Val Cooper
| Valerie Cooper | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Uncanny X-Men #176 (Dec 1983) |
| Created by |
Chris Claremont (writer) John Romita, Jr. (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Valerie "Val" Cooper |
| Team affiliations |
Office of National Emergency Project Wideawake Commission on Superhuman Activities Freedom Force X-Factor NSA Secret Empire |
Valerie "Val" Cooper is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character works for the Office of National Emergency. She is most notable for her work as the liaison for mutant affairs in the United States government. She once claimed to have been inspired to government service by the interesting cases her brother, an FBI agent, encountered in his work (it was implied, but never stated outright, that her brother is Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks).
Valerie Cooper was created by Chris Claremont and John Romita, Jr., and first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #176 (December 1983).
Dr. Valerie Cooper received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #2.
Dr. Valerie Cooper was originally a special National Security Advisor on national security issues, which include metahuman affairs. Originally, Valerie Cooper took a hard-line concern on the problem of the threat that superhumans and mutants posed to the United States.
This position changed slightly when Valerie Cooper oversaw Mystique's team, the former Brotherhood of Mutants, which operated as government agents under the new name of Freedom Force. Around this time Cooper was also involved in a project to create government sponsored superheroes which resulted in the creation of the second version of Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter) as well as three villains that would become her enemies Deathweb. Carpenter would subsequently be assigned by Cooper to join Freedom Force.
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