Valerie Cooper

Valerie "Val" Cooper is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character works for the Office of National Emergency. She is most notable for her work as the liaison for mutant affairs in the United States government. She once claimed to have been inspired to government service by the interesting cases her brother, an FBI agent, encountered in his work (it was implied, but never stated outright, that her brother is Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks).

Publication history

Valerie Cooper was created by Chris Claremont and John Romita, Jr., and first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #176 (December 1983).

Dr. Valerie Cooper received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #2.

Fictional character biography

Dr. Valerie Cooper was originally a special National Security Advisor on national security issues, which include metahuman affairs. Originally, Valerie Cooper took a hard-line concern on the problem of the threat that superhumans and mutants posed to the United States.