

Nothing has been recently revealed about the Femme Force's activities and it may therefore be presumed that the group was disbanded years ago. The disputed leadership of Femme Force, and Val's flirtations with Sharon Carter's boyfriend, Captain America, also led Val and Carter to have a frosty relationship. Īt one point the Contessa was the leader of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Femme Force, an elite cadre of female agents. The three appeared to leave the matter on friendly terms. However, Val interrupted the fight and explained her motives. Nick confronted Captain America at his apartment, and the two fought intensely over Val. This angered Nick and he and the Captain became estranged for some time. Jealous of Nick's on-again off-again relationship with Brown, Val flirted with sometime S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury and Valentina became lovers after his relationship with Laura Brown appeared to end. was her participation in the battles against the robotic duplicate of the Yellow Claw. Her first major assignment for S.H.I.E.L.D. She first encountered Nick Fury, the Public Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., towards the end of her training, when she impressed him by overpowering him in hand-to-hand combat.Īs a result of her remarkable talents and skills in many areas, the Contessa soon became a leading member of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Formerly a member of the European "jet set," the Contessa sought a more serious role in life, and eventually entered a training program to become an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., the international intelligence and law enforcement agency. Unaware of this, Dum-Dum Dugan recruited her. She and her parents were sleeper agents for Leviathan inside the Italian anti-communism movement. Little has been revealed about the past of the Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine.
