Valkyrie debuted in the 2000's.
Valkyrie (Marvel Comics) . The character first appeared in The Avengers # 83 ( December 1970 ) and has become a mainstay of the superhero team known as the Defenders . Valkyrie is a 2008 American-German historical thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II . The film received mixed reviews in the United States and in Germany , where it opened commercially on January 22 , 2009 .