Valkyrie

Valkyrie is a fictional character and Marvel Comics superhero. An Asgardian demi-goddess by birth, her real name is Brunnhilde. Among her other aliases are Barbara Denton-Norriss, Samantha Parrington, and Sian Bowen who all were host bodies to the spirit of Brunnhilde. For much of her history she was a mainstay of the superhero team known as the Defenders. Samantha Parrington, a previous host to Brunnhilde, later received the Valkyrie powers herself and became a member of the Defenders as Valkyrie. The Valkyrie's first appearance was in The Avengers vol. 1 #83 (December, 1970), and she was created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema. Valkyrie is the strongest of all Valkyrior. Like all her people, her tissue and bone are several times as...