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84-751: Saffron Burrows portrayed the character in the first season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , while Rachele Schank portrayed her younger self in the seventh season. Victoria Hand was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato . Her first appearance was in The Invincible Iron Man #8 by the creative team of Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca , although her subsequent appearance in Dark Avengers #1, by Bendis and Deodato, predates this in continuity. Hand appeared as

168-647: A supporting character and eventual love interest of Ka-Zar , with a Ph.D. in biology. She is soon revealed to be the highly trained Agent 19 of S.H.I.E.L.D. , taking the moniker Huntress in Marvel Super Action #1 in 1976, and Mockingbird in Marvel Team-Up #95 in 1980, before going on to be a member of several Avengers teams, briefly marrying and subsequently divorcing Clint Barton/Hawkeye . Mockingbird has been described as one of Marvel's most notable female heroes. In media set in

252-412: A character he'd helped develop while scripting the color Ka-Zar comic, and wound up revamping her totally. With a bit of kibitzing from Mike and myself, artist George Evans designed the lady's costume and we were in business. Marvel Super Action was designed as a bi-monthly publication, but the economic recession of the mid-1970s forced Marvel to scale back their plans and the magazine was published as

336-437: A full-fledged Avenger as she assists her husband in setting up a new branch of the organization. West Coast Avengers became a regular series in 1985 and Steve Englehart , the series writer for its first 42 issues, featured Mockingbird heavily as one of the main cast members of the book. A year into the series, Mockingbird begins to wear a modified version of her original costume, designed by series artist Al Milgrom . Over

420-501: A letter to S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury about his war on terrorism and her concerns that he was doing a poor job. Isabelle implored Victoria not to send the letter. The result was Hand's transferral to a S.H.I.E.L.D. Base in Portland, Oregon. Hand's relationship broke down due to Isabelle's anger over her advice being ignored. During the " Dark Reign " storyline, Norman Osborn was promoted from director of Thunderbolt Initiative to

504-457: A new status-quo in which Ka-Zar is living in New York and "lady biologist" and S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Barbara (who now prefers to be called "Bobbi") Morse is his constant companion. Friedrich remained the writer of the various color Ka-Zar series for the next two years and for most of that period he continued to feature Morse as Ka-Zar's sidekick and occasional love interest. In these stories she

588-460: A one-off. This meant that the plot of Huntress, intended as a two-parter, had to be condensed before publication and no follow-up stories by the same creators were ever produced. Morse's next published appearance was Marvel Team-Up #95 (July, 1980) in which she dons a new costume and finally takes on the alias "Mockingbird". This story explains that she has continued to look into corruption in S.H.I.E.L.D. and in doing so has come to be hunted by

672-549: A public line rather than through more secret channels. She then provided the New Avengers with the location from which the H.A.M.M.E.R. agents were going to be recovered, allowing the Avengers to capture Superia and use an experimental serum she was trying to steal to treat Mockingbird. Spider-Man's suspicions of Hand eventually prompted him to leave the New Avengers (although this was due in part to his new responsibilities in

756-399: A reserve member). Hawkeye (who is already a full member, having returned to the series a year earlier) admits he did not vote for her and describes her as his "estranged wife". Mockingbird then returns to Detroit. In a later storyline, Morse contacts Barton and states that she is returning to Los Angeles from Detroit to discuss matters with him. She is then reunited with her husband while he

840-679: A school in Hackney or Hampstead , she said she wanted to be in a multicultural and inclusive environment. She enrolled in acting classes at the Anna Scher Theatre in Islington when she was 11. Burrows had a successful modelling career after she was discovered at age 15 in Covent Garden by fashion photographer Beth Boldt. For five years she divided her time between London and Paris , where she learned French . She found

924-462: A supporting character throughout the 2010-2013 New Avengers series from issue #1 (Aug. 2010) through the character's death in issue #32 (Dec. 2012). Hand was introduced as a S.H.I.E.L.D. accountant, dating a fellow agent named Isabelle - a partner with different beliefs about the fight against criminals and terrorists. Three years before the Secret Invasion storyline, Victoria sent

