Episode 55: Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine

With her surprise appearance in Falcon and The Winter Soldier many people are asking exactly who is Julia Louis-Dreyfus' character and what does it mean for the future of the MCU? Find out her comic book origins right here! Countess Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, AKA “La Contessa,” AKA VAL, can be considered the Godfather of the spy world. Like the famous mob patriarch, the woman sometimes known as Val hails from a clandestine empire and is all about that organized crime life. She is also a top spy. But who is Val really, what is her history, and who are her closest allies?