Who Is Linda Carter? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Linda Carter is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Linda Jane Carter, with over 149 comic issue appearances. A student night nurse, Linda Carter started aiding superheroes in need of medical care and began dating Doctor Strange.

Who is Linda Carter?

Origin Linda Carter began life as the star of her own romance comic where she was a student nurse. Creation Linda Carter was created by Stan Lee and Al Hartley first appeared in Linda Carter, Student Nurse #1. Character Evolution The history of the Night Nurse is one fraught with confusion. There have been many characters who have being identified as "Night Nurse", and possibly even more than one whom was named as "Linda Carter". Linda Carter was a romance comic book star similar to Patsy Walker and Millie the Model. Years later in a series called Night Nurse , one of the three titular "Night Nurses" was called Linda Jane Carter. Other than the name and profession, any connection was assumed by readers rather than stated - although the only refutable evidence is that the two have different hair colors. Brian Michael Bendis began using a Linda Carter as the de-facto "Night Nurse" character in his Alias and Daredevil books and subsequently used the character in The New Avengers where it was confirmed she was the same Linda Carter as the Student Nurse and the Night Nurse Linda Jane Carter.

Key facts

Linda Carter is of human origin and first appeared in "Linda Carter, Student Nurse". The character is published by Marvel. With 149 recorded issue appearances, Linda Carter ranks among the most featured characters in comics.