Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)

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For other Marvel Comics characters of the same name, see Black Widow (Marvel
Comics).
For the 2021 film of the same name, see Black Widow (2021 film).
"Natasha Romanoff" redirects here. For the film character, see Natasha Romanoff
(Marvel Cinematic Universe).

Black Widow

Textless variant cover of Black Widow #1 (April 2010)

Art by Jelena Kevic Djurdjevic

Publication information

Publisher Marvel Comics

First appearance Tales of Suspense #52 (April 1964)

Created by Stan Lee

Don Rico
 Don Heck

In-story information

Alter ego Natalia Alianovna Romanova

Avengers
Team affiliations
The Champions

Daughters of Liberty

Heroes for Hire

KGB

Marvel Knights

Mighty Avengers

Lady Liberators

Secret Avengers

S.H.I.E.L.D.

Thunderbolts

Partnerships Captain America

Winter Soldier

Hawkeye

Daredevil

Notable aliases Natalia Shostakova, Natasha Romanoff, Natalie

Rushman, Laura Matthers, Mary Farrell, Oktober

& Yelena Belova

Abilities  Expert spy, tactician

 Master martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant

 Slowed aging, and enhanced immune system

 Expert marksman and mastery of various

weapons

 Skilled hypnotist

 Equipment via gauntlets:

o Grappling hook

o Knock out gas

o Taser
 o Explosives

o Tear gas pellets

o Radio transmitter

Black Widow (Natalia Alianovna "Natasha" Romanova; Russian: Наталья

Альяновна "Наташа" Романова)[1] is a fictional character appearing in American comic
books published by Marvel Comics. Created by editor and plotter Stan Lee, scripter Don
Rico, and artist Don Heck, the character debuted in Tales of Suspense #52 (April 1964).
The character was introduced as a Russian spy, an antagonist of the superhero Iron
Man. She later defected to the United States, becoming an agent of the fictional spy
agency S.H.I.E.L.D. and a member of the superhero team the Avengers.
The character has appeared in numerous forms of media, such as animated television
series, video games, and films. Scarlett Johansson portrayed Natasha Romanoff in
the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), Captain
America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America:
Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Captain Marvel (2019), Avengers:
Endgame (2019), and Black Widow (2021), with Lake Bell voicing the character in the
animated series What If...? (2021).