)
Defenders I#70 (April, 1979) - Ed Hannigan (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Mike Esposito (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#71 (May, 1979) - Ed Hannigan (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Jack Abel (penciler/inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#72 (June, 1979) - Ed Hannigan (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Fred Kida (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#73 (July, 1979) - Ed Hannigan (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Mike Esposito (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#74 (August, 1979) - Ed Hannigan (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Steve Mitchell (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#75 (September, 1979) - Ed Hannigan (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Mike Esposito (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Amazing Spider-Man I#225 (February, 1982) - Roger Stern (writer), John Romita, Jr. (penciler), Bob Wiacek (penciler/inker), Tom Defalco (editor)
Defenders I#76 (October, 1979) - Steven Grant (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Steve Mitchell (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#77 (November, 1979) - Steven Grant & Mark Gruenwald (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Chic Stone & Steve Mitchell (inkers), Al Milgrom (inker/editor)
Defenders I#78 (December, 1979) - Ed Hannigan (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Mike Esposito (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#79 (January, 1980) - Ed Hannigan (writer/penciler), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Mike Esposito (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#80 (February, 1980) - Ed Hannigan (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Dan Green (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#81 (March, 1980) - Ed Hannigan (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Jack Abel (penciler/inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#82-83 (April-May, 1980) - Ed Hannigan (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Joe Sinnott (penciler/inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#84 (June, 1980) - Ed Hannigan (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Tex Blaisdell (penciler/inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#85 (July, 1980) - Ed Hannigan (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Jim Mooney (penciler/inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Thor I#297 (July, 1980) - Roy Thomas (writer), Keith Pollard (penciler), Chic Stone (inker), Jim Shooter (editor)
Defenders I#86 (August, 1980) - Ed Hannigan (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Pablo Marcos (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Thor I#298 (August, 1980) - Roy Thomas, Ralph Macchio (writers), Keith Pollard (penciler), Chic Stone (inker), Jim Salicrup (editor)
Defenders I#87 (September, 1980) - Ed Hannigan (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Pablo Marcos (penciler/inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Thor I#299 (September, 1980) - Roy Thomas, Mark Gruenwald (writers), Keith Pollard (penciler), Chic Stone (inker), Jim Salicrup (editor)
Thor I#300 (October, 1980) - Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio (writers), Keith Pollard (penciler), Gene Day (inker), Jim Salicrup (editor)
Thor I#311 (September, 1981) - Mark Gruenwald & Ralph Macchio (writers), Keith Pollard (penciler), Gene Day (inker), Jim Salicrup (editor)
Defenders I#88 (October, 1980) - Ed Hannigan (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Pablo Marcos (penciler/inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#89 (November, 1980) - David Kraft & Ed Hannigan (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Pablo Marcos (penciler/inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#90-91 (December, 1980 - January, 1981) - Ed Hannigan (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Pablo Marcos (penciler/inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#92 (February, 1981) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Pablo Marcos (penciler/inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Savage She-Hulk#13 (February, 1981) - David Anthony Kraft (writer), Mike Vosburg (penciler), Frank Springer (penciler/inker), Mary Jo Duffy (editor)
Defenders I#93 (March, 1981) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Joe Sinnott, Frank Giacoia, others (inkers), Al Milgrom (inker/editor)
Defenders I#94-101 (April-November, 1981) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Joe Sinnott (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Marvel Team-Up I#111 (November, 1981) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Mike Esposito (inker), Tom DeFalco (editor)
Marvel Team-Up I#116 (April, 1982) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Mike Esposito (inker), Tom DeFalco (editor)
