Smokescreen is a high-tech mercenary and member of the

Death Squad

alongside teammates

Firefight

,

Rocket Launcher

,

Airborne

and

Boobytrap

. They were hired to eliminate

Tony Stark

and confronted him one evening at one of his construction projects. Stark managed to escape from their initial assault and change into

Iron Man

. Smokescreen and the Death Squad failed to destroy Iron Man and retreated.

Creation

Smokescreen was created by

Kurt Busiek

and

Sean Chen

in 1998 and first appeared in

Iron Man

# 1. She has no connection to the would-be crimelord in Spider-Man Storm and Power Man Battle Smokescreen, anti-tobacco propaganda from Marvel Comics.

Story Arcs

Smokescreen and the Death Squad reappeared with

Whiplash

and

Nitro

when

SHIELD

agent

Jenna Carlisle

enlisted the aid of Tony Stark regarding some ionic-based murders. The Death Squad, Whiplash and Nitro ambushed Iron Man while he was looking at body of

Grover Raymond

inside the Long Island Cemetery. Firefight and the rest of the Death Squad retreated in their jet when Nitro kept exploding. Iron Man followed the jet to a castle located somewhere in Siciliy and took down some members of the Death Squad. Smokescreen, the Death Squad and Iron Man were all taken down by an ionic shock produced by the floor they were fighting on. Iron Man discovered that the man who hired the mercenaries to eliminate him was

Count Nefaria.

.

Weapons:

Her primary weapons are designed to baffle sensors.

1.

Smokescreen

2.

Blackout Bombs

- generates darkness, blocks IR, fluoroscopic scanners

3.

Foil releasing Grenade

- neutralizes sensors

4.

UZI submachine gun.