accountant, dating a fellow agent named Isabelle - a partner with different beliefs about the fight against criminals and terrorists.

[4] During the "Dark Reign" storyline, Norman Osborn was promoted from director of Thunderbolt Initiative to the head of S.H.I.E.L.D.

He appointed Victoria to the position of Deputy Director of this organization due to her vocal opposition of previous S.H.I.E.L.D.

gave the duo the means to restore Banner's gamma powers, something Skaar was waiting for (as he had sworn to kill his true "father").

When the Void took full control of Robert Reynolds' body, Iron Man informed her to leave the ship as he intended to use the Helicarrier as a giant bullet.

After the battle, Victoria didn't resist arrest and was taken on to a Helicarrier, where she was interviewed by Captain Steve Rogers.

[11] Spider-Man in particular does not trust her due to her old contact with Osborn, to the extent that he refuses to reveal his secret identity to her even when it means that he will not get paid for his work on the team.

agents were going to be recovered, allowing the Avengers to capture Superia and use an experimental serum she was trying to steal to treat Mockingbird.

[16] After Osborn's second incarnation of the Dark Avengers launched their attack,[17] Hand revealed to the New Avengers that she was actually a triple agent, pretending to work for Captain America while pretending to work for Norman Osborn while really working for Captain America, subsequently helping the New Avengers set a trap for Osborn to try and rescue the captured Captain America after Daredevil's heightened senses confirmed that she was telling the truth.

[18] Victoria is possessed by Daniel Drumm's ghost during his revenge attack on the New Avengers for what happened to his brother Doctor Voodoo.

[19] After Doctor Strange dispatched her in the Avengers Mansion and brought her to the Astral Plane, Victoria Hand was killed by Daniel Drumm.

[21] Victoria Hand appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., portrayed by Saffron Burrows.

's bases in 1983, Hand and the surviving agents regroup at a New York safe house and help the present day S.H.I.E.L.D.