30 Facts About Madame Masque

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Madame Masque is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Madame Masque was born as Giulietta Nefaria, the daughter of the master criminal Count Luchino Nefaria, in Rome, Italy.

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Madame Masque's turned out to be a brilliant student and when her father is imprisoned, she becomes the new "Big M", the leader of the Nefaria family of the Maggia.

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4.

Madame Masque meets Tony Stark and the latter shows concern for her despite her scarred face.

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5.

Madame Masque's turns on Midas to save Stark, but leaves him because of her criminal past.

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6.

One of her bio-duplicates, who is simply referred to as "Madame Masque", turns on her creator and becomes an ally of the Avengers.

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7.

Madame Masque's creates robotic servants known as the Inner Guard and names them individually after notable historical traitors: Benedict, Brutus, Fawkes, Quisling, Monmouth and two other, unnamed members.

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8.

Madame Masque tries to convince her the Avengers are benevolent and that she should reach out to Stark again, but Whitney is still too fearful to do so.

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9.

Madame Masque's continues to be a criminal figure of importance, until her father returns from the dead, now with superhuman abilities, and destroys her base.

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10.

Madame Masque again tries unsuccessfully to convince her to side with the heroes, then joins the battle in Whitney's place.

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11.

Madame Masque obtains a weapon designed to disrupt Nefaria's powers that Whitney had prepared for her father, but is slain by Nefaria before she can use it.

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12.

Madame Masque is hired by the Hood to take advantage of the split in the superhero community caused by the Superhuman Registration Act.

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13.

Madame Masque's becomes the Hood's second in command and helps him and his forces fight the New Avengers.

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14.

Madame Masque rejoins the Hood's crime syndicate and takes part in an attack on the invading Skrull forces.

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15.

Madame Masque's is among the Hood's army as they assist the heroes in their final battle against the Skrulls.

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16.

Madame Masque captures and tortures Pepper before demanding that Stark tell her his true feelings to her real face.

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17.

Madame Masque is defeated and imprisoned in a discarded Crimson Dynamo suit while Pepper disguises herself in her mask and costume to falsely report her own death to Osborn and turn over the Rescue armor, which is added to his personal collection of Iron Man suits.

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When Osborn calls off the hunt for Stark after learning that he is in a persistent vegetative state, Madame Masque decides to take matters into her own hands, and hires the Ghost to eliminate her old lover, a task at which Ghost fails.

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19.

Madame Masque, along with the rest of the Hood's gang, joins in helping Osborn, in his Iron Patriot armor, with the Siege of Asgard.

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20.

Madame Masque's appears in Madripoor for the auction of a videotape showing Hawkeye assassinating the dictator of an unnamed Asian nation.

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21.

However, the real Madame Masque is shown to be tied up and gagged in her hotel room; the "Masque" attending the auction is actually Hawkeye's partner Kate Bishop disguised in her costume.

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22.

Madame Masque has no superhuman powers, but is an athletic woman and a skilled hand-to-hand combatant in various martial arts and an expert markswoman.

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23.

Madame Masque's is a master strategist and organizer, although she suffers from mental instability and is believed to be criminally insane.

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24.

Madame Masque's has access to advanced technology like her bio-duplicates.

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25.

Madame Masque wears body armor of an unknown composition with a gold metal faceplate, underneath which her face was chemically scarred.

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26.

Madame Masque's serves as the second in command of the Hood's criminal syndicate, as well as being his mistress.

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27.

Madame Masque's is with him during the uprising, and during the syndicate's invasion of a foreign country.

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28.

Madame Masque's is one of the few criminals who decides to stay with Hood when the others decide that the heat from Magneto is too much and abandon him.

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29.

Madame Masque's is killed in the final battle and it is mentioned that Hood and Masque had a very powerful love, which is what motivated him to keep fighting.

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30.

Madame Masque is seen among the enthralled villains defending Krona's stronghold.

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