Mademoiselle Marie
| Mademoiselle Marie | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Star Spangled War Stories #84 (August 1959) |
| Created by | Robert Kanigher (writer) Jerry Grandenetti (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | (original) Marie (current) Josephine Tautin |
| Team affiliations | (original) French Resistance (current) Checkmate |
| Abilities | Markswoman |
Mademoiselle Marie (often shortened to Mlle. Marie) is the name of two fictional characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Star Spangled War Stories #84 (August 1959), and was created by Robert Kanigher and Jerry Grandenetti.[1] She was based in part on several actual members of the French resistance, most notably Simone Segouin.
Fictional character biography
Original
The original Mademoiselle Marie was introduced in
In Pre-Crisis continuity it was revealed that Marie had a daughter named Julia Remarque. The father of her child was Batman's butler Alfred Pennyworth, who was an intelligence agent in France during the war.[3]
Legacy
At some point following World War II the name of Mademoiselle Marie became a
Vol. 2 #5, uses the name in her capacity as the member of Checkmate known as the Black Queen's Knight. Relatively little has been revealed of Tautin's background as yet, save that she was the only Knight candidate able to pass Checkmate's admission tests by displaying sufficient cold-bloodedness.A
In Checkmate Vol. 2 #22, Tautin goes on a one-woman mission to rescue Madeleine Desmarais (the daughter of her former supervisor and lover) from a terrorist camp. She shows her cool efficiency and ruthlessness as a killer, poisoning a contact that tries to betray her by dosing him with a neurotoxin, then destroying the antidote after extorting the required information. She also kills everyone in the terrorist camp in the process of rescuing Madeleine. Her actions cause Checkmate to be criticized by the Secretary-General of the United Nations because one killing occurred in front of a news camera. He demands that Tautin be disciplined, but the Black Queen secretly commends her for her actions.
Known Mademoiselle Maries
- Lady Elisabeth Saint-Marie who protected the nobility during the French Revolution. She appears in Checkmate #21 and 22.
- Countess Margaux de Mortain (c. 1830) guarded the life of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette at the Hôtel de Ville, Parison July 31, 1830. She appears in Checkmate #21 and 22.
- Marie Salomon (c. 1916) was an actress and model who defended the Sacred Road during the Battle of Verdun. She appears in a gatefold page of other Maries in Checkmate #22.
- Zoe Magnier (c. November 1940) was a mother of two who was part of the forces of General Charles de Gaulle during the Battle of Gabon. She appears in a gatefold page of other Maries in Checkmate #22.
- Simone Michel-Levy (c. late 1940) was a member of the Bruneval. She later encountered the Unknown Soldierwhile he posed as a German officer, though the exact circumstances of that adventure are unknown. She appears in a gatefold page of other Maries in Checkmate #22.
- Anais Guillot is the name of the most well known World War II-era Mademoiselle Marie. She undertook several missions for the French Resistance and had a romantic relationship with Sgt. Rock of Losers, Gravedigger and possibly the Unknown Soldier.[5]
- Sabine Roth (c. 1944 until the end of World War II) was just a schoolgirl when she took over the position of Mademoiselle Marie following the execution of Anais Guillot at Fontevraud. She was responsible for killing the Nazi Colonel Burkel, the Butcher of Fontevraud, Guillot's final mission. She appears in Checkmate #21 and 22.
- Josephine Isabel Tautin (c. 1998 to present) is the current incarnation.
In other media
- Mademoiselle Marie appears as an agent working for King Faraday in Justice League: The New Frontier.
- In Super-Soldier: Man of War #1, one of many one-shot "first issues" by Amalgam Comics, the World War II Mademoiselle Marie of DC Comics is crossed with Peggy Carter of Marvel Comics and becomes Mademoiselle Peggy.[6]
References
- ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
- ^ Markstein, Don. "Mademoiselle Marie". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Detective Comics #501-502
- ^ Checkmate vol. 2, #5
- ^ DC Universe: Legacies #4 (October 2010)
- ^ Super-Soldier: Man of War #1 (June 1997)
External links
- Mlle. Marie at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on February 11, 2016.
- Mademoiselle Marie (J. Tautin) profile at Writeups.org