| Peggy Carter | |
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 Peggy Carter on the cover ofCaptain America: Peggy Carter, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 (Dec. 2014). Art bySiya Oum. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Tales of Suspense #75 (March 1966; unnamed and obscured) Tales of Suspense #77 (May 1966; unnamed) Captain America #162 (March 1973; as Peggy Carter) |
| Created by | Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Margaret Elizabeth "Peggy" Carter |
| Team affiliations | |
| Supporting character of | Captain America |
| Notable aliases | Dryad, Agent 13 |
| Abilities | Skilled martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant, markswoman, and tactician |
Margaret Elizabeth "Peggy"Carter is afictionalcharacter appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. She is usually depicted as a supporting character in books featuringCaptain America. Created by writerStan Lee and artistJack Kirby, she debuted, unnamed, inTales of Suspense #75 as aWorld War II love interest of Steve Rogers inflashback sequences. She would later be better known as the aunt ofSharon Carter.
Hayley Atwell portrayedthe character in several projects of theMarvel Cinematic Universe from 2011 to 2019, includingfilms, ashort film, andtelevision series, before playing alternate versions of the character known asCaptain Carter in the animated seriesWhat If...? (2021–2024) and the filmDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022),[1] with the comic book version of the character subsequently being redesigned after Atwell.
The character debuted in a single panel (and unnamed) as a wartime love interest of Captain America inTales of Suspense #75 (March 1966), and then receiving a backstory in #77 (May 1966). She was created by writerStan Lee and artistJack Kirby. She was created to give Sharon Carter a family background.[2][3] She appeared again as the older sister ofSharon Carter inCaptain America #161 (May 1973). She was laterretconned as Sharon's aunt, then later great-aunt, due to theunaging nature of comic book characters. The character has appeared frequently in Captain America stories set duringWorld War II.[citation needed]
Dr.[4] Peggy Carter joins theFrench Resistance as a teenager and becomes a skilled fighter, who serves on several operations alongside Captain America.[5] The two fall in love, but an exploding shell gives her amnesia and she is sent to live with her parents in Virginia.[6]
During the "Original Sin" storyline, it was revealed in 1952 that Peggy Carter worked withHoward Stark and Woody McCord when they investigated an alien ship in Siberia.[7] The three of them worked to keep the alien from being taken byHydra and had the alien live withAnton Vanko.[8]
In the 1960s, Peggy Carter joinsS.H.I.E.L.D. for a long tenure.[9]
At the time when Captain America resurfaced, Peggy Carter was taking treatments fromDoctor Faustus. When she was rescued by Captain America, she maintained her friendship with him.[10]
Peggy Carter later helped Captain America fight theSecret Empire.[11] She also dealt with his decision to stop being Captain America for a while.[12]
Peggy helps Captain America when her niece Sharon Carter and some S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents went missing while gathering information on the new Grand Director.[13]
Peggy Carter later joined theAvengers' support staff atAvengers Mansion.[14]
Following her retirement, Peggy lives in a nursing home, where she eventually dies.[15] Following her death, S.H.I.E.L.D. erects a memorial statue outside the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy in Newark.[16]
Through unknown means, Peggy Carter is resurrected and becomes a founding member of theDaughters of Liberty as Dryad.[17] She assists the group in clearing Captain America's name when he is framed forThunderbolt Ross' death.[18][19]
Peggy Carter is shown to be a superbmartial artist, also excelling in using firearms. She is a highly trainedspy andtactician.
As Dryad, Peggy wears a type of battle armor that is strong enough to protect her from a missile attack and keep her insulated when it is ablaze.
Mademoiselle Peggy, a fusion of Peggy Carter andDC Comics characterMademoiselle Marie, appears in theAmalgam Comics one-shotSuper-Soldier: Man of War.[20]
An alternate universe variant of Peggy Carter who became Captain America, based onHayley Atwell's likeness and adapted from a similar character created forMarvel Puzzle Quest, appears inExiles (vol. 3).[21][22][23][24]
A character based on theWhat If...? characterCaptain Peggy Carter appears in a self-titled comic. Similarly to Captain America, this version was cryogenically frozen during WWII and thawed out in the present day.[25] Additionally, a separate Captain Carter appears inAvengers Forever #4 as a member of Avenger Prime's army.[26][27]
An alternate universe variant of Peggy Carter appears in "House of M". This version married Captain America shortly after WWII due in part to him having never been frozen.[28]
An alternate universe variant of Peggy Carter from Earth-65 appears inSpider-Gwen. This version is the long-lived director of S.H.I.E.L.D. who, similarly toNick Fury, wears an eyepatch.[29][30]
Peggy Carter appears in media set in theMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), portrayed byHayley Atwell. This version is a British agent of theStrategic Scientific Reserve (SSR), co-founder ofS.H.I.E.L.D. alongsideHoward Stark, and aunt ofSharon Carter. She first appears in the live-action filmCaptain America: The First Avenger before making subsequent appearances in the live-actionMarvel One-ShotAgent Carter,[33][34] the live-action TV seriesAgent Carter,[35]Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,[36] and the live-action filmsCaptain America: The Winter Soldier,[33][37][38]Avengers: Age of Ultron,[39] andAnt-Man.[40] While she does not appear in the live-action filmCaptain America: Civil War, she is stated to have died.[41] Additionally, alternate timeline variants of Peggy appear in the live-action filmsAvengers: Endgame[42][43] andDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)[1] as well as theDisney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[44][32] Atwell will reprise the role in the upcoming filmAvengers: Doomsday.[45]
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