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Night Nurse is the name of a Marvel Comics comic-book series published in the early 1970s, as well the alter ego of a fictional character, Linda Carter, known for her willingness to help injured superheroes. Carter was one of three central characters created by writer Jean Thomas, who first appeared in ''Night Nurse'' #1 (November 1972), though she was later identified as the lead of another Marvel series published in 1961. Carter later adopted the name "Night Nurse" for herself, and in this incarnation first appeared in ''Daredevil'' vol. 2, #58 (May 2004), written by writer Brian Michael Bendis. Although she uses the word "nurse" as part of her codename, she has since claimed to be a medical doctor.〔(Night Nurse ) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia, (Archived ) from the original on April 13, 2012.〕 ==Publication history== ''Night Nurse'' was a Marvel Comics title that lasted 4 issues cover-dated November 1972 to May 1973. The medical drama / romance series focused on the adventures of three female roommates who worked the night shift at the fictional Metropolitan General Hospital in New York City: Linda Carter, Georgia Jenkins, and Christine Palmer. ''Night Nurse'' was introduced in one of a trio of Marvel Comics aimed at a female audience, alongside ''Claws of the Cat'' and ''Shanna the She-Devil''. Marvel writer-editor Roy Thomas recalled in 2007 that editor-in-chief Stan Lee "had the idea, and I think the names, for all three. He wanted to do some books that would have special appeal to girls. We were always looking for way to expand our franchise. My idea...was to try to get women to write them".〔''Alter Ego'' #70 (July 1970): Roy Thomas interview, pp. 49-50〕 The series was written by Jean Thomas, who was at the time married to Roy Thomas, and drawn by Winslow Mortimer. The stories, unlike most of Marvel's offerings at the time, contain no superheroes or fantastic elements. However, the night nurses encounter "danger, drama and death", as the cover tag proclaims, as they work to foil bomb plots, malpracticing surgeons, and mob hitmen. ''Night Nurse'', like the "relevant comics" of the early 1970s, also attempted to address real-world social issues; ''Night Nurse'' #1 features a character asking why his poor neighborhood is the one always experiencing power outages. "Why not Park Avenue for a change?". ''Night Nurse'' #4 is the only issue of the series that takes place away from Metro General and New York City. This story shifts away from the urban drama of the first three issues and instead features Christine embroiled in a gothic adventure, complete with a foreboding mansion, dusty secret passageways, and mysterious lights. While nothing depicted in ''Night Nurse'' connected it to the mainstream Marvel Universe, Christine Palmer reappeared in ''Nightcrawler'' vol. 3, #1 (Sept. 2004 – 31 years after her last appearance, in ''Night Nurse'' #4). Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the writer of ''Nightcrawler'', said in an interview that he was "a huge fan" of ''Night Nurse'', and wanted to bring back the character when he realized that his first ''Nightcrawler'' story would take place in a hospital. Linda Carter also reappeared in 2004, this time sporting Night Nurse as an actual codename. Prior to ''Night Nurse'', the series ''Linda Carter, Student Nurse'' was published by Atlas Comics, a precursor to Marvel Comics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Cherry Ames Page: Linda Carter, Student Nurse )〕 It ran nine issues, cover-dated September 1961 to January 1963.〔(The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators: ''Linda Carter, Student Nurse'' (1961-1963) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Night Nurse (comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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