
However, when Captain America defeated the Skull's plans the two were reunited and Carter returned home. She ended up joining with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s enemies out of resentment toward Fury, and even went on to become an agent of the Red Skull. However, something went wrong and Carter was believed dead by S.H.I.E.L.D.

director Nick Fury, so that Carter could go on to perform an even more dangerous assignment. It was later revealed that Carter's death was staged by S.H.I.E.L.D. When confronted by the National Guard, the mesmerized Carter (in accordance with the orders given by Faustus) activated a self-destruct device in her costume and was believed incinerated with other members of the rally. Carter and others in the group were coerced to march on New York City's Harlem area to burn it down. Carter fell under the thrall of Faustus' mind-influencing gas during a rally in Central Park, and she was abducted with the others by the National Force's Grand Director, who had also been the fourth Captain America. liaison to the New York City Police Department while both organizations investigated the subversive group called the National Force, which was secretly controlled by Doctor Faustus. Seeming DeathĬarter was assigned to be the S.H.I.E.L.D. It was on a later mission against Doctor Faustus that Carter participated in what would come to be believed as her final missions. ĭuring this time period, Captain America learned that Carter's aunt was the woman he had loved during World War II and was able to rescue her from the clutches of the evil Doctor Faustus. She did not return to active duty for some time. to take a vacation and spend more time with Steve Rogers. Shortly thereafter, Sharon resigned from S.H.I.E.L.D. Femme ForceĬarter briefly helped form and lead S.H.I.E.L.D.'s so-called Femme Force, an all-women squad of commandos. The two became lovers and remained allies for many subsequent missions. to reveal her secret identity to Captain America. After a later assignment bringing down the Nazi Red Skull's " Fourth Sleeper" robot together, Carter was allowed by S.H.I.E.L.D. On one adventure, Captain America rescued her from the subversive group A.I.M., and the two fell deeply in love with each other. Ĭaptain America continued to cross paths with Carter as the two adventured, only knowing her as Agent 13. agent, Captain America went in pursuit of her, and succeeded in saving her life and preventing THEM from making use of the explosive. Learning from Batroc that she was a S.H.I.E.L.D. As Captain America, Rogers came to her assistance and, while he and Batroc battled each other, Carter made off with the cylinder, unaware that its casing had been damaged, activating the explosive within. Soon afterward, Sharon Carter was attacked by the costumed mercenary Batroc, who had been hired by THEM to recover the cylinder. However, Rogers had no idea who Sharon Carter was, having known Peggy only by her cover identity. By coincidence, Captain America, in his secret identity of Steve Rogers, saw Carter on her way to receive the cylinder and was struck by her close resemblance to her aunt Peggy. agent who had stolen it from THEM, the governing body of the subversive organization Hydra. On her first major assignment, Sharon Carter, code-named Agent 13, was chosen to pick up a cylinder containing the powerful explosive called Inferno-42 from a S.H.I.E.L.D. Inspired by these tales and her own aunt's exploits, Sharon decided to become an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., the international espionage agency. When Peggy returned home in need of hospitalization from traumatic shell-shock, she told her niece many stories about Captain America. Sharon Carter is the daughter of Harrison and Amanda Carter, two wealthy Virginians, and the niece of Margaret "Peggy" Carter, a heroic freedom fighter during World War II, who had shared many adventures with the great hero Captain America before his supposed death at the end of the war.
