Valentina is a supervillain created by Mars Ravelo and Nestor Redondo who first appeared in the second episode of the "Darna" series published in the Philippine comics "Pilipino Komiks" (issue #78, 1950) . One of the most recognizable supervillainess characters in the Philippines, she is the archenemy of Darna. She was originally a bitter, deformed woman born from ordinary human parents with venomous snakes on her head that appears to be like hair. When she grew up, she killed her parents and was subsequently taken in by a serpent creature named Kobra. Valentina was soon referred to as "goddess of the snakes".