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1008-658: Is bisexual , and said that she "prefers the company of women". She was engaged to actor Alan Cumming in the 1990s and dated director Mike Figgis for five years until 2002. She was previously in a relationship with actress Fiona Shaw . Burrows married writer Alison Balian, her girlfriend of six years, in August 2013. Burrows gave birth to their son in 2012 and their daughter in 2017. Burrows and Balian separated in 2020. Burrows has expressed sympathy for European style social democracies and for French Socialist politician Ségolène Royal . She joined an anti- racism group when she

1092-529: Is a greater threat than the Hulk's brute strength. She and Moonstone engaged a powerless Bruce Banner and Skaar . H.A.M.M.E.R. gave the duo the means to restore Banner's gamma powers, something Skaar was waiting for (as he had sworn to kill his true "father"). With Banner coated in gamma radiation the duo left, their mission accomplished. Victoria was part of the attack that went after the Asgardians , where she

1176-459: Is an active member of a book club that also includes Dead Girl , Gwen Stacy and Moira MacTaggert . She is recruited by Doctor Strange and Dead Girl to help defeat Mr. Pitiful and his group of resurrected supervillains. She returns to Heaven at the series conclusion and no reference is made to her previous appearances in Hell. In a 2009 interview Marvel editor and writer Jim McCann revealed how

1260-682: Is an attempt to replicate the Super-Soldier serum which was used to create Captain America . This is the same research which Ted Sallis had previously been working on when a flawed serum transformed him into the Man-Thing. In the story, Morse is abducted by AIM thugs and is later liberated through the intervention of the Man-Thing. Framing the flashback is a sequence of newer material by writer Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema in which Barbara (now revealed to be "Dr. Barbara Morse" and thus

1344-672: Is cast as the secondary love interest. This dynamic is most notable in Morse's lone appearance in the Ka-Zar strip in the black-and-white magazine Savage Tales (#8; Jan. 1975). Written by Gerry Conway, the story depicts Morse leading Shanna and a group of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents into the Savage Land where they work with Ka-Zar to neutralise a threat to world security. During the course of the adventure, Morse realises that Ka-Zar's affections lie with Shanna. This story, first published in late-1974,

1428-518: Is depicted as a fully trained S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. Contemptuous of his jungle origins, she is Ka-Zar's escort to the city and modern life. Together she and Ka-Zar tackle threats such as the Pusher, Gemini , Victorius , Gog , and the Plunderer . As the series progresses, she begins to wear a regular costume of tinted-glasses, a red one-piece, and boots. Her S.H.I.E.L.D. designation of "Agent 19"

1512-555: Is due to her previous refusal to save the Phantom Rider, hinting that her presence in Hell is serving some purpose. In the subsequent Hellcat limited series by writer Steve Englehart, Mockingbird is depicted fighting endless battles in Hell. The character next appears in the tongue-in-cheek 2006 X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl miniseries by writer Peter Milligan . In this series she is depicted as residing in Heaven, where she

1596-527: Is exploiting the energy crisis in South America. This leads her to reluctantly travel back to the Savage Land, where she and Ka-Zar defeat El Tigre and his ally Man-God together. The introduction of Shanna the She-Devil into Ka-Zar's supporting cast changes Morse's role in the stories of this period. Ka-Zar expresses clear attraction to the more jungle-friendly Shanna from the outset and Morse

1680-465: Is given as "Barbara". In this issue, Ka-Zar comes upon the site of a plane crash in the Savage Land and encounters a survivor. This man explains that he and his fiancée Barbara flew to the Savage Land seeking Ka-Zar. He mentions that Barbara learned of Ka-Zar's whereabouts from the butler at the Plunder Estate, clearly indicating that Barbara is meant to be the same character as the brunette from

1764-546: Is he? I must speak with him! 'tis a matter—of the fate of worlds!" In a brief second appearance in the same issue, the character claims that "Lord Kevin Plunder and I have never met—and yet I feel that I know him...You see, I can—can 'feel' people in my mind! And I know that unless I speak with him—Lord Kevin will die!" Subsequent creators continued to develop the character, and no later story makes reference to any psychic abilities. After this story, Roy Thomas took over writing

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1848-484: Is in the field as Hawkeye, joining him and the Avengers West Coast on a mission after which Mockingbird begins to once again make regular appearances as a cast member of the book. Mockingbird later reveals to Hawkeye that their divorce is almost final and Ultron abducts her and uses her thought patterns and personality to create his second robotic 'wife' Alkhema , the two rekindling their romance after she