Marvel Graphic Novel: Death of Captain Marvel Graphic Novel (1982) - Jim Starlin (writer, penciler, inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#103-104 (January-February, 1982) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Joe Sinnott (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Captain America I#268 (April, 1982) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Mike Zeck (penciler), John Beatty (inker), Jim Salicrup (editor)
Defenders I#106-108 (June-August, 1982) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Sam Trapani, Rick Magyar, Jack Abel (inkers), Al Milgrom (inker/editor)
Defenders I#109 (September, 1982) - Mark Gruenwald & JM DeMatteis (writers), Don Perlin (penciler), Joe Sinnott (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Avengers Annual#11 (1982) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Al Milgrom (penciler), Jack Abel (& crew, inkers), Mark Gruenwald (editor)
Defenders I#112 (December, 1982) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Don Perlin, (penciler), Mike Gustovich (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#113-114 (January-February, 1983) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Don Perlin (writer/penciler), Mike Gustovich (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#115 (March, 1983) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Hilary Barta (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#116 (April, 1983) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), 'Diverse Hands' (inkers), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#117 (May, 1983) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Jack Abel (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Incredible Hulk II#278 (December, 1982) - Bill Mantlo (writer), Sal Buscema (pencils), Joe Sinnott (inks), Al Milgrom (editor)
Incredible Hulk II#279 (January, 1983) - Bill Mantlo (writer), Mark Gruenwald (pencils, Greg LaRocque (inks), Allen Milgrom (editor)
Contest of Champions I#1-3 (June-August, 1982) - Mark Gruenwald, Steven Grant, Bill Mantlo (writers), John Romita, Jr. (penciler), Pablo Marcos (inker), Tom Defalco (editor)
Defenders I#120 (June, 1983) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Jack Abel, Kim DeMulder, Andy Mushynsky (inkers), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#121 (July, 1983) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Don Perlin (writer/penciler), Jack Abel, Andy Mushynsky, Alan Kupperberg (inkers), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#122 (August, 1983) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Kim DeMulder (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Defenders I#123-125 (September-December, 1983) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Kim DeMulder (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
(New) Defenders I#126 (January, 1984) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Alan Kupperberg (penciler/inker), Carl Potts (editor)
(New) Defenders I#127 (February, 1984) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Alan Kupperberg (inker), Ann Nocenti (editor)
(New) Defenders I#128 (March, 1984) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Alan Kupperberg (penciler), Mike Mignola (inker) Carl Potts (editor)
(New) Defenders I#129 (April, 1984) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Kim DeMulder (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
(New) Defenders I#130 (May, 1984) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Mike Zeck (penciler), Kim DeMulder (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
(New) Defenders I#131 (June, 1984) - JM DeMatteis (plot), Peter B. Gillis (writer), Alan Kupperberg (penciler/inker), Carl Potts (editor)
(New) Defenders I#132 (July, 1984) - Peter B. Gillis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Kim DeMulder (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
(New) Defenders I#133 (August, 1984) - Peter B. Gillis (writer), Alan Kupperberg (penciler), Kim DeMulder (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
(New) Defenders I#134-139 (September, 1984 - February, 1985) - Peter B. Gillis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Kim DeMulder (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
Rom#65 (April, 1985) - Bill Mantlo (writer), Steve Ditko (penciler), P. Craig Russell (inker), Mike Carlin (editor)
Rom#66 (May, 1985) - Bill Mantlo (writer), Steve Ditko (penciler), Steve Leialoha (inker), Mike Carlin (editor)
Sub-Mariner II#3 (November, 1984) - JM DeMatteis (writer), Bob Budiansky (penciler), Danny Bulanadi (inker), Tom DeFalco (editor)
(New) Defenders I#140-144 (February-June, 1985) - Peter B. Gillis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Kim DeMulder (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
(New) Defenders I#145 (July, 1985) - Peter B. Gillis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Art Nichols (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
