Delvadia

Delvadia is a country that features in Marvel Comics.

History

Delvadia was a country that was located on Earth in Latin America. (Daredevil v1 #75)

Around 40 years ago, a revolution occurred in the nation that was led by the soldier El Condor. In the aftermath, a bronze statue was made of the martyred soldier of the revolution. (Daredevil v1 #75)

For the last dozen years, it came to be ruled by a less than benign military junta. They came to brutally oppress the people where any opposition was seen as the actions of enemies, dissidents, traitors and communists. All internal dissent was crushed leading to many people being rendered as refugees who fled north to the United States. In time, the government came to seek to silence those that had fled abroad. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #35)

Around 10 years ago, the military dictatorship established its capital in the city of San Pablo that was in a state of siege. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #35)

A man operating in Delvadia named himself after the past revolutionary of the same name. As part of his mission, he kidnapped U.S. ambassador Jerome Villiers. When he was attacked by a posse led by representative Keith Bayard where he defeated the posse with his men and captured the man. (Daredevil v1 #75) He was about to use helicopters to liberate his people where he was opposed by Daredevil. During the fight, a lightning bolt struck the mountain they were fighting in front of, unleashing an rock slide. Daredevil was able to get to safety, but Condor was buried by the rocks and killed. (Daredevil v1 #76)

At some point, an army unit was responsible for burning down a village and killing all its inhabitants except for Miguel Sánchez. The young man survived and escaped where he would speak out against the leaders of the country. Eventually, his actions drew the attention of the government who decided to eliminate Sánchez. The military junta later dispatched their elite operative El Araña to the remote town of Santa Maria. He came to track down Miguel Sánchez to a church where he killed the young man. El Araña was then summoned to the capital to meet with General Ramone. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #35)

Norman Osborn after going abroad decided to establish an international criminal network. This saw him engaging with local agents among which included a man called El Facóquero who operated as Delvadia's biggest drug lord. In an effort to hunt down Norman Osborn, Peter Parker came to align Parker Industries with S.H.I.E.L.D. where they tracked down the Green Goblin to Delvadia. Liaising with Delvadia, the government came to work with Spider-Man and Mockingbird in a joint operation to take down a local drug lord called the Warthog. For this, they sent their two elite best operatives namely a Tarantula and the Devil Spider where they helped guide their 'allies' to the nation's drug capital in Las Colinas Rojas. (Amazing Spider-Man v4 #25)

Overview

In appearance, Delvadia was a country that was located in South America. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #35)

Locations in Delvadia included:

• San Pablo : a city that served as the capital of the country. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #35)
• Santa Maria : a peasant town in a remote corner of the South American republic. For 12 years, it had escaped the attention of the military junta's death squads which hunted down any rebel activity. Thus, it lived in quietly and at peace for almost a decade. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #35)
• Las Colinas Rojas : a city that was regarded as the drug capital of Delvadia. A massive tunnel system was present beneath the city which was used by many criminals. (Amazing Spider-Man v4 #25)

One deceased national hero of the nation had operated under the name of the Tarantula. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #35)

Over 40 years ago, a famous figure emerged in a revolution that impacted the nation with this being a soldier called El Condor. He was regarded as the most romantic Latin revolutionary since Che Guevara. A bronze statue was made of the martyred soldier. (Daredevil v1 #75)

It was claimed that the peasants of Delvadia were a superstitious people. (Daredevil v1 #76)

A military junta came to control the nation that ruled for the last dozen years. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #35)

The military dictatorship operated death squads that hunted down any rebel dissent. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #35)

Technologically, they were able to use medical treatments to create superhuman operatives. The military junta used such operatives as agents of terror. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #35)

Inhabitants

• El Cóndor : a male soldier who had led a revolution in his home country that scarred it where he was regarded as a hero leading to a statue being made of him. (Daredevil v1 #75)
• Enrico Elnardo :
• General Ramone :
• Hidalgo Rodríguez :
• Karl Mendoza : an elderly man who served as the Director of Medical Interrogation. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #35)
• Miguel Sánchez :
• Antón Miguel Rodríguez :
• Jacinta Rodríguez :
• Luis Álvarez : a male who was a member of the military where he held the rank of Capitán. He was also known by the name of El Araña. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #35)
• El Condor : a revolutionary operating in Delvadia who named himself after a past revolutionary of the same name. (Daredevil v1 #75)
• El Facóquero : a male figure who was a notorious drug lord in the country who operated under the name of the Warthog. He came to be part of a criminal network operated by Norman Osborn and Symkarian Countess Katarina Karkov. (Amazing Spider-Man v4 #25)
• Devil-Spider :

Notes

• Delvadia was created by Gerry Conway and Gene Colan where it made its first appearance in Daredevil v1 #75 (April, 1971).

Appearances

• Daredevil v1: (1971)
• Web of Spider-Man v1:
• Amazing Spider-Man v1:
• Amazing Spider-Man v4:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry

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