Appearances
Kitty Pride: Agent Of
SHIELD: 1
Nick Fury Vs SHIELD: 3-6
Nick Fury: Agent Of SHIELD (1): 9-11, 13, 15
Nick Fury: Agent Of SHIELD (2): 44
Spider-Woman (1): 13-16
Strange Tales (1): 135, 137-141, 152-159
Life Model
Decoy
Appearance Highlights
Strange Tales (1)
#135
First appearance
Nick Fury: Agent
Of SHIELD (1) #9
First appearance as a SHIELD agent
Nick Fury Vs
SHIELD #1-6
Replaced with an LMD that later dies aboard the SHIELD satellite
Nick Fury: Agent
Of SHIELD (2) #45
Returns as a brainwashed agent of HYDRA
 Cover Appearances
Nick Fury: Agent
of SHIELD (1) #10
Strange Tales (1)
#153, 157
Non-Narrative Appearances
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (1):10
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Wherein SHIELD boats the
unfortunate legacy of several of its agents turning bad, Laura Brown is the
rare example of an agent of HYDRA joining SHIELD.
Laura Brown originally served HYDRA as Special Agent G, under her father's
rule as Imperial Hydra in 1960's New
York City. Laura was the only agent allowed to go
unmasked without impunity and her father, Arnold Brown, considered her
livelihood was the guiding goal of his particular cell of HYDRA (to make up
for Laura's mother having died in poverty). However in time Laura grew
worried and disgusted by her father's twisted attempts to provide for her,
and she sided with then newly appointed director of SHIELD Nick Fury and
betrayed her father, making her forever a target of HYDRA. Following the
death of her father, Fury allowed Laura Brown to go free, an act she never
forgot.
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Upon
taking a stronger and more visible role in Hydra’s global operations,
Baron Von Strucker made it one of his goals to punish Brown for her
betrayal. Brown was targeted for various kidnap attempts and Nick Fury
placed her under SHIELD's protection. However HYDRA caught up with her and
she, together with Nick Fury had to fight their way off of HYDRA Island.
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Following the sinking of HYDRA Island, Brown joined SHIELD as a
full-fledged agent, specializing in undercover and infiltration work. During
her time as an agent, she proved crucial in helping Nick Fury to defeat the
Hate-Monger on more then one occasion.
Brown and Fury carried on a short-lived love affair that had its seeds with
her helping him while she was still in HYDRA and carried over into her early
days at SHIELD. Eventually their relationship cooled to a platonic level, although
she stayed on with the agency.
Brown found herself stationed on the West Coast, working out of the Los Angeles branch where she served under Barth Bukowski
and was partnered with agent Jerry Hunt just prior to his return to London. Brown and Hunt
investigated a strange death cult that murdered two SHIELD agents.
Brown was among those
thought lost during the Deltite Affair, however she was found to be alive,
albeit brainwashed (ironically) into a HYDRA agent in 1993. Brown apparently
decided to stay on with the new SHIELD, last seen alongside G.W. Bridge,
helping to solve the computer malfunctions aboard the helicarrier caused by
the evil spirit Ogun.
Laura Brown makes an appearance in
the 1993 Fury one
shot as Nick Fury's girlfriend. However it’s BEFORE he's an agent of
SHIELD!
Laura Brown featured as one of the
figures in the Heroclix game, Clobberin Time. (thanks to John Humphlett)
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