.....This evening (February 11th, 2016) on the CW network's "Legends Of Tomorrow" the character Valentina Vostok was introduced in a story that takes place in 1986. It's a two-parter and she comes across as a villain in part one so it may take until next week to know where this is going. If you want a crash course on how she was introduced in the comics, I gave a way-too wordy review of that three issue arc of Showcase #'s 94-96 a few years ago, but gave a bit more attention to Val in a post on the issue that focused on her specifically. It's here:
http://lgc01dp.blogspot.com/2010/07/dp02-03-showcase-961277-0178a.html
http://lgc01dp.blogspot.com/2010/07/dp02-03-showcase-961277-0178a.html