Who Is Maria Pilar Cortes? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Maria Pilar Cortes is a Marvel comic book character, with over 42 comic issue appearances. The Deputy Minister of Spain who ran into Storm's team of X-Men whilst they were in Spain searching for Destiny's diaries

Who is Maria Pilar Cortes?

Whilst the team were in Valencia, Spain , they all get attacked by the local Guardia Civil forces. Rogue is shot into the sea, while Storm , Bishop , Beast , Psylocke and Thunderbird are caught; only Sage manages to escape. Maria arrives at the high tech base of the guardia where she is met by the commanding officer. He tells her about the testing and dagnostics they are performing on the X-Men team. Later the X-Men escape and Vargas strikes at the base. He confronts the X-Men and kills Psylocke. After this Maria lets the X-Men go free. Later Psylocke is resurrected in the exact spot she died in Spain where she was met by Spanish forces.

Key facts

Maria Pilar Cortes is of human origin and first appeared in "Now, It Begins". The character is published by Marvel. With 42 recorded issue appearances, Maria Pilar Cortes ranks among the most featured characters in comics.