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Black Widow
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fictional character in Marvel Comics
Key facts
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- First appearance
- Tales of Suspense #52, (April 1964)
- Created by
- Stan Lee (editor/plotter), Don Rico (writer), Don Heck (artist)
- Full name
- Natalia Alianovna Romanova
- Place of origin
- Soviet Union
- Team affiliations
- Avengers Champions KGB Marvel Knights Secret Avengers S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Partnerships
- Daredevil , Hawkeye , Winter Soldier
- Notable aliases
- Natasha Romanoff
- Abilities
- Expert markswoman and mastery of various weapons Expert martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant Slowed aging, and enhanced immune system Expert spy Equipment via gauntlets granting: Electroshock weapon Explosives Grappling hook Knock out gas Radio transmitter
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- toonopedia.com/blwidow2.htm
- birth name
- Наталья Алиановна Романова
- Commons category
- Black Widow
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Black Widow is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by editor Stan Lee, scripter Don Rico, and artist Don Heck, the character debuted as an enemy of Iron Man in Tales of Suspense #52 (1964). She reformed into a hero in The Avengers #30 (1966) and her most well-known design was introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man #86 (1970). Black Widow has been the main character in several comic titles since 1970, receiving her own Black Widow series in 1999. She also frequently appears as a supporting character in The Avengers and Daredevil.
Natalia Alianovna "Natasha Romanoff" Romanova (Russian: Наталья Альяновна "Наташа" Романова) is introduced as a spy for the Soviet Union until she defects to the United States. She subsequently joins the intelligence agency S.H.I.E.L.D., partners with Daredevil, and encounters a rival Black Widow in Yelena Belova. Though she has no distinct superpowers, she was augmented in the Red Room, a Soviet training facility, to increase her strength and reduce her aging. She has training in combat and espionage, and wields bracelets that fire electric shocks and project wires she uses to traverse skyscrapers.