In a black-and-white long shot with screentone shading, the couple is beginning to embrace, with Fury standing and the Contessa on one knee, getting up.

Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine was a member of the European jet set and a citizen of Italy.

[5] Shortly thereafter, she worked with Commodore Lance Hunter and Alistaire Stuart on creating the British version of the Superhuman Registration Act.

She then met with Joseph Hauer, Pete Wisdom, Captain Britain, and Union Jack to brief the three on the ramifications on the British superhuman population.

[9][10] Both the Contessa and Dugan are later shown alive and healthy when they are freed from captivity by Iron Man along with the other humans kidnapped and replaced by Skrulls.

[11] During the Secret Warriors series, where Nick Fury is fighting back against Norman Osborn's H.A.M.M.E.R., it is shown Hydra has always controlled S.H.I.E.L.D., right from the start.

[volume & issue needed] Most Hydra's ended up in New York, where they would be seemingly killed by the Skull's invading army, however the group would survive and return to a secret base.

[volume & issue needed] Contessa's soul would be inducted in Mar-Vel's army of the dead in a final battle against Death, Thanos, and Mephisto.

[20] In the Ultimate Marvel Universe, Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine is the chairman of the OXE Group, currently the largest holding company in the World.

She is part of the secret Kratos Club, a group of industrial multimillionaires whose goal is to use their influence to ensure that the right things get done, no matter what.

[21] Valentina Allegra de Fontaine / Madame Hydra, hybridized with Viper, appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Vanessa Marshall.

The real Madame Hydra joins forces with Captain America and other captives to escape imprisonment and aid Earth's heroes in repelling a Skrull invasion.

[citation needed] Valentina Allegra de Fontaine appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, portrayed by Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

In an article published in Vanity Fair, it was revealed de Fontaine was supposed to make her first appearance in the film Black Widow (2021)[25] before it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.