MARVEL COMICS: Marvel Cinematic Universe bio Isabelle "Izzy" Hartley



Marvel Cinematic Universe

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

S.H.I.E.L.D.

Izzy Hartley was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent until the organization fell apart when Hydra revealed themselves. Afterwards, Agent Hartley led a team of mercenaries that included Lance Hunter and Idaho. At some point her mercenaries started working for Phil Coulson, the director of the newly reformed S.H.I.E.L.D.

AOS BIO:
One of the (presumably many) missions Hartley's team of mercenaries worked on for Coulson included buying intelligence on a Level 10 asset from a former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Roger Browning. As Browning and Hartley worked out the details of their deal, the Hydra assassin Carl Creel took them by surprise, and killed Browning. Hartley and her mercenaries tried to stop him from getting away, but their bullets seemed to bounce off him. After regrouping with Coulson's agents, they reported back to Coulson at the Playground. The 0-8-4 Browning was selling information on was the Obelisk, an item the SSR recovered from Hydra in 1945. To prevent the Obelisk from falling into Hydra's hands, Coulson had Hartley and her mercenaries accompany a team of his agents to the army base where the device was currently being held to retrieve it. Although they were briefly held up at the gate, Coulson's team made their way into the base. Hartley found the Obelisk, but was soon after attacked by Creel. Hartley tried to use the Obelisk to stop him, but the moment she grabbed it the item painfully paralyzed her hand to prevent her from letting go of it. The rest of the team were able to scare off Creel, but now the army was on to them. Under fire, Coulson ordered his team to continue with the mission as planned; however, Hunter realized his boss was no longer able to fight. Hartley's team left Coulson's agents at the base, and drove off with the Obelisk still attacked to Hartley's hand. They were left with no other option to amputate Hartley's hand to save her. Soon afterwards, Creel appeared in the middle of the street and caused their car to crash and flip over. Hartley and Idaho were killed instantly, and Creel made off with the Obelisk.

MONITOR'S NOTES:
In the comic books Isabelle Hartly and Victoria Hand are a couple. In an interview on EW: EW: Going into the premiere, we knew Coulson would have to lean on some unsavory people to keep S.H.I.E.L.D. afloat, but then you basically kill them all off. Why did you decide to only use Lucy Lawless for one episode?xxxxJED WHEDON: We wanted you to invest in the character and feel like this person was a real equal to Coulson. She definitely fit the bill on that front. Lucy has such a strength to her. We didn’t want people to know what was going to happen. We wanted it to feel like a big deal.xxxxIt seemed like you were going to explore Isabelle being the late Victoria Hand’s (Safrron Burrows) love interest from the comics.xxxxWhedon: There were versions, but it started to be irresponsible if we addressed it to not address it with more weight and time and energy.xxxMaurissa Tancharoen: And then we would’ve been known as the people who killed off two lesbians on the show.