Miss Espionage was the daughter of the German spy known as Mata Hari. After her mother was executed, she was raised by her mother's handler, Von Bruno. He trained her from an early age to be a master spy for the Germans, and to seek revenge against the Western World for killing her mother. Miss Espionage briefly worked for the Nazis during World War II, but then Von Bruno turned on her and attempted to kill her. Miss Espionage's life was saved by an American agent named Major Smithson, who intended to capture her. However, Miss Espionage claimed that she had realized the error of her ways, and that she only wished to make up for the evil deeds that she and her mother had committed. Smithson had sympathy for the girl and let her go. Miss Espionage then swore to dedicate her life to fighting tyranny.

Miss Espionage was trained, nearly from birth to be a master spy, with all the skills that a spy needs. Miss Espionage proved to be a master of disguise and a fighter capable of engaging more than one man in hand to hand combat. She was also an excellent athlete and pilot. Apparently, she spoke both German and English.

*Power Comics #3-4

* Miss Espionage was not the only daughter of Mata Hari, in Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub #7, tells the story of Satra. Satra becomes a spy helping get information on the Japanese's activity in the Pacific during WWII and after the war would help spy on the Chinese only to be later caught and executed by them.
* Mata Hari was executed in 1916, making Miss Espionage at least 27 years old as at the time of her first appearance. However, it is just possible that Von Bruno had falsified the girl's past and she was not in fact the true daughter of Mata Hari. The character is drawn young; an age of 27 is believable, but it is possible she is simply a near double of Mata Hari who Von Bruno found. In his first appearance immediately after the execution of Mata Hari he has a shrine to Mata Hari and seems to hold some sort of supernatural belief or faith that Mata Hari will be reincarnated -- and not once did he mention that Miss Espionage actually WAS Mata Hari's real daughter. An intriguing aspect to this character!

*[http://heroinesinfiction.blogspot.ca/2012/05/miss-espionage-origin.html Heroines in Fiction]
*[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/miss-espionage/4005-178306/ ComicVine]
*[https://www.comics.org/feature/36079/ GCD]
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