Angela del Toro

Angela del Toro in White Tiger v1 #1.

Angela del Toro is a female comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Angela del Toro was a female human born in the modern age as the daughter of Awilda Ayala-Del Toro. (Daredevil v2 #69) As children, Angela and her brother Rey were sometimes babysat by friends of their Uncle Hector Ayala, Iron Fist Danny Rand and Power Man Luke Cage. She came to consider them all to be her uncles and in this time she befriended Iron Fist's girlfriend, Misty Knight. (White Tiger v1 #3) Angela's father was a police officer, and she had an older sister named Marisol. (White Tiger v1 #6) Del Toro received a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's in criminology. She got special commendations from the NYPD and graduated at the top ten percent of her class at Quantico. (White Tiger v1 #2) Del Toro served four years with the NYPD before joining the FBI. (White Tiger v1 #3) One of Del Toro's friends at the FBI was Agent Coville. (White Tiger v1 #1) Later on, her uncle Hector Ayala]] who operated as the superhero White Tiger was killed with his white tiger amulets being passed on to Angela, who had since become a full-fledged FBI agent. (Daredevil v2 #68) Del Toro received her uncle's amulets in the mail, not knowing who sent them to her. (White Tiger v1 #1) Del Toro requested to be assigned to the team investigating Matt Murdock, who was suspected to be the hero Daredevil. She wanted to understand what prompted him to be a hero. (Daredevil v2 #69) Agents Driver and Del Toro questioned Sano Ren, but he claimed to have been peaceably leaving a dinner when a man attacked him. The agents grew frustrated and promised to charge Orii with a concealed weapon charge at least. Before leaving, Driver insulted Orii, claiming that he was a disgrace to his father and his name. (Daredevil v2 #58) Driver and Del Toro watched as Ren and the others were let free, and Driver was highly annoyed. He and Del Toro were only recently assigned as partners and still getting to know each other. Del Toro wondered why they didn't go to Daredevil for help, but Driver said no and that he expected the Yakuza to just back off now. Just then a van pulled up and opened fire on them, hitting Driver with several shots. As Del Toro leapt out of the car, it exploded, killing Driver. (Daredevil v2 #59)

Thus, she became the heir to a heroic legacy that began with the Jade Tiger, a long-lost enchanted statue from the fabled kingdom of K'un-L'un. Broken into pieces, the statue's paws and head resurfaced in America, where the Sons of the Tiger wore them as amulets that enhanced their martial arts prowess. When the Sons disbanded, their discarded amulets were discovered by Del Toro's uncle, the young Hector Ayala, who transformed into the superhuman White Tiger through their power. (Daredevil v2 #38)

Del Toro who was a Federal Agent came to volunteer to participate in the ongoing FBI investigation of the suspected Daredevil, Murdock. However, when Ayala's amulets were handed down to her, an overwhelmed Del Toro asked Murdock to help her decide what to do with them. Knowing the terrible cost of the vigilante lifestyle — and having seen her own partner, agent Harold Driver, killed during the Daredevil investigation —, Del Toro wanted to know why anyone would ever play super-hero. She told Murdock she was willing to quit the FBI and abandon her case if he could answer her questions. (Daredevil v2 #69) Recognizing Del Toro's sincerity, Murdock challenged her to scale St. Catherine's Cathedral then engaged her in rooftop combat as Daredevil. Convinced of her ability, Murdock presented Del Toro with a final lesson by leading her to a robbery in progress. Subduing the robbers single-handedly, a proud Del Toro was touched by the awestruck gratitude of the shopkeeper she had rescued, and she finally began to understand her new calling. Shortly thereafter, Del Toro rescued Murdock from ex-crime lord Alexander Bont and his reluctant henchman Gladiator. (Daredevil v2 #70) After nine months of being on the Daredevil case, Del Toro heard that the Kingpin, who was incarcerated, was offering a deal to expose Daredevil as Murdock in exchange for a federal pardon. Del Toro confronted Director Leland Drummond in Washington D.C. to ask him what he would do. He was impatient with her and explained that he had no choice but to take the Kingpin's deal. After verbally accosting Drummond, Del Toro quit her job. Drummond told her, however, that she was fired. (Daredevil v2 #77) Del Toro was officially released through 'medical retirement, stress-related job disability', but without pension. (White Tiger v1 #1) Del Toro learned from some friends that the Kingpin's information on Murdock was being held in the office of a lawyer named Sam Baruch. Wearing the amulets, Del Toro went on the roof near Baruch's office and was shocked to see Daredevil, the Black Widow, and Elektra there. After meeting the women, she was shocked when Bullseye attacked. (Daredevil v2 #78) Though she felt she was strong enough to stay and fight, Daredevil didn't want Del Toro killed so he kicked her off the roof. She landed in a soft truck bed, her arm broken. (Daredevil v2 #79)