1932-506: Is liberated. The intended interpretation of some of these events is changed by a story that is published 17 years later. New Avengers: The Reunion #2 (May 2009) asserts that just prior to her abduction by Ultron, Mockingbird was replaced by the Skrull impersonator H'rpra, and thus the "Mockingbird" who appears between Avengers West Coast vol. 1, #89/90 (Dec. 1992/Jan. 1993) and Secret Invasion #8 (Jan. 2009) should no longer be considered

2016-536: Is recruited by a United States Senator to look into corruption in a Latin American branch of the espionage organization. To complete her mission, she "drops out" of S.H.I.E.L.D. and takes on the superhero identity of the "Huntress". In a text piece in Marvel Super Action #1, editor Archie Goodwin explained how Morse came to be used for this story I suggested the title ["Huntress"] and the notion of using S.H.I.E.L.D. to writer Mike Friedrich. He decided to draw upon

2100-521: Is revealed and she and Ka-Zar finally kiss. In 1974, the color Ka-Zar series left Astonishing Tales and was relaunched in the Ka-Zar, Lord of the Hidden Jungle title. The strip is set once again in the Savage Land and Morse is absent for the first story. She returns in the third issue—explaining that Nick Fury had sent her on a S.H.I.E.L.D. assignment to look into "El Tigre", a subversive who

2184-402: Is the last in which Morse appears as a Ka-Zar supporting character. A year later, Mike Friedrich returned to the character in a 20-page story with art by George Evans . Published in the one-shot black-and-white magazine Marvel Super Action #1 (Jan. 1976), the story is the first in which Morse appears as a costumed super heroine and lead protagonist. While operating as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, she

2268-490: The Spider-Woman book one of my chief objectives was to build up a rogue's gallery that S-W could call her own. One of several characters I conceived and designed was Mockingbird. Showing the sketch to Steven Grant , writer about town, he helped me work out her powers and weaponry. Well I never got round to doing a Mockingbird story before I left Spider-Woman , so I put the idea on the back burner. Time passed, and Steven

2352-667: The Arts and Crafts movement), and the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti . London theatre critic Nicholas De Jongh said of her performance: "Burrows takes to the stage like a swan to water... She deserves no end of watching." On 30 October 2005, she appeared on stage at the Old Vic theatre in London in a rehearsed reading of the 24-hour play Night Sky , alongside Christopher Eccleston . Burrow has since participated in

2436-716: The Enough Project 's campaign in support of conflict mineral issues. In 2010, she starred as Detective Serena Stevens on Law & Order: Criminal Intent , departing at the end of the ninth season. In September 2010, she took part in the documentary feature The People Speak , televised on the History Channel . The film was directed and produced by Colin Firth and Anthony Arnove. Burrows modeled for Marks & Spencer 's autumn 2010 campaign for their Portfolio range. In 2012, she performed opposite Rob Lowe in

2520-606: The Future Foundation ), informing the rest of the team that she would eventually turn on them due to her old ties to Norman Osborn. Spider-Man eventually returned to the team. After Osborn's second incarnation of the Dark Avengers launched their attack, Hand revealed to the New Avengers that she was actually a triple agent, pretending to work for Captain America while pretending to work for Norman Osborn while really working for Captain America, subsequently helping

2604-751: The Ka-Zar story in Astonishing Tales #6 (June 1971) written by Gerry Conway and pencilled by Barry Smith . The earliest story to be written and drawn (by Len Wein and Neal Adams ) featuring the character was intended to appear in Savage Tales #2 (July 1971), but the series was canceled (a #2 and subsequent series appeared much later) and new homes were found for the stories in the ensuing months. In subsequent publications, creators including Roy Thomas , Len Wein , Neal Adams , Mike Friedrich , Archie Goodwin , George Evans , Steven Grant , and Mark Gruenwald made significant contributions to

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2688-574: The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Bobbi Morse appeared in the second and third seasons of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014–2016), portrayed by Adrianne Palicki , while the role of Agent 19 of S.H.I.E.L.D. is adapted to Laura Barton , portrayed by Linda Cardellini in the 2015 film Avengers: Age of Ultron and the Disney+ series Hawkeye (2021). The character first appears as Barbara Morse in

