Thanks, but you're not the only doctor in the room. "Night Nurse" is just catchier than Night General Practitioner. 
- —Night Nurse[src]
History
Origin[]
Linda Jane Carter was born in Allentown, New York, as the daughter of a doctor who maintained his practice there.[6] 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.[5] During her time at Metro-General, Carter demonstrated that her skills were not limited to nursing practice, but also included detective and investigative work.[8]
Night Nurse[]
At some point, Carter was rescued by a masked vigilante, and afterward decided to repay the superhero community by providing its members with medical health care.[1] To accomplish this, Carter assumed a secret identity of her own, calling herself "Night Nurse," and established a small private clinic hidden in Manhattan's Chinatown[7] on or near Orchard Street.[9]
The Night Nurse was dedicated to providing care to the entire super-hero community,[10][11] but she appeared to form particularly close relationships with Daredevil,[12] Captain America,[13] and Doctor Strange.[14]
She provided long-term recovery care for Daredevil after he was severely injured during a fight with the Yakuza.[12] 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.[15] 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.[16]
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][17] The Night Nurse was trusted enough to be invited to attend the secret wake for Captain America.[18]
Doctor Strange[]
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Doctor Strange and the Night Nurse
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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[19] The pair casually continued their romantic relationship[11][20] and even worked together,[21] but they eventually went their separate ways.[22]
Other Patients[]
The Night Nurse also aided numerous other individuals within the superhero community.[10][11] When Luke Cage was badly injured during Nick Fury's Secret War, Iron Fist and Misty Knight brought Cage to the Night Nurse's clinic to receive medical treatment.[23] The Night Nurse has also helped Araña with battle wounds,[1] Iron Fist with muscular strains,[1] Black Tarantula recover from being stabbed by the White Tiger,[7] Spider-Man with wound-closing stitches,[24] the revival and recuperation of Nomad,[10] and the administration of Firestar's chemotherapy treatments.[25]
Hawkeye[]
Linda Carter, at one point, entered an relationship with Hawkeye. However, their relationship was rocky due to Hawkeye prioritizing his obsession with taking down the Hood's Gang, and although he attempted to assure her that everything would be alright and that she mattered more to him, Carter was becoming increasingly more frustrated with him. Things culminated when Hawkeye brought to her his ally Bryce after he was left mortally wounded by the gang. Carter did her best, but sadly Bryce succumbed to his injuries. Carter soon confronted Hawkeye over needlessly antagonizing the criminal organization, and being unable to support him she decided to break up with him.[26]
Spider-Woman[]
Carter was visited by Spider-Woman who had feeling sick lately. Checking her up, Carter told Spider-Woman that she had lost her radiological immunity and her powers were now killing her, leaving her to deduce to be the work of her new employer Michael Marchand.[27] During the Symbiote invasion of Earth, Carter's clinic came under siege by a Symbiote Dragon which forced her to call Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Captain Marvel, Spider-Woman and her ex-boyfriend Hawkeye for help. Spider-Woman managed to destroy the dragon by taking some of Marchand's serum, but it caused her to lose her patience and fight against her friends. Captain Marvel managed to subdue her, allowing Carter to imprison Spider-Woman inside a Hulk tank. She planned to keep the crazed superheroine locked up until she calmed down, but Octavia Vermis managed to get inside and free Spider-Woman in order for her to work together.[28]
Eventually, Spider-Woman returned to her normal self and took down Vermis, and with things back to normal she attempted to apologize to Carter and the others she lashed out to prior.[29] With apologies accepted, Carter began babysitting Spider-Woman's son Gerry while she was away to help out people.[30] However, while she away with Stevie Ciconia, Spider-Woman returned suddenly to get her son back, but both him and Carter could see that there was something wrong with her. As "Spider-Woman" took her son, Carter deduced she wasn't the real Jessica as she lacked an injury she had prior, and in that moment the real Spider-Woman arrived. She beat her doppelganger before going to save her son from Mayor Fisk's Thunderbolts.[31]Attributes
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Powers
Abilities
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The Night Nurse operating on Doctor Strange.
Weaknesses
Paraphernalia
Weapons
Notes
- All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #8 and Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #8 don't consider the characters named "Linda Carter" that appeared in Linda Carter, Student Nurse and Night Nurse to be the same person as the 21st century character, but, until further clarification is provided, the Marvel Database will keep assuming they're one and the same.
- Despite Linda Carter's hair being black in most of her appearances, it was blonde in Night Nurse and brown in New Avengers.
- The Night Nurse is very protective of, and maintains a very close guard over, the secrecy with which she maintains her dual identity.[12][9][21][32]
Trivia
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Night Nurse's catchphrase: "Go to the room on the right."
- 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."[2]
- Firestar remarked on the oddity of being treated by someone called the Night Nurse at eleven in the morning.[21]
- 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.[32]
- 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."[22]
- 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."[1]
- Valkyrie noted that "The doctor in charge calls herself Night Nurse" and "Presumably her nurse is called Day Doctor".[33]
- The Night Nurse is known for her catchphrase "the room on the right."[12][23][33]
- The Night Nurse's Clinic is located in Manhattan's Chinatown[7] or near Orchard Street.[9]
- The Night Nurse's phone number is 917-616-6XXX.[34] The "616" portion of her number is likely a reference to Earth-616, the numerical designation of the Marvel Universe.
- Carter and mutant doctor Daye had worked together to found the Night and Daye Hospital for the Extramundane, which they were able to finance with the help of the Avengers, Force Works, Defenders, Fantastic Four and Heroes for Hire, among others.[35]
See Also
- 73 appearance(s) of Linda Carter (Earth-616)
- 4 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Linda Carter (Earth-616)
- 5 minor appearance(s) of Linda Carter (Earth-616)
- 19 mention(s) of Linda Carter (Earth-616)
- 57 image(s) of Linda Carter (Earth-616)
- 7 quotation(s) by or about Linda Carter (Earth-616)
- 2 item(s) used/owned by Linda Carter (Earth-616)
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Doctor Strange: The Oath #1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Doctor Strange: The Oath #2
- ↑ Linda Carter, Student Nurse #6
- ↑ Linda Carter, Student Nurse #2
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Night Nurse #1
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Linda Carter, Student Nurse #1
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Daredevil #512
- ↑ Night Nurse #1–4
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Doctor Strange: The Oath #3
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Captain America #605
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 New Avengers #34
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Daredevil (Vol. 2) #58
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Civil War #2
- ↑ Doctor Strange: The Oath #1–5
- ↑ Daredevil (Vol. 2) #80
- ↑ Dark Reign: Elektra #3
- ↑ Civil War #5
- ↑ Captain America (Vol. 5) #26
- ↑ Doctor Strange: The Oath #3–5
- ↑ New Avengers Annual #2
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Marvel Divas #2
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 New Avengers #57
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 The Pulse #9
- ↑ Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #3
- ↑ Marvel Divas #2–4
- ↑ Hawkeye: Freefall #1–6
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Spider-Woman (Vol. 7) #2
- ↑ Spider-Woman (Vol. 7) #7
- ↑ Spider-Woman (Vol. 7) #10
- ↑ Spider-Woman (Vol. 7) #17
- ↑ Spider-Woman (Vol. 7) #18–19
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 Heroic Age: Heroes #1
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Valkyrie: Jane Foster #6
- ↑ Daredevil (Vol. 5) #3
- ↑ Storm (Vol. 5) #2
- ↑ All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #8
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 8