Dakota North (comics)

Dakota North
Dakota North. Art by Marko Djurdjevic.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Dakota North #1 (June 1986)
Created by	Martha Thomases (writer) Tony Salmons (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Dakota North
Team affiliations	Dakota North Investigations
Abilities	Adept hand-to-hand combatant and marksman; highly skilled detective

Dakota North is a fictional character that has appeared in various comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Originally the star of her own limited series and later a part of the supporting cast of Daredevil, the character exists in Marvel's main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe.

Dakota North first appeared in her own eponymous limited series, Dakota North #1-5 (June 1986-February 1987), and was created by Martha Thomases and Tony Salmons.

The character subsequently appears in Web of Spider-Man #37 (April 1988), Power Pack #46 (May 1989), Marvel Super-Heroes #3 (September 1990), Cage #1-4 (April-July 1992), #6 (September 1992), #8 (November 1992), #10 (January 1993), #15 (June 1993), #19-20 (October-November 1993), Black Panther #31-33 (June-August 2001), New Avengers #29 (June 2007), fairly regularly in Daredevil starting with #82 (April 2006), as well as various issues of Captain Marvel (2012-2013)

Dakota North received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #5.

C. B. Cebulski was at one point planning to write a new miniseries starring North, though this project has not been discussed in a while.

Dakota North is the daughter of Samuel J. North, a retired agent of the CIA. Little is known about Dakota North's early life, other than after she retired from successful modeling career she chose a career as a freelance private investigator. Her business is apparently quite successful, in that it currently supports four branch offices across the world.

Her earliest recorded case involved being hired by famous fashion designer Luke Jacobson to guard both him and his newest designs. This case was the first time she butted heads with her rival Carolina South.

Her next case, which she took at the request of her father for his old friend, Major George C. Cooper, required her to guard a deadly sample of an experimental gas. However the gas, stored in a gold pen, ended up in the possession of Dakota's brother, who had been led to Europe by a spy. Dakota followed Ricky to Switzerland where she and her brother were captured by Sheik Ibn Bheik. They managed to escape, however the gas sample was released, killing the Sheik and all of his men.