2772-522: The Mr. & Mrs. Smith of the Marvel Universe. He was like, "That sounds great. We can use that". Bendis first teases at Mockingbird's return when, at the beginning of "Secret Invasion", a spaceship crash-lands in the Savage Land and a large group of superheroes emerges from the wreckage, among whom is a character who looks exactly like Mockingbird. All the members of this group present themselves as

2856-839: The NBC series My Own Worst Enemy in 2008. Also in 2008, Burrows starred in the independent film The Guitar as a woman who suffers several life setbacks all at once, including a cancer diagnosis and bankruptcy, and survives them all. Amy Redford 's directorial debut, the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival . She also had a starring role in Roger Donaldson's heist film The Bank Job , and appeared opposite Kevin Spacey in Jonas Pate's Shrink . She contributed to an Actors Come Clean for Congo video for

2940-1086: The Toronto International Film Festival . She starred for Figgis again alongside Stellan Skarsgård in Timecode (2000), a split-screen digital experimental film shot in a single take with no edits. She followed it with Gangster No. 1 , starring Malcolm McDowell , Paul Bettany and David Thewlis . She next co-starred with Kate Winslet and Dougray Scott in Michael Apted 's 1940s drama Enigma and starred in Tempted , an improvised thriller set in New Orleans, with Burt Reynolds and Peter Facinelli . Figgis' ensemble feature Hotel followed, reuniting Burrows with colleagues from Timecode including Salma Hayek and Danny Huston on location in Venice, where she played

3024-493: The season one episode " The Hub" , this version is the titular S.H.I.E.L.D. base's director. Upon learning of Hydra infiltrators, she leads in a team in weeding them out. In the process, she captures S.H.I.E.L.D. turncoat John Garrett is exposed as a double agent with the intention of sending him to S.H.I.E.L.D. base, the Fridge, but is killed by Grant Ward . Additionally, a young, alternate timeline version of Hand appears in

3108-629: The series finale , "The End is At Hand" and "What We're Fighting For", portrayed by Rachele Schank. Following the Chronicoms ' attack on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s bases in 1983, Hand and the surviving agents regroup at a New York safe house and help the present day S.H.I.E.L.D. agents return to their time. Saffron Burrows Saffron Domini Burrows is a British and American actress who has appeared in films such as Circle of Friends , Wing Commander , Deep Blue Sea , Gangster No. 1 , Enigma , Troy , Reign Over Me , and The Bank Job . On

3192-625: The "24 Hour Plays" in New York and Los Angeles. In 2006, Burrows was the female lead in the New Zealand thriller Perfect Creature , appeared in Hal Hartley 's film Fay Grim , and co-starred in Klimt , Chilean director Raoul Ruiz ' cinematic portrait of Gustav Klimt . Burrows played opposite John Malkovich as the artist's lover, a woman of many personalities and nationalities. Onstage in 2006, she starred opposite David Schwimmer in

3276-523: The 2010 series Hawkeye & Mockingbird , which ran for 6 issues. Mockingbird became a regular character in the 2013 Secret Avengers series by Nick Spencer and Luke Ross . In September 2015, Mockingbird starred in the one-shot Mockingbird: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary #1 by writer Chelsea Cain and artist Joëlle Jones . That November, Marvel announced the launch of her first ongoing series by Cain and artist Kate Niemczyk in March 2016. It

3360-582: The Avengers Mansion and brought her to the Astral Plane, Victoria Hand was killed by Daniel Drumm. After a long battle with two Avengers teams, Drumm is defeated. A statue of Victoria Hand was erected at Avengers Mansion. While the group is collected around it, Captain America declared that Hand was "one of us". Victoria Hand appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , portrayed by Saffron Burrows . Introduced in

3444-748: The Duchess of Malfi. She had a cameo in Frida , Hayek's 2002 biopic of artist Frida Kahlo . Burrows performed in Spanish in The Galindez File , a film written by Spanish novelist Vazquez Montalban , about a woman seeking the truth about the disappearance of a critic of the Dominican dictator Trujillo. In 2004, she played the part of Andromache in Troy . Burrows dedicated herself to stage work in

