Zora Vukovic (Earth-616)

Victorious
Name	Zora Vukovic
Current Alias	Victorious
Affiliation and Relationships
Group Affiliation	Von Doom Loyalists
Relatives	Parents: Ionela Novotny (mother, deceased) Unnamed father (deceased)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Strawberry Blonde
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human empowered by the Power Cosmic
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Symkaria
Personal Information
Identity	Public
Citizenship	Symkarian, Latverian
Occupation	Governor Formerly ambassador, freedom fighter, second-in-command of Victor von Doom
Base of Operations	Latverian Embassy, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America Formerly Doomstadt, Latveria
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Dan Slott, Simone Bianchi, Aaron Kuder
First	Fantastic Four (Vol. 6) #1 (August, 2018)
First	Fantastic Four (Vol. 6) #1 (August, 2018)

History

Zora Vukovic was the daughter of two Symkarian spies who had infiltrated their neighboring country, Latveria. Not knowing her Symkarian origin, Zora grew up as a Latverian with genuine love for the country. She eventually became the leader of a rebel force opposing Latveria's tyrant president for life. She infiltrated Castle Doom to confirm the rumors of Doctor Doom's return and to seek his help. Zora's words swayed Doom from exile, and inspired him to reclaim Latveria's throne. In return for her actions, Doom bestowed Zora with a portion of the Power Cosmic so that she could become Latveria's new champion, a symbol of inspiration named Victorious.

Zora's imbuement with the Power Cosmic served a secondary purpose, to draw Galactus to Latveria as part of Doom's plan to trap the World Devourer and turn him into a source of energy for the world. When Galactus made landfall, the Fantastic Four disregarded Doom's warning not to interfere, and Victorious confronted them until they started working together with her master. Using his Big Bang Cannons, Doom altered Galactus' subatomic structure, and he phased into Mount Doom after Victorious delivered the final blow that subdued him. With Galactus entrapped, Doom began to build an infrastructure to siphon power from him and usher a new age for humanity.

Fighting the Fantastic Four

Victorious was present for a broadcast during which Doom intended to execute the Fantastic Four as a display of power, but the four heroes managed to escape. Victorious followed them to Mount Doom, where she was captured after The Thing broke the control rod that stabilized her powers. Mister Fantastic connected Zora to the Big Bang Cannons and repurposed them to free Galactus, since his entrapment was causing energy surges that would eventually destroy the Earth, a factor that Doom hadn't accounted for. This process shifted Zora's energy signature, so she wouldn't lure Galactus again after he left the planet.

When the powerful alien the Cormorant scoured the Earth in search for a mysterious item and began raiding stealth-shielded lockboxes, Doctor Doom tasked Victorious with helping him guard one in the Latverian Embassy in New York City. Despite the creature managing to steal it, Doom detonated it to prevent its contents from being stolen. Doom and Victorious then joined the Fantastic Four in attempting to stop the Cormorant from unearthing a lockbox beneath the Baxter Building, but failed. When the destruction of Container Zero resulted in the creation of the Forever Gate, a doorway to every point in space and time, Doctor Doom appointed Victorious as ambassador of Latveria to keep an the portal.

During her stay in New York, Zora oversaw an exhibition of Latverian artifacts that was attacked by U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M. Victorious joined forces with some of the Fantastic Four and their allies to defeat the attackers, but the destruction of American treasures she caused led to Zora being kicked out of the city. What began as an attempt by the Human Torch to console Victorious ended with the two sleeping together, Johnny cheating on his then-girlfriend Kaila in the process.

The following day, Doctor Doom revealed that pressing matters in outer space required him to leave the planet, and he proposed to Zora as a political maneuver to leave Latveria with a queen. Zora attempted to keep her fling with the Human Torch a secret, but her desire to be open with her master saw her admit the truth at the altar, with the Fantastic Four having been invited to the wedding. Doom lashed out in response, and at one point even attempted to kill Zora. Despite this, Zora declined the Fantastic Four's offer to defect from Doom's side. Doom subsequently ordered Zora to never show her face to him again, for which she adopted into her uniform a faceplate modeled after her master's own mask.

Zora's masked headpiece

After Doom assumed the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme, he used his newfound powers to surround all of Latveria with a magical barrier that hid the country from the rest of the world. Victorious was left outside and unable to enter Latveria, causing her to use her powers to try and open the barrier. In her attempt to re-enter Latveria, Victorious inadvertently caused great devastation to her surroundings, necessitating the intervention of the AVENG.E.R.S. Led by Photon, the heroes battled Victorious, all the while trying to rationalize with her. Seeing she wouldn't listen, Photon used the Zero Force to neutralize her Power Cosmic, forcing Victorious to listen. The heroes managed to convince Victorious that Doom didn't care for her and was not worthy of her service. Left with no other choice, Victorious finally decided to move on from Doom and go her own way.

Zora's devotion to Doom was rekindled when he emerged from seclusion and used his powers to facilitate political negotiations that culminated in his rise to power as emperor of the world. In addition to being appointed Latverian Provincial Governor of the Atlantic Seaboard, Victorious was allowed by her master to forgo her metal mask and show her face again. As part of her duties, Zora briefly clashed with Iron Man after he announced that his company would continue making weapons into the new world order, seeing it as a threat to Doom's regime. Stark eventually persuaded Zora to appoint Stark Unlimited as Emperor Doom's sole weapons provider for deterrence, when the true purpose of his plan was to arm insurgents within the Latverian Army.

Attributes

Powers

Power Cosmic: Zora was infused with the Power Cosmic by Doom and had access to all its capabilities.

• Flight: Victorious is capable of propelling herself through the air at extraordinary speeds that make her look like a blur to the naked eye.
• Superhuman Strength: Victorious has showcased incredible strength, being able to destroy one of Invisible Woman's force fields by ramming into it.
• Energy Manipulation: Zora can discharge energy and fire energy blasts from her hands.

Weaknesses

Former Weaknesses

Power Overload: Due to the nature of the Power Cosmic, Victorious was at the risk of overloading her powers and detonating. Her staff acted as a control rod to prevent this. She stopped being at risk after Mister Fantastic used her to power the Big Bang Cannons, causing her energy signature to shift.

Paraphernalia

Weapons

Former Weapons

Ultimate Nullifier: Doctor Doom gave Zora the Ultimate Nullifier during the time he was framed for a terrorist attack. However, she returned it to Doom thinking it was a test for trust.

See Also

• 27 appearance(s) of Zora Vukovic (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Zora Vukovic (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Zora Vukovic (Earth-616)
• 5 mention(s) of Zora Vukovic (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Zora Vukovic (Earth-616)
• 31 image(s) of Zora Vukovic (Earth-616)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Zora Vukovic (Earth-616)
• 1 item(s) used/owned by Zora Vukovic (Earth-616)