Who Is Valentina Vostok? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Valentina Vostok is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 143 comic issue appearances. Valentina was a member of the second Doom Patrol team and worked for the original incarnation of Checkmate eventually becoming the White Queen. She apparently died during the Final Crisis.

Who is Valentina Vostok?

Origin Negative Woman and the new Doom Patrol Valentina Vostok was a cosmonaut from the Soviet Union (though this may be retconend to Russia , due to the age of the character) who attempted to defect to the United States by stealing an experimental jet fighter. Although she was successful in crossing the ocean into U.S. airspace, she eventually crash landed in Codsville, Maine . The site just so happened to be the exact spot where the original Doom Patrol had sacrificed themselves to save the inhabitants of the town from General Zahl and Madame Rouge . Valentina found her body glowing with cosmic energy, and soon after discovered that her body had been possessed by the same negative energy creature that had possessed Larry Trainor . She also found the necessity to be bound in special bandages to contain the radiation in order to survive. Creation The character was created to serve in the second incarnation of the Doom Patrol . Her first appearance was in Showcase #94 in 1977.

Key facts

Valentina Vostok is of human origin and first appeared in "The Doom Patrol Lives Forever!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 143 recorded issue appearances, Valentina Vostok ranks among the most featured characters in comics.