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for the uninitiated*
Nov. 6th, 2017 04:03 pm*those who don't partake of the MCU television programs.
Peggy Carter (played by Hayley Atwell in Agent Carter as well as multiple other appearances in the MCU) had many adventures of her own, the televised of which followed the events of Captain America: The First Avenger but preceded her brief appearances in those other MCU films. Before founding SHIELD, Peggy worked as an agent of the Strategic Scientific Reserve, or SSR. She was largely underestimated by her almost-entirely-male colleagues and treated as more of a secretary than an agent before she proved herself by quelling the rumors of her wartime colleague Howard Stark's traitorous behavior and bringing the Russian operatives responsible (mostly) to justice. He and his butler Edwin Jarvis, as well as Jarvis' wife Ana, were close friends and allies of hers. She had a friendship and later romance with her SSR colleague Daniel Sousa as well as a close friendship that can be (and is, by the writer) extrapolated into a romance with waitress and eventual neighbor Angie Martinelli. She also had a strongly antagonistic relationship with Dottie Underwood, a Russian spy and graduate of the Black Widow program, who served as her primary rival for many years. Eventually Peggy, along with Howard and others, founded and headed SHIELD. She also married and had children, and though their identities remain unconfirmed, her niece Sharon Carter eventually also became a prominent SHIELD agent and ally of Steve Rogers. Her legacy has shaped the world and many characters in it, whether explicitly or implicitly.
Peggy also features prominently in Marvel comics as a SHIELD agent and ally of Captain America, but the writer hasn't read much more than her 50th anniversary special and Operation SIN.
Peggy Carter (played by Hayley Atwell in Agent Carter as well as multiple other appearances in the MCU) had many adventures of her own, the televised of which followed the events of Captain America: The First Avenger but preceded her brief appearances in those other MCU films. Before founding SHIELD, Peggy worked as an agent of the Strategic Scientific Reserve, or SSR. She was largely underestimated by her almost-entirely-male colleagues and treated as more of a secretary than an agent before she proved herself by quelling the rumors of her wartime colleague Howard Stark's traitorous behavior and bringing the Russian operatives responsible (mostly) to justice. He and his butler Edwin Jarvis, as well as Jarvis' wife Ana, were close friends and allies of hers. She had a friendship and later romance with her SSR colleague Daniel Sousa as well as a close friendship that can be (and is, by the writer) extrapolated into a romance with waitress and eventual neighbor Angie Martinelli. She also had a strongly antagonistic relationship with Dottie Underwood, a Russian spy and graduate of the Black Widow program, who served as her primary rival for many years. Eventually Peggy, along with Howard and others, founded and headed SHIELD. She also married and had children, and though their identities remain unconfirmed, her niece Sharon Carter eventually also became a prominent SHIELD agent and ally of Steve Rogers. Her legacy has shaped the world and many characters in it, whether explicitly or implicitly.
Peggy also features prominently in Marvel comics as a SHIELD agent and ally of Captain America, but the writer hasn't read much more than her 50th anniversary special and Operation SIN.