Occupation: Private Investigator
Identity: Publicly Known
Legal status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record
Other aliases: None
Place of birth: Unrevealed
Marital status: Single
Known relatives: Samuel "S.J." (father), Richard "Ricky" (brother)
Group affiliation: Head of Dakota North Investigations
Base of operations: Mobile, with branch offices in New York, Paris, Rome, and Tokyo
First appearance: Dakota North #1
History: Dakota North is the daughter of Samuel J. North, a retired agent of an unnamed American intelligence agency. Little is known about Dakota North's early life, other than at a relatively young age she chose a career as a freelance private investigator. Her business is apparently quite successful, in that it currently supports four branch offices across the world.
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 130 lbs.
Eyes: Blue-grey
Hair: Red
Strength level: Dakota North possesses the normal human strength of a woman her age, height and build who engages in moderate regular exercise.
Known superhuman powers: None
Abilities: Dakota North is skilled in several forms of hand-to-hand combat. She has trained herself to be extremely physically agile and moderately adept at gymnastics. Her excellent physical condition provides her with reflexes, recovery time, and stamina above the norm for a woman of her physical age and build. North is also proficient with a variety of firearms, and is an excellent marksman.
Dakota North was created and written by Martha Thomases for Marvel Comics, and the original series was illustrated by Tony Salmons.