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'''Black Widow''' (Natalia Romanova, aka Natasha Romanoff) is a [[Marvel Comics]] superheroine. Introduced in the [[Silver Age|Silver Age of Comics]] in the pages of ''[[Iron Man|Tales Of Suspense]]'' #52 (April 1964), she has been a regular supporting character (and occasional lead) ever since, including stints on ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'' (as the chairperson, for a time), ''The Champions'' (again as the leader), and as a partner to [[Daredevil]].
 
Natasha began her career as a [[Femme Fatale]] spy in the service of the Soviet Union, sent to seduce famed American industrialist [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]], to which end she also manipulated the young [[Hawkeye]]. Hawkeye eventually [[Heel Face Turn|joined the side of good]], and eventually Natasha followed as well, beginning a long career as a superhero in the United States of America. She has no particularly enhanced physical abilities beyond suppressed aging, relying instead on being an all-around awesome spy and martial artist.
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* [[Action Girl]]: In her first appearances as a villain she was mainly just a seduction agent who relied on incompetent minions to handle the violence, but over time she’s been [[retconRetcon|retconned]]ned into always having been a total badass.
* [[Animal-Themed Superbeing]]: Of the ''Animal Alias'' variety.
* [[Anti-Hero Substitute]]: Yelena Belova. Though Natasha herself is already an [[Anti-Hero]].
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* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: At times.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: See also [[Expansion Pack Past]].
* [[Development Hell]]: Where her movie haswas been languishinganguishing for years., with David Hayter (better known as [[Metal Gear Solid|SNAAAAKE!]]) has been trying to get it made for ages with no luck. It [[Black Widow (2021 film)|eventually came out in 2021]] directed by Cate Shortland from a script by Eric Pearson.
** Maybe the luck has [http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/black-widow-movie-will-focusthe-heroines-origin/5244/ finally materialised].
* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: As mentioned above, Scarlett-as-Black Widow in ''Iron Man 2'' threw off the filming for a few minutes during her first appearance.
* [[Expansion Pack Past]]: There was originally nothing in her backstory to suggest that she was quasi-immortal. This only developed (confusingly) in order to keep a famous late 1980s team-up issue of ''[[X-Men|Uncanny X-Men]]'' set in the 1940s that had her as a young girl meeting [[Wolverine]] and [[Captain America (comics)]] in continuity. This concept has had some rather large implications for the character’s background.
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