Night Nurse (comics) - Night Nurse (Linda Carter)

Night Nurse (Linda Carter)

At some point after the conclusion of the original Night Nurse series, Carter was rescued by a superhero and afterward began to pay the superhuman community back by ministering to heroes' health, often pro bono for those without any means of payment, such as Spider-Man. When she first reappeared, she took care of a seriously injured Daredevil following his defeat by the Yakuza. Later, she took care of a badly injured Luke Cage, whose nearly-impenetrable skin required special treatment and who later called on her to help Iron Fist following his unsuccessful encounter with the terrorist group HYDRA. During this time, the Night Nurse became known for her catch phrase "go to the room on the right". During the superhero "Civil War" over government registration, the Night Nurse took Captain America's side against the registration act, and joined his resistance group. She assisted operations from SHIELD safe-house number 23. Though hard to recognize in Civil War #2 (Aug. 2006), editor Tom Brevoort stated that it was her welcoming the superhero team the Young Avengers at the new headquarters.

Carter teamed with Doctor Strange in the five-issue miniseries Doctor Strange: The Oath (Dec. 2006 - April 2007), in an effort to help him recover the cure for cancer, which Doctor Strange had brought back from another dimension to help cure Wong, and which had been stolen from him. By the end of The Oath Carter and Strange have entered into a relationship, which later ended.

The New Avengers #34 (Nov. 2007) reveals that the Night Nurse is, in fact, Linda Carter from the 1970s series.