Bella Donna
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- This article is about the comic book character. For other uses of the name as spelled Belladonna, see Belladonna (disambiguation).
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Belladonna or Bella Donna (from the Italian expression "bella donna", beautiful woman) is a name or alias used by several fictional characters in the Marvel Comics universe.
Possibly the most famous character to use the name is Bella Donna Boudreaux, commonly associated with the X-Man Gambit.
[edit] Character biography of Narda Ravanna
She is a chemist and former co-owner of Vaughn-Pope Cosmetics, firstly introduced in The Spectacular Spider-Man #43 (June, 1980).
When Roderick Kingsley (the first Hobgoblin) conspired to ruin her career, she took the identity of Belladonna to gain vengeance. Her assault was interrupted by Spider-Man. There is also the involvement of Prowler.
[edit] Character biography of Bella Donna Boudreaux
Young street-thief Remy LeBeau met Bella Donna Boudreaux when they were only children, and the pair soon became fast friends. Unbeknownst to them both, they came from rival Guilds (those of Thieves and Assassins, respectively). As they grew up and the rivalry between the Guilds increased, their fathers arranged for a marriage between the two in the hopes that it would unite the Guilds. Immediately after the wedding, Bella Donna's brother Julien lashed out in jealousy and challenged Remy in a fight to the death. Remy won, and as a punishment he was exiled from New Orleans. Choosing to make his own choices in life from that point on, he abandoned Bella Donna.
A few years later, Bella Donna sought out Gambit to help fend off the Brood, who were attacking the Guilds. Having persuaded Gambit and the X-Men to come back to New Orleans, they battled the new enemy with the aid of Dan Ketch, the second Ghost Rider. Using her new psychic powers, Bella Donna followed Psylocke into the astral plane and expended her energy, before collapsing in Gambit's arms. Believing her dead, he told the Thieves Guild to take care of her, and went off for revenge against the Brood.
As it happened, Bella Donna wasn't actually dead, but merely in a coma. Gambit risked his life to bring her Candra's Elixir of Life, although while she was catatonic she was accidentally touched by Rogue. She woke up without any recollection of who she was, or who Remy was, and he left her again.
Bella Donna's memory slowly returned, and she felt as if her soul had been violated. Enraged, she kidnapped Rogue's old boyfriend Cody, once again pitting herself against Gambit. For the third time, he left her behind.
He returned again to New Orleans, ignorant to the multiple hits put up against him in the meantime. Bella Donna herself had taken one of the contracts, though she had no intention of killing him. Instead, she arranged it so that she could meet with him, and sort out the conflicting emotions she had about him. After he was elected Viceroy of the Unified Guilds of New Orleans he passed power on to her, and returned to the X-Men. She now rules in his absence, still in love with him.
She breifly entered a relationship with Bandit, a former New Warriors member eerily reminiscent of Gambit, but Gambit subsequently revealed he was manipulating her.
It is not known if Bella Donna retained her mutant powers after the M-Day.