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3528-539: The Ka-Zar strip and in his first story the as-yet-unnamed character makes another brief appearance. The butler at Ka-Zar's estate informs her that his employer is currently in the Savage Land . The girl then vows to "walk the Savage Land" for "[Ka-Zar's] sake and the sake of the world". In Astonishing Tales #8 (Oct. 1971), Thomas is joined by co-writer Gary Friedrich and the character begins to develop—her hair color changes to blonde without explanation and her name

3612-480: The Los Angeles Asian crime lord Lotus . Roy Thomas returned to writing the character when he and his wife Dann Thomas became co-writers of the rechristened Avengers West Coast title in 1990. Mockingbird first makes a brief reappearance in the title when she attends an Avengers West Coast team meeting and stands for election to return to the team, being voted in as an "alternate member" (effectively

3696-446: The New Avengers set a trap for Osborn to try and rescue the captured Captain America after Daredevil 's heightened senses confirmed that she was telling the truth. Victoria is possessed by Daniel Drumm 's ghost during his revenge attack on the New Avengers for what happened to his brother Doctor Voodoo . Under Daniel Drumm's possession, she was forced to kill Daimon Hellstrom and Jennifer Kale . After Doctor Strange dispatched her in

3780-544: The Rider, and is shown allowing him to plunge to his death off of a cliff. Hawkeye learns Mockingbird let the Phantom Rider die and harshly disapproves of her actions which leads Mockingbird to leave both Hawkeye and the Avengers. For a time, she and ex-Avengers Tigra and Moon Knight operate as a small fighting unit and have various adventures including a battle with the High Evolutionary and an encounter with

3864-588: The appearance of a group calling themselves the " Great Lakes Avengers ". Upon investigation, the couple decides to stay in Milwaukee to train the amateur superhero group and work on their relationship. Mockingbird's next regular appearances are as a supporting character in the Hawkeye strip in Avengers Spotlight , in a storyline written by Steve Gerber in which she aids her husband as he takes on

3948-473: The birthday of the couple's (previously unmentioned) miscarried child, which—it is explained—was conceived at some point during their joint career as Avengers. Barton initially defends this "Mockingbird" from the suspicions of other superheroes, but when she is revealed to be a Skrull imposter he kills her in a fit of rage. Later in the series Iron Man finds a Skrull ship in orbit which genuinely contains various individuals who had been abducted and replaced by

4032-469: The care of Nick Fury. In the letters column of that issue, the series' then assistant editor Mark Gruenwald explained the creative origins of this new iteration of Bobbi Morse: 'Where did this Mockingbird come from?' some of you may be asking. After all it isn't every day that a new super heroine is premiered in Marvel Team-Up . Well the story behind her creation is this: when I had been writing

4116-593: The character from the Wein/Adams Man-Thing story) and Paul (now "Dr. Paul Allen") accompany Ka-Zar back to the United States and explain that they sought him out so that he could help them deal with the problems surrounding the appearance of the Man-Thing in Florida. In the next issue, the storyline is wrapped up and Paul reveals he is a double agent working for A.I.M. It is also revealed for

4200-650: The character in the Avengers volume 3 series where she appears as a reanimated corpse, a member of the Legion of the Unliving , part of the Grim Reaper 's plot to destroy the Avengers. In 1999's Thunderbolts Annual 2000 , writers Busiek and Fabian Nicieza have Mockingbird send a message from the afterlife that results in the resurrection of Hellcat . Her reasons for being in Hell are unclear, though she denies it

4284-500: The decision to resurrect Mockingbird was made creatively: About a year-and-a-half ago, we were planning the ending for " Secret Invasion " and with one character we wanted to get back something that the Skrulls would have taken away. There were a couple of characters on the list for that, but Mockingbird was the one I fought for the most, and as [ Secret Invasion series writer] Brian [Bendis] has pointed out, I said that they were like

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4368-563: The development of the character. After appearing in the 1983 Hawkeye mini-series, Mockingbird became a founding member of the West Coast Avengers , appearing in the group's initial self-titled mini-series, followed by regular appearances in the group's ongoing monthly series, until its end in 1994. Mockingbird appeared as a regular character throughout the 2010–2013 New Avengers series, from issue #1 (August 2010) through its final issue #34 (January 2013). She also co-starred in

