- —Night Nurse[src]
History
Linda Carter was born in Allentown, New York, as the daughter of a doctor who maintained his practice there.[5] After graduating from medical school herself and becoming a registered nurse, Carter moved to New York City and began working at Metro-General Hospital with Christine Palmer and Georgia Jenkins. When she fell in love with and became engaged to the wealthy businessman Marshall Michaels, he gave her an ultimatum: marry him and leave nursing or stay at Metro-General. She chose to allow Michaels to leave and to continue pursuing her professional career.[4] During her time at Metro-General, Carter demonstrated that her skills were not limited to nursing practice, but also included detective and investigative work.[6]
At some point, Carter was rescued by a masked vigilante, and afterward decided to repay the super-hero community by providing its members with medical health care.[3] To accomplish this, Carter assumed a secret identity of her own, calling herself "The Night Nurse," and established a small private clinic hidden in Manhattan's Chinatown[7] on or near Orchard Street.[8]
The Night Nurse was dedicated to providing care to the entire super-hero community,[9][10] but she appeared to form particularly close relationships with Daredevil,[11][12][7] Captain America,[13][14][15][9] and Doctor Strange.[16][10][17][18][19]
She provided long-term recovery care for Daredevil after he was severely injured during a fight with the Yakuza.[11] Later, when Daredevil was shot by Paladin, he asked Elektra to take him to her clinic. Unfortunately, the Black Widow, the Hand, and F.B.I. agents arrived there too, culminating first in a battle and then in Murdock's arrest.[12] When a bloody, beaten Elektra arrived at Nelson, Blake and Murdock Law Offices after months of torture at the hands of the Skrulls, Murdock's legal-counsel partner, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, enlisted the help of the Night Nurse in tending to Elektra's injuries.[20]
During the Superhero Civil War, the Night Nurse sided with Captain America and his anti-registration act Secret Avengers. She assisted operations from S.H.I.E.L.D. Safe House 23.[13][14] The Night Nurse was trusted enough to be invited to attend the secret wake for Captain America.[15]
After Doctor Strange was shot by Hitler's Handgun and left for dead by Brigand, Wong bought him to the Night Nurse's Hidden Hospice for emergency medical care.[3] When she learned that Brigand had stolen Otkid's Elixir, a magical potion capable of curing any illness, she insisted on accompanying Doctor Strange and Wong on their mission to recover it.[1] Their mission resulted in Wong almost being killed, the Night Nurse's clinic burning down, and the loss of nearly all of Otkid's Elixir, but it also fostered a romantic relationship between Doctor Strange and the Night Nurse.[21] The pair casually continued their romantic relationship[10][17] and even worked together,[18] but they eventually went their separate ways.[19]
The Night Nurse also aided numerous other individuals within the super-hero community.[9][10] When Luke Cage was badly injured during Nick Fury's Secret War, Iron Fist and Misty Kinght brought Cage to the Night Nurse's clinic to receive medical treatment.[22] The Night Nurse has also helped Araña with battle wounds,[3] Iron Fist with muscular strains,[3] Black Tarantula recover from being stabbed by the White Tiger,[7] Spider-Man with wound-closing stitches,[23] the revival and recuperation of Nomad,[9] and the administration of Firestar's chemotherapy treatments.[24]
Attributes
Abilities
Notes
- Though it was at first very hard to recognize the Night Nurse in Civil War #2, Marvel Editor Tom Brevoort stated that it was really her welcoming the Young Avengers at the new headquarters.[26]
- The Night Nurse is very protective of, and maintains a very close guard over, the secrecy with which she maintains her dual identity.[11][8][18][25]
- The "Night Nurse" code name Linda Carter adopted for herself has been a recurring joke:
- Doctor Strange expressed an aversion to referring to her "by what sounds to be the title of an adult film."[1]
- Firestar remarked on the oddity of being treated by someone called the Night Nurse at eleven in the morning.[18]
- Captain America commented that he had no idea where the title "The Night Nurse" had originated, and theorized that it was developed by the super-hero seeking her services.[25]
- When Mockingbird learned about the Night Nurse and her former relationship with Doctor Strange, she commented, "Doctor Strange and the Night Nurse. I'd watch that TV show."[19]
- Despite now being a fully trained as a physician, Carter continues to use the alias of "Night Nurse" because according to her, "[it] is just catchier than Night General Practitioner."[3]
Trivia
- During her early revival, the Night Nurse was known for her catchphrase "the room on the right."[11][22]
- The Night Nurse's Clinic is located in Manhattan's Chinatown[7] on or near Orchard Street.[8]
- Linda Carter technically shares the moniker "Night Nurse" with both Christine Palmer and Georgia Jenkins in the Mainstream Marvel Universe, and with Claire Temple in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- The Night Nurse's phone number is 917-616-6XXX.[27] The "616" portion of her number is possibly a reference to Earth-616, the numerical designation of the Marvel Universe.
See Also
- 71 appearance(s) of Linda Carter (Earth-616)
- 4 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Linda Carter (Earth-616)
- 4 minor appearance(s) of Linda Carter (Earth-616)
- 18 mention(s) of Linda Carter (Earth-616)
- 52 image(s) of Linda Carter (Earth-616)
- 7 quotation(s) by or about Linda Carter (Earth-616)
Links and References
- Linda Carter on Wikipedia.org
- Christine Palmer
- Georgia Jenkins
- Claire Temple
- Night Nurse's Clinic
- Night Nurse series
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Doctor Strange: The Oath #2
- ↑ Daredevil #512
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Doctor Strange: The Oath #1
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Night Nurse #1
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Linda Carter, Student Nurse #1
- ↑ Night Nurse #1–4
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Daredevil #512
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Doctor Strange: The Oath #3
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Captain America #605
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 New Avengers #34
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Daredevil (Vol. 2) #58
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Daredevil (Vol. 2) #80
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Civil War #2
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Civil War #5
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Captain America (Vol. 5) #26
- ↑ Doctor Strange: The Oath #1–5
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 New Avengers Annual #2
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Marvel Divas #2
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 New Avengers #57
- ↑ Dark Reign: Elektra #3
- ↑ Doctor Strange: The Oath #3–5
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 The Pulse #9
- ↑ Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #3
- ↑ Marvel Divas #2–4
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Heroic Age: Heroes #1
- ↑ Tom Brevoort's Civil War Room
- ↑ Daredevil (Vol. 5) #3
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 8