Creation

Lucia Von Bardas first appeared in Secret War #1, and was created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Gabriele Dell'Otto.

History

Lucia Von Bardas was Latveria's prime minister. She used tech-based super villains to smuggle certain tech to American soil. Nick Fury however found out her plan and when he didn't get authorization to proceed, he went behind his superiors' backs. He gathered a group of heroes who overthrew Latveria's government, Lucia among them.

A year later Lucia has recovered from the first encounter where she was believed to die. She attacked the heroes who came to Latveria a year earlier in their homes. In the final confrontation all the tech-based villains had gathered to attack the Secret War group. Lucia entered the fray herself and revealed her plan at last. From all the villains there was a piece of a bomb in their tech, and they all were activated it could level a city. Lucia was taken down by a young hero and SHIELD agent, Quake.

She was later revealed to have survived her encounter with Quake, and was secretly held in SHIELD custody until Norman Osborn dissolved the agency during the Dark Reign. Now freed, she set out to exact her vengeance by assassinating Doctor Doom and starting a war between the United States and Latveria.

Lucia later resurfaced as a recurring foe of Iron Man and Ironheart, funding the criminal Heat in setting up shop in Chicago. Von Bardas is furious with Stark supplying tech to S.H.I.E.L.D. during their time destabilizing Latveria and destroying Lucia's life. As revenge, Lucia plans to gut Chicago and use money laundered from S.H.I.E.L.D. tech to take control of a slice of American soil and use it as part of her war on the United States. In response Iron Man manages to overload his "Repulsword" and obliterates Von Bardas' physical form. Bardas transfers her consciousness into a Stark Sentinel and begins attacking Chicago, but Ironheart uses Pym Particles to shrink and capture her.

In Other Media

Animation

Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes

Lucia appeared in Fantastic Four : World's Greatest Heroes as little more than Doctor Doom's henchwoman. She was seen in two episodes and was seemingly destroyed in her last appearance.

Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

Lucia also appeared in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, again working as Doctor Doom's henchwoman. In the season 2 premier, she lead an assault on the Baxter Building and kidnapped the Wasp and Susan Storm at her master's behest. She was deactivated after having one of her internal components torn out by Black Panther.

Video Games

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

Lucia appears in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 as the game's initial antagonist. After Nicky Fury leads a non-government sanctioned task force into Latveria in order to stop an alleged terrorist plot, Von Bardas is presumed dead. She returns one year later greatly augmented by cybernetic enhancements in order to destroy Times Square and enact her vengance upon Fury and the rest of the world.