4452-938: The early 2000s. She appeared at the Royal National Theatre in Jeanette Winterson 's The Powerbook , directed by Deborah Warner ; the play also went on tour, visiting the Theatre National Du Chaillot in Paris and the Teatro Argentina in Rome. In January 2005, she created the role of Janey Morris in the world premiere of Earthly Paradise at the Almeida Theatre . The play centered on the love triangle of Janey, her husband William Morris (the writer and proponent of

4536-405: The extent that he refuses to reveal his secret identity to her even when it means that he will not get paid for his work on the team. Luke's wife Jessica Jones also does not trust Hand, mainly because Hand nervously pointed a cannon at her and their infant daughter when they met in the Avengers mansion. Hand was contacted by the remnants of H.A.M.M.E.R. to ask her to join them; instead, she provided

4620-442: The first time that Barbara has connections with S.H.I.E.L.D. ; the spy agency asked her to pretend to love Allen to "learn what [she] could" about his activities with AIM. At the story's end Paul dies at the hands of the Man-Thing and Barbara expresses the hope that she can "go back to just being a scientist again". Mike Friedrich took over from Roy Thomas to become writer of Astonishing Tales with #15 (Dec. 1972). He introduces

4704-474: The following issue (written by Thomas alone), Ka-Zar leads the two characters through the dangerous Savage Land. Astonishing Tales #12 (June 1972) is a key early appearance for the character, due in part to Marvel's decision to feature Man-Thing in this issue. At this point, Man-Thing had made only one previous appearance, in the 1971 black-and-white magazine Savage Tales #1. A follow-up seven-page Man-Thing story by writer Len Wein and artist Neal Adams

4788-478: The genuine article. The reconciliation between Hawkeye and Mockingbird is short-lived as in late 1993 Thomas has the character sacrifice her life to save her husband from Mephisto in the centennial issue of Avengers West Coast . The Avengers West Coast title was canceled two issues later. The storyline depicted how the team, reeling from the events surrounding Mockingbird's death, is ultimately forced to disband. In 1998, writer Kurt Busiek briefly revived

4872-439: The genuine article—they claim that at some point in the past they were each abducted and replaced by Skrull imposters, the Skrulls being a race of alien shape-shifters. Clint Barton, who is present at the scene (and at this point goes by the code name " Ronin ") believes this "Mockingbird"'s claims to be his wife because she is able to tell him the significance of the date "October 12" to their relationship. The date would have been

4956-460: The government's Project: Gladiator. The research project was partly sponsored by S.H.I.E.L.D. which led Morse to enroll in their spy school and graduate at the top of her class. It is also revealed that she spent six months convalescing in a private hospital after the injuries she suffered in Marvel Team-Up #95. Gruenwald was editor of the Avengers title in late 1983 when writer Roger Stern began to feature Hawkeye and Mockingbird as members of

5040-493: The group having already abducted and dismantled the android. The group is revealed to be a consortium of international security services and though the Vision is eventually restored his memory and personality are erased. Later, Mockingbird tracks down Clint Barton (Hawkeye) and makes an attempt at reconciliation, admitting she still loves him. During their discussion, Barton reveals they had previously decided to divorce. Hawkeye and Mockingbird then travel to Milwaukee to look into

5124-416: The head of S.H.I.E.L.D. upon which he dismantled it and transformed it into the operation known as H.A.M.M.E.R. He appointed Victoria to the position of Deputy Director of this organization due to her vocal opposition of previous S.H.I.E.L.D. directors Nick Fury and Tony Stark . She willingly supported Osborn's agenda to subvert the heroes and place villains instead, believing that Osborn would bring peace to

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5208-477: The latter course of his run, Englehart developed a storyline in which the relationship between Hawkeye and Mockingbird is put under serious strain. When the West Coast Avengers are transported to the Old West of 1876, the Phantom Rider (Lincoln Slade) abducts, drugs, and brainwashes Mockingbird into forgetting her original life and convinces her she is in love with Slade (and by implication, raping her). After breaking free of his control, Mockingbird seeks revenge on