(New) Defenders I#146 (August, 1985) - Peter B. Gillis (writer), Luke McDonnell (penciler), Art Nichols (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
(New) Defenders I#148 (October, 1985) - Peter B. Gillis (writer), Sal Buscema (penciler), Art Nichols (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
(New) Defenders I#147 (September, 1985) - Peter B. Gillis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Art Nichols (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
Marvel Fanfare I#20 (May, 1985) - Jim Starlin (writer), James Novak (penciler), Christie Scheele (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
(New) Defenders I#149 (November, 1985) - Peter B. Gillis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Art Nichols (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
(New) Defenders I#150 (December, 1985) - Peter B. Gillis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Alan Kupperberg & Randy Emberlin (inkers), Carl Potts (editor)
(New) Defenders I#151-152 (January-February, 1986) - Peter B. Gillis (writer), Don Perlin (penciler), Dell Barras (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
Doctor Strange II#80 (December, 1986) - Peter Gillis (writer), Chris Warner (penciler), Randy Emberlin (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents I#27 (Late December, 1989) - Dwight Zimmerman (writer), Rodney Ramos (penciler), Jim Sanders (inker), Tom DeFalco (editor)
Strange Tales II#5 (August, 1987) - Peter Gillis (writer), Larry Alexander (penciler), Randy Emberlin (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
Strange Tales II#6-7 (September-October, 1987) - Peter Gillis (writer), Terry Shoemaker (penciler), Randy Emberlin (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
Doctor Strange III#3 (March, 1989) - Peter Gillis (writer), Richard Case (penciler), Randy Emberlin (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
Doctor Strange III#4 (April, 1989) - Peter Gillis (writer), Richard Case (penciler), Tony Dezuniga (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
Black Knight II#3 (August, 1990) - Roy & Dann Thomas (writer), Rich Buckler (penciler), Diverse Hands (inkers), Mark Gruenwald (editor)
Black Knight II#4 (September, 1990) - Roy & Dann Thomas (writer), Rich Buckler (penciler), Tony Dezuniga (inkers), Mark Gruenwald (editor)
Thor I#454 (late November, 1992) - Tom DeFalco & Ron Frenz (writers), Ron Frenz (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Silver Surfer Annual#6 (1993) - Ron Marz (writer), Joe Phillips (pencils), Tom Christopher & others (inks), Craig Anderson (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents I#168 (Late November, 1994) - Mariano Nicieza (writer), Pino Rinaldi (penciler/inker), Richard Ashford (editor)
Valkyrie#1 (1997) - JM DeMatteis & Len Wein (writers), Pablo Raimondi (penciler), Manny Clark (penciler/inker), Joe Rubinstein, Al Milgrom (inkers), Terry Kavanagh (editor)
Ghost Rider III#80-81 (December, 1996-January, 1997) - Ivan Velez Jr. (writer), Salvador Larroca (penciler), Bob McLeod (inker), James Felder (editor)
X-Force/Champions Annual 1998 (1998) - Tom & Mary Bierbaum (writers), Terry Shoemaker (penciler), Sean Parsons & Harry Candelario (inkers), Bobbie Chase (editor)
X-Force I#74 (February, 1998) - John Francis Moore (writer), Adam Pollina (penciler), Mark Morales (inker), Mark Powers (editor)
Marvel: The Lost Generation#5 (October, 2000) - Roger Stern (writer), John Byrne (penciler/inker), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Hellcat#3 (November, 2000) - Steve Englehart (writer), Norm Breyfogle (penciler/inker), Bob Harras (editor)
Defenders II#4 (June, 2001) - Kurt Busiek & Erik Larson (writers), Ron Frenz (penciler), Scott Hanna (inker), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Alias#25-26 (October-November, 2003) - Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mark Bagley (artist), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Thor II#82-83 (September, October, 2004) - Michael Avon Oeming & Daniel Berman (writers), Andrea Divito (penciler/inker), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Thor: Son of Asgard#7-9 (October-December, 2004) - Akira Yoshida (writer), Greg Tocchini (penciler/inker), Mackenzie Cadenhead (editor)
Marvel Tarot#1 (2007) - David Sexton (writer/designer), Jeff Youngquist (editor)
Thor I#610 (July, 2010) - Kieron Gillen (writer), Doug Braithwaite (penciler/inker), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Secret Avengers#1-2 (July-August, 2010) - Ed Brubaker (writer), Mike Deodato (penciler/inker), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Vengeance of the Moon Knight#10 (September, 2010) - Gregg Hurwitz (writer), Juan Jose Ryp (penciler/inker), Axel Alonso (editor)
Heralds#1 (September, 2010) - Kathryn Immonen (writer), Tonji Zonjic (penciler/inker), Jeanine Schaefer (editor)
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