Giuletta Nefaria (Earth-616)

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Madame Masque

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Real Name

Giuletta Kristina Nefaria

Current Alias

Madame Masque

Aliases

Kristine "Krissy" Longfellow, Big M, Whitney Frost, Bethany Cabe

Identity

Secret

Affiliation

Count Nefaria, Maggia, Mordecai Midas, Iron Man, Ani-Men (employees)

Relatives

Count Luchino Nefaria (biological father), Renata Nefaria (biological mother, deceased), Byron Frost (adoptive father, deceased), Loretta Frost (adoptive mother, deceased)

Universe

Earth-616

Characteristics

Gender

Female

Height

5' 9"

Weight

130 lbs (59 kg)

Eyes

Grey

Hair

Black

Unusual Features

Scar on face

Status

Citizenship

Italian

Occupation

crimelord; former secretary

Origin

Origin

She grew up believing she was Whitney Frost. However she was in fact the daughter of infamous crimelord Count Nefaria.

Creators

Stan Lee, Gene Colan

First appearance

Tales of Suspense #97 (January, 1968)

History

Giuletta's mother had died in childbirth. Nefaria had her sent to the Frost family in order to give her a 'good life', and partially because he had preferred a male heir instead.

After revealing her true parentage, Whitney was forced to work for her father and Mordecai Midas. She was sent to seduce Tony Stark, posing as new secretary Krissy Longfellow. However, she actually did fall in love with him.

During an incident, Whitney's face was permanently scarred. She began wearing a mask created by Midas, feeling that the scar on her face would make men unable to love her. Stark tried to help her, but her feelings were mixed.

While working with Obadiah Stane, Masque temporarily had her mind switched with Bethany Cabe's. Her assassination attempt on Stark was averted, and their minds were switched back.

She has been involved in many of her father's schemes and her attempt to save him caused his death. In his stead, she controlled the Maggia as Big M.

Count Nefaria has since been resurrected. After he reorganized the Maggia, agents were sent to find Whitney. She appeared to commit suicide with an exploding facemask.

However, Whitney had created several clones of herself. She became intensely paranoid. In this state, she repeated ordered her clones to be killed and replaced by more duplicates. Several of the bodies were found and identified by Iron Man.

One of her clones, Masque, briefly helped the Avengers during Immortus's machinations known as the Crossing.

Another Masque appeared to assist the Avengers and Thunderbolts against Count Nefaria's plot to bombard the world with a massive ionic bomb. Stark believes it was the real Whitney.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

None

Abilities

Madame Masque is skilled in the use of several weapons as well as vehicles. Her clones are able to pass themselves off as other women.

Strength level

Unknown.

Weaknesses

None known.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: She wore a golden mask to cover the scar on her face.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: Masque often carried a gun loaded with normal rounds and also capable of firing various types of gas. She also developed an ionic lock weapon for use against her father.

Notes

• The Frost family Whitney grew up with have no known relation to Emma Frost's.

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Appearances of Giuletta Nefaria (Earth-616)
• Character Gallery: Giuletta Nefaria (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Giuletta Nefaria (Earth-616)
• Quotations by Giuletta Nefaria (Earth-616)
• Images that include Giuletta Nefaria (Earth-616)

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Links and References

• Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, Deluxe Edition #7 (June 1986)
• Women of Marvel Comics Madame Masque Page