Val Adair (Earth-616)

Val Adair
Name	Val Adair
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	S.H.I.E.L.D.
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Public
Citizenship	American
Occupation	S.H.I.E.L.D. agent
Education	S.H.I.E.L.D. training
Base of Operations	S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
Creators and Appearances
Creators	David Michelinie, John Romita Jr, Bob Layton
First	Iron Man #117 (September, 1978)
First	Iron Man #117 (September, 1978)

History

Along with Buck Richlen and Adam Manna he was hired by S.H.I.E.L.D. to perform a hostile takeover of Stark International to force them to become arms developers again, instead decided to accomplish their mission by killing Tony Stark, hired Spymaster, took over the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, defeated by Iron Man, sent to detention center; later stabbed in the neck and possibly killed.

Trivia

• Val Adair and his associate Buck Richlen are stand-ins for comic penciler Rich Buckler, whose pseudonym at the time was Ron Validar. Before writing Iron Man, David Michelinie worked with Buckler in DC Comics' Star Hunters. Buckler had traced the design of a spaceship from the animated show Space Sentinels to use in their comic, and Michelinie asked for him to be replaced after finding out. However, DC opted to keep Buckler in the book, prompting Michelinie to leave the company and seek an assignment at Marvel. In a similar way to which Buck Richlen blamed his assistants for his ploy to take over Stark Industries, Rich Buckler had blamed his assistants for presenting the traced design.

See Also

• 3 appearance(s) of Val Adair (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Val Adair (Earth-616)
• 1 image(s) of Val Adair (Earth-616)