Maria Hill (Marvel)

Maria Hill is a fictional character that appears in the universe of Marvel Comics, and is a supporting character in most of the Iron Man comics. Hill is an agent (and later director) of S.H.I.E.L.D. She is also an ally of Nick Fury and the Avengers, mainly it's prominent members, Iron Man and Captain America.
She was created by Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch, and first appeared in New Avengers #4 in March of 2005.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
Maria Hill was born in Chicago, Illinois to Ed Vernon and an unnamed mother, who died while in the hospital. As a result of losing his wife, Ed blamed Maria for her death, and abused her when she was young. The abuse she received from her father turned her cold and troubled, and she decided to join the United States Marine Corps after having a falling out with him.
===Joining S.H.I.E.L.D.===
After her services in the military, Hill decided to join S.H.I.E.L.D., and her first mission was to rescue Agents Bradley and Reynolds. During the rescue, Hill relieved Reynolds due to seeing him as mentally unfit to take command, and when her effused to listen, he was caught in enemy fire during a skirmish. Bradley accused Hill of field misconduct, but she was found innocent by a tribunal, which gained the attention of Nick Fury.
Fury revealed that Bradley and Reynolds were triples agents, and Nick asked Maria to kill Bradley. Afterward, Hill was promoted to the rank of Colonel, but she was haunted by the images of Reynolds and Bradleys' families. Fury gave her a pill to induce amnesia and to forget about, but before she took the pill, Maria put a hit on herself that would trigger as soon as she retired.
==Personality==
Maria Hill has a strong loyalty to S.H.I.E.L.D. she is tough-minded and is well known for going by the book. She is hardworking, detail oriented and highly professional willing to carry out odors. However she will question decisions that are deemed to risky.
Brave, level headed and strict she takes her responsibility very seriously and is dependable. Maria is known to follow through with plans. Though Maria Hill is calm, steady and stable she is also headstrong, ruthless and will do whatever it takes to get the job done. Although Hill is a a professional agent who goes by the book doing whatever it takes this doesn't stop her from helping people when she feels like it's the right thing to do.
She is a no nonsense agent who is duty bound how finds comfort in upholding rules and laws prioritizing work above everything else. Maria Hill is a fearless ally to those she respects Hill also prefers her allies to be strong and able enough to take care of themselves just like she does for herself. Maria prefers to work in a realm and environment of fact, knowledge rather than feelings where it is clear to see what is right and what is wrong.
She abides by the law but will also take things into her own hands. She is fierce and slick agent who has the guts to do what others won't do. Her determination and efficiency makes Maria Hill an excellent agent and second in command. Though she prefers to go by facts instead of feelings and is ruthless her strong will and stubbornness is what drives her to do the right thing which also makes her willing to be helpful to anyone who needs help.
Although she is loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D. Maria Hill is an independent woman who is very intelligent. She is tough both mentally and physically.
==Quotes==
==Appearances==
===Comics===
Maria Hill has appeared in over 1000 issues. She has appeared ten or more times in:
*New Avengers (2005-08, 16 appearances
*Iron Man (2007-08, 13 appearances)
*The Mighty Avengers (2007-09, 11 appearances)
*Wolverine (2007-17, 14 appearances)
*Invincible Iron Man (2008-13, 31 appearances)
*Avengers (2010-13, 18 appearances)
*Avengers Assemble (2012-14, 11 appearances)
*Secret Avengers (2013-14, 14 appearances)
*Indestructible Hulk (2013-14, 13 appearances)
*Avengers (2013-14, 12 appearances)
*X-Men (2013-15, 16 appearances)
*Iron Man/Hulk (2013-15, 13 appearances)
*Uncanny X-Men (2013-15, 17 appearances)
*Avengers (2013-15, 10 appearances)
*X-Men (2013-16, 18 appearances)
*Ultimate Marvel (2013-16, 10 appearances)
*Secret Avengers (2014-15, 13 appearances)
*Avengers World (2014-15, 11 appearances)
*Essential X-Men (2014-16, 12 appearances)
*Captain America: Steve Rogers (2016-17, 11 appearances)
===Games===
*Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (2009)
*Marvel: Avengers Alliance (2012)
*Marvel: War of Heroes (2012)
*LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (2013)
*Marvel Run Jump Smash! (2014)
*Marvel Avengers Alliance Tactics (2014)
*Fùchóu Zhě Liánméng: Zhōngjí Yīngxióng (2015)
*Disney Infinity 3.0 (2015)
*LEGO Marvel's Avengers (2016)
*Marvel Avengers Academy (2016)
*Marvel Battle Lines (2018)
*Marvel's Avengers (2020)
===Movies===
*The Avengers (2012)
*Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
*Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
*Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
*Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
*Avengers: Endgame (2019)
===TV===
*Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013-2015)
*The Avengers: Assembling the Ultimate Team (2012)
===Other===
*Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. (2014)
===Animated===
*Iron Man: Armored Adventures 2009-2012, 6 episodes)
*The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010-2012, 8 episodes)
*Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (2013)
*Marvel Heroes (2013)
*The Marvel Experience (2014)
*Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers (2014, 1 episode)
*Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014)
*Suicide Knights Saga: REAP (2015)
==Portrayals==
===Films===
*In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Maria is played by , who also played Robin Scherbatsky in How I Met Your Mother.
**Smulders reprised her voice for the character in Lego Marvel's Avengers and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.
*In Iron Man: Rise of Technovore and Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher, she was voiced by Kari Wahlgren (who also voiced Charmcaster in the Ben 10 series, Jill Valentine in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Starfire in Injustice 2 and Kitana in Mortal Kombat 11) and Junko Minagawa (who also voiced Ada Wong in the Resident Evil series, Sailor Uranus in Sailor Moon Crystal and Hilbert in Pokémon Black and White) in Japanese.
**Walhgren reprised her voice for the character in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers in the English dub.
===Television===
*In Iron Man: Armored Adventures, she was voiced by Tabitha St. Germain, who also voiced Rarity in the My Little Pony franchise.
*In Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, she was voiced by Akeno Watanabe, who also voiced young Izuku Midoriya and Midnight in My Hero Academia, Anna Williams in the Tekken series and Rose in the Street Fighter series.
===Video Games===
*In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, she was voiced by Margaret Easley.
*In Marvel Heroes, she was voiced again by Kari Wuhrer.
**Wuhrer reprised her voice for the character in Disney Infinity 3.0.
*In Lego Marvel Super Heroes, she was voiced by Danielle Nicolet, who also voiced Jacqui Briggs and Sareena in Mortal Kombat X.
*In Iron Man VR, she was voiced by Ali Hillis, who also voiced Karin in Naruto, Liara T'Soni in the Mass Effect series, Lightning in Final Fantasy series and provided Meg Griffin's singing voice in Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story.
*In Marvel's Avengers, she was voiced by Jennifer Hale, who also voiced Commander Shepard in the Mass Effect trilogy, Sam in Totally Spies! and Naomi Hunter in the Metal Gear series.
==Gallery==
Marvel's Captain Marvel Prelude 07.jpg|Maria Hill in the Captain Marvel Prelude comic.
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Maria Hill - Comics.jpg|Maria Hill - Comics
Maria Hill - Avengers Alliance.png|Maria Hill - Avengers Alliance
Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill .jpg|thumb|Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill 2.jpg|Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill 1280.jpg|Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
Hill TheAvengers.png|Cobie Smulders in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Maria Hill-AOS.jpg|Maria Hill in the MCU tv series, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
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