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Maria Hill was Nick Fury's 2nd in command at S.H.I.E.L.D.. However, it was apparent early on that Hill lacked the experience, wisdom, maturity, foresight and political savvy to be a true leader. From the beginning she had a strong dislike of Iron Man, as well as his new team, the Avengers, believing that individuals like them should work under S.H.I.E.L.D. rather than be allowed to act on their own accord. [1]
When Fury disappeared and Hill took charge of S.H.I.E.L.D., her personal prejudice against the Avengers resulted in Hill trying to arrest them during a city-wide fire fight between A.I.M. and Hydra when the Avengers refused to work for her, blinding her to the more immediate danger to the city. Even after the Avengers helped save the Helicarrier, she refused to show any gratitude and threatened Iron Man by telling him that she would petition to have government force the Avengers to serve S.H.I.E.L.D. or be arrested.[1] She also displayed great cruelty towards Henry Pym for his part in creating Ultron when the robot eventually went rogue and hacked into her mind to gain access to nuclear launch codes.[2]
Some time later, Hill tried to convince Tony that the Avengers needed to work for S.H.I.E.L.D. While attempting to do so, Stark Tower was attacked by A.I.M. who had reprogrammed Technovore to attack Arc Reactor energy signatures. Even through their back and forth arguments, Stark and Hill were able to escape Technovore and stop A.I.M.[3]
One night while Hill was sleeping, Fury and Mockingbird infiltrated her room and told her of the already ongoing secret invasion occurring from the Skrulls. Fury stated that he trusted Maria not to tell anyone and that he believed that no one could be trusted.[4]
Sometime after half of the Avengers had left the team, Maria Hill was talking to General Ross and Glenn Talbot about them wanting the Hulk's blood, but Doc Samson intervened saying it was a bad idea. This proved to be later true when Ross had hired The Winter Soldier to sneak in and steal the blood so he could inject into himself. This transformed Ross into a Red Hulk that terrorized the Helicarrier. Hill called in the Avengers, accusing Hulk as being the one responsible for the attack even though the Avengers knew he was on a break with Hawkeye. The team was able to defeat the Red Hulk, but since Hill and the military had believed it was Banner responsible, they were calling for Banner's arrest and the Skrull posing as Captain America convinced Hulk to turn himself in so the Avengers could sort things out however the Skrull had no intention of clearing Hulk's name. [5]
At some point, Maria had swapped places with a robot version of herself in the Helicarrier that would later be confronted and shot by the skrull version of Clay Quartermain.[6]Attributes
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- 16 appearance(s) of Maria Hill (Earth-8096)
- 1 minor appearance(s) of Maria Hill (Earth-8096)
- 3 image(s) of Maria Hill (Earth-8096)
- 1 quotation(s) by or about Maria Hill (Earth-8096)