Marla Drake (Earth-616)

Marla Drake was a wealthy socialite who lived in an expensive apartment with her housemaid (and close confidant), Francine and her beloved pet cat, Perie Purr. Her life was quite empty that she regarded it as a major crisis when she another woman was planning to attend a costume ball in a costume similar to hers.^{[citation needed]}

At the suggestion of Francine, she switches to the panther skin left to her by her deceased uncle, which had previously been worn as a ceremonial robe by an African witch doctor. Oddly enough, it fit perfectly -- incredibly perfectly. She never, however, arrived at the party as she got involved on the way in an adventure with an escaped murderer called Killer Dawson. Newspaper coverage of the event dubbed the mystery woman the "Black Fury." After a few weeks Drake switches her identity to that of Miss Fury.^{[citation needed]}

While the costume did not seem to confer any extraordinary powers upon her, a Brazilian named Albino Jo tells her that the costume is cursed with strange powers and can actually work miracles. The costumes curse may have had something to do with Drake's new outlook, as Miss Fury habitually did things that most bored society women would never dream of!^{[citation needed]}

Another of her trusted confidants, was the doorman to her building, a man known as Cappy. Cappy would often help her to foil a crime or two or just keep her secrets.^{[citation needed]}

While operating as Miss Fury, Marla's fiance Gary Hale was opposed to the female vigilante, thinking that she was a greater threat to society than the criminals she fought against. Also while operating as Miss Fury, she gained the attention of Detective Dan Carey. Both men vied for her affections and attentions.^{[citation needed]}

Later Marla and Gary broke up and he supposedly married another woman.^{[citation needed]}

Among Miss Fury's enemies in subsequent adventures were the one-armed German General Bruno Beitz, who commanded a battalion of German troops from inside a hollowed-out mountain in Brazil;^{[citation needed]} the platinum blonde Baroness Erica von Kampf,^{[citation needed]} and a mad scientist named Doctor Diman Saraf.^{[citation needed]}

Marla Drake (Earth-616) from Twelve Vol 1 1 0001

For the most part, her later exploits and adventures have yet to be recorded. It is known that she participated in the Battle of Berlin in the spring of 1945, as one of the many heroes who banded together to liberate Berlin from Nazi control.^[1] In 1959, Miss Fury was considered by Jimmy Woo as a possible member for the Agents of Atlas. (This does not mean she was still active in 1959, but it does show that the FBI thought she might still be active.)^[2]

Attributes

Abilities

Miss Fury possessed tremendous athleticism and fighting ability.^{[citation needed]}

Paraphernalia

Weapons

She sometimes used the spiked heels on her costume as weapons in addition to using a whip.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

Marla Drake was a very wealthy woman.^{[citation needed]}
Miss Fury appeared in a Sunday-only newspaper comic strip that ran from 1941 to 1952. (The strip was titled Black Fury for its first six months, but then changed to Miss Fury for the rest of its run.) Marvel reprinted the Miss Fury comic strip (modified to comic-book format) in Miss Fury from 1942 to 1945.
- Miss Fury was first established to be an Earth-616 character in a cameo appearance in Agents of Atlas #3 in 2006
- In this profile, we are assuming the Miss Fury comic strips that were reprinted in Miss Fury are Earth-616 canon, but the later strips that were not reprinted by Marvel are not Earth-616 canon.

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References

[Twelve_Vol_1_1-1] Twelve #1

[Agents_of_Atlas_Vol_1_3-2] Agents of Atlas #3

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