5292-417: The meeting location to the New Avengers so that they could sabotage the meeting. The subsequent assault resulted in the potentially fatal injury of Mockingbird . During a later confrontation with Superia (head of this branch of H.A.M.M.E.R.), Hand claimed that her betrayal of H.A.M.M.E.R. was actually a ruse intended to convince Steve Rogers that her allegiance is with him after H.A.M.M.E.R. contacted her on

5376-447: The modelling world's "obsession with the ideal of the body" troubling. Burrows made her film debut in 1993 with a small role in Jim Sheridan 's In the Name of the Father . Her first significant acting roles came in 1995, as an ambitious young Irishwoman in Circle of Friends , and in Ngozi Onwurah 's Welcome II The Terrordome . In 1996 she starred in the BBC production of Dennis Potter 's Karaoke and in Hotel de Love ;

5460-425: The modern-day Phantom Rider who is possessed by his 19th century ancestor. In one story, Mockingbird's arrest of the Digger causes a rift between the West Coast Avengers and the Night Shift . Mockingbird later reconciles with the no-longer-possessed Phantom Rider. John Byrne became writer and artist of West Coast Avengers in 1989 and in his first story Mockingbird returns and admits to inadvertently betraying

5544-413: The next year she was seen in Lovelife , Nevada , The Matchmaker and Mike Figgis ' One Night Stand . In 1999 she appeared in Figgis' experimental film The Loss of Sexual Innocence , in which she played twins – one raised in England, the other in Italy. In 1999, she appeared in the thriller Deep Blue Sea , and had the title role in Figgis' film adaptation Miss Julie , which premiered at

5628-404: The organization which mistakes her for a criminal. Teaming up with Spider-Man (and with assistance from S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury), Mockingbird confronts Carl Delanden, a corrupt S.H.I.E.L.D. branch director. In the ensuing battle, she is shot by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who were ordered to subdue her at any cost. The story ends with an unconscious, badly injured but exonerated Mockingbird left in

5712-737: The original M.B. was going to be black. So that's the story behind the story. The reference to the "why we abandoned the "'Huntress' moniker" is a nod to the fact that Marvel's rival DC Comics had debuted a character with the same name in the interim between Marvel Super Action #1 and Marvel Team-Up #95. DC's "Huntress, the superhero daughter of the Batman and Catwoman of Earth-Two , debuted in All Star Comics #69 and DC Super-Stars #17 (both Dec. 1977). The character next appeared in Gruenwald's 1983 four-issue Hawkeye miniseries. Fully recovered from her injuries, Mockingbird investigates corruption at Cross Technological Enterprises , where Clint Barton/Hawkeye works as security chief. Though

5796-429: The political comedy Knife Fight . In 2013 and 2014, Burrows joined the ABC television show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe . She played agent Victoria Hand in a recurring role. She also starred in the Amazon Video series Mozart in the Jungle as Cynthia Taylor, a cellist with the New York Symphony. The series ran for four seasons from 2014 to 2018. In 2019, Burrows starred in

5880-408: The previous two issues. Barbara is shown later in the story; having parachuted from the plane before the crash, she is rescued by a group of World War II veterans who have been trapped in the Savage Land for decades. Gerry Conway briefly returned to co-write (with Roy Thomas) Barbara's next appearance where she finally meets Ka-Zar and is reunited with her fiancé (whose name is revealed as "Paul"). In

5964-406: The recurring role of Dottie Quinn on the second season of the Netflix thriller You . She reprised her role in the third season , which was released in October 2021. Burrows has written diaries, book reviews and newspaper and magazine articles for The Guardian , The Independent , and The Times and the New Statesman . Burrows is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts . She

6048-631: The series' supporting cast. In a short period Mockingbird moves back into Avengers Mansion with Barton as he returns to active duty, she is formally introduced to the team as his wife, the Vision then proposes that Hawkeye and Mockingbird establish a second Avengers team on the West Coast of the United States , and the two move out to Los Angeles. This leads into the 1984 four-issue West Coast Avengers limited series, also written by Stern and edited by Gruenwald. In this series, Mockingbird becomes

6132-569: The small screen she starred as Lorraine Weller on Boston Legal , Dr. Norah Skinner on My Own Worst Enemy , Detective Serena Stevens on Law & Order: Criminal Intent , and Victoria Hand on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. . She appeared as Cynthia Taylor on the Prime Video series Mozart in the Jungle and as Dottie Quinn in the Netflix series You . A Londoner, Saffron Burrows

