Angela (character)

Not to be confused with Angel (Marvel Comics).
Angela
Textless cover of
Guardians of the Galaxy #6 (September 2013)
Art by Sara Pichelli
Publication information
PublisherImage Comics (1993–2000)
Marvel Comics (2013–present)
First appearanceImage Comics:
Spawn #9 (March 1993)
Marvel Comics:
Age of Ultron #10 (June 2013)
Created byNeil Gaiman
Todd McFarlane
In-story information
Alter egoAldrif Odinsdottir
SpeciesAsgardian
Place of originAsgard
Team affiliationsGuardians of the Galaxy
Asgardians of the Galaxy
Strikeforce
A-Force
Notable aliasesThe Hunter
Queen of Hel
Abilities

Angela is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Image Comics and Marvel Comics. Created by author Neil Gaiman and artist Todd McFarlane, the character first appeared in Spawn #9 (March 1993), in McFarlane's creator-owned series Spawn, and later starring in her own self-titled miniseries (launched in December 1994). She is an angel and a bounty hunter, working under the auspices of Heaven to oppose Spawn.

The character was later the subject of a legal battle between McFarlane and Gaiman over the rights to the character, which Gaiman won. Gaiman later sold the rights to the character to Marvel Comics; she was integrated into the Marvel Universe in the 2013 story "Age of Ultron",[1] and her character was expanded upon in the 2014 storyline "Original Sin," where she was established to be Aldrif Odinsdottir, the Asgardian lost sister of Thor.[2][3]

  1. ^ DeFalco, Tom; Sanderson, Peter; Brevoort, Tom; Teitelbaum, Michael; Wallace, Daniel; Darling, Andrew; Forbeck, Matt; Cowsill, Alan; Bray, Adam (2019). The Marvel Encyclopedia. DK Publishing. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
  2. ^ Dyce, Andrew (2018-06-08). "Thor's Sister Leads Marvel's ASGARDIANS of The Galaxy". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  3. ^ Cacciatore, Francesco (2022-04-20). "Thor's Sister Angela Has a Bizarre Power Odin's Other Children Don't". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2023-03-17.