Del Toro's broken arm healed within weeks due to the amulet. She had to lie to the doctor about the recovery. Del Toro designed a costume for herself, all of black, and moved into the apartment Driver had left for her in his will. She started fighting crime in the local neighborhood. Not really understanding how she had been caught up in the whole hero game, White Tiger interrupted a fight in an alley, fighting off several criminals. She found one girl carrying fake passports and ID cards, then, as the girl was arrested, bounded after Daredevil, who was watching from afar. White Tiger quickly realized he wasn't the same Daredevil, and she grew suspicious because Matt Murdock was incarcerated. Daredevil, who was using a voice box to speak and whose movements were familiar to White Tiger, accused her of dressing like a crook while a criminal force like the Chaeyi was getting away with international crime. He then bounded off. Del Toro met Coville for lunch, passing on a few of the documents to him so that he and Kathy, his ally from SHIELD, could trace the fingerprints. He believed that the criminal organization Chaeyi was behind the attack, and told her to contact the secret spy James Guerrero for leads and for work. Coville also identified the driver behind the attack as Cobra, a masked villain that Del Toro learned about. She later roughed up a man who was accosting another on the streets, and told the victim to spread the word that she wouldn't tolerate those actions anymore. When Del Toro returned home, she found a note from Daredevil about a costume he'd had designed for her at Potter's Costume Shop. Though she was hesitant, she showed up and found Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) there, and assumed Natasha was working with the new Daredevil. She met Li Ling Potter and tried on her new costume, deciding to keep it. She also bantered with the visiting Spider-Man before having lunch with Natasha, who encouraged Del Toro to do what she could against the Chaeyi. She tracked one of the Chaeyi, Eddie, to a garage and tried attacking him, but the Cobra attacked. White Tiger and Cobra traded several blows and she successfully evaded his venom. When Sano Orii called out to Cobra, who jumped in a car with Orii, Del Toro recognized Driver's murderer. Furious, she grabbed a crowbar and leapt on the car, breaking the window, but she was thrown off as Sano drove and a bullet grazed her shoulder. (White Tiger v1 #1)

Overview

Personality and attributes

After becoming a vigilante, she decided to adopt the name of White Tiger for herself. (White Tiger v1 #1)

She maintained a number of links to the F.B.I. even after she was fired from the Bureau. (White Tiger v1 #1)

As the White Tiger, she was often accused of being a Mutant by street criminals and had to remind them that she was actually a superhuman. (White Tiger v1 #1)

Her uncle Hector had been friends with many people in the costumed superhero community. (White Tiger v1 #1)

Powers and abilities

She came to read body language and body types due to having many cops and martial artists in her family. (White Tiger v1 #1)

Whilst wearing the amulet, she was faster and stronger with them also providing faster healing from injuries. (White Tiger v1 #1)

The Black Widow Natasha Romanova helped her get a superhero costume that was patterned on the White Tiger and came from S.H.I.E.L.D. It consisted of special fabric that breathed like skin and absorbed body chemicals with it acting like a personal thermostat. (White Tiger v1 #1)

Notes

• The Angela del Toro White Tiger was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev where she made her first appearance in Daredevil v2 #58 (November, 2003).

Appearances

• Daredevil v2: (2003)
• White Tiger v1:
• New Avengers:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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