6216-564: The team. She later explains that she was duped by a group who claimed to be connected to S.H.I.E.L.D. into revealing security information about their headquarters for a "contingency" plan to neutralise the Vision in the event he should try to take over the world once again. In fact, the plan is put into operation immediately and, when Mockingbird realizes this, she rushes to the West Coast Avenger's headquarters only to arrive too late,

6300-560: The two initially come into conflict with each other, they end up co-operating to fight the villain Crossfire and by the series end they are shown to be seriously romantically involved, having eloped together to the Pocono Mountains and apparently married. The miniseries reveals how Morse became involved with S.H.I.E.L.D. recounting how she left her biology studies at Georgia Tech to follow her "favorite prof" Wilma Calvin on

6384-617: The world premiere of Neil LaBute 's Some Girl(s) at the Gielgud Theatre, London. She then appeared in Mike Binder 's film Reign Over Me with Don Cheadle and Adam Sandler . Burrows also had lead roles in the Indian thriller Broken Thread and in director Peter Howitt 's drama Dangerous Parking . On television, she played attorney Lorraine Weller on ABC 's Boston Legal (season 4) from 2007 to 2008. She starred in

6468-488: The world. Victoria also has a certain level of authority over Norman's Avengers despite the fact Norman gave Moonstone the position of his second-in-command. She was also given the task of finding an acronym for H.A.M.M.E.R. Norman Osborn received word from Victoria Hand that they have apprehended Maria Hill . Victoria was sent with Moonstone to neutralize Bruce Banner (AKA the Hulk ), Osborn reasoning that Banner's intellect

6552-632: Was 11 years old and went on to become the Vice President of the National Civil Rights Movement. Burrows is a campaigner for disabled rights and equality. In 2009, she became an American citizen. Mockingbird (Marvel Comics) Barbara " Bobbi " Morse is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character first appeared in Astonishing Tales #6 in 1971 as

6636-701: Was born in St Pancras in central London and grew up in Stoke Newington , her mother is a trade unionist and primary school teacher in Hackney and her father is an architect and teacher. Her parents and stepfather were Socialist Workers Party members, and Burrows was politically active from a young age. Burrows attended William Tyndale Primary School in Islington and then Stoke Newington School in Stoke Newington . When asked for her preference of

6720-459: Was canceled after eight issues due to poor sales, despite receiving critical acclaim. The character who later becomes Mockingbird first appears in a short sequence in Astonishing Tales #6 (June 1971) in which a frantic young brunette arrives at the English country estate of Lord Kevin Plunder (who is also known as " Ka-Zar "). Encountering the butler , she exclaims, "Lord Kevin Plunder where

6804-631: Was commissioned for a version of Savage Tales #2 that was ultimately never published. Finally seeing print in Astonishing Tales #12, the sequence is presented as a flashback and an interlude between the main action of the book. One of the characters in the Wein/Adams story is a blonde female scientist called "Dr. Barbara Morse". Morse is working on a research project in the Florida Everglades called Project: Gladiator, which

6888-665: Was leading the helicarrier squad. During the attack, the ship she was on was heavily damaged and Victoria ordered the evacuation of the crew. When the Void took full control of Robert Reynolds' body, Iron Man informed her to leave the ship as he intended to use the Helicarrier as a giant bullet. After the battle, Victoria didn't resist arrest and was taken on to a Helicarrier, where she was interviewed by Captain Steve Rogers . Victoria said that she didn't regret anything and that she

6972-588: Was searching for something new and different to do in Team-Up. He was toying with the idea some of us have had to revamp the Bobbi Morse character (of Ka-Zar and Super-Action fame). Somehow we got the notion to amalgamate the two concepts and make Bobbi Morse the Mockingbird (Anyone venture a guess why we abandoned the "Huntress" moniker?) All that was necessary was to change her hair and skin color since

7056-488: Was trying to help the world. In response, Steve gave her a position in his new team, which surprised Victoria. It was later revealed that she had been assigned by Captain Steve Rogers to be the liaison for Luke Cage 's team of Avengers, dubbed the New Avengers , because Rogers feels that she can provide an important insight to the team. Spider-Man in particular does not trust her due to her old contact with Osborn, to

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