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{{quote|''"Don't think I'm helpless, just because I'm soft and cuddly!"''

|Widow herself, from ''Amazing Spider-Man #86}}


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]].
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]].
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Natasha has had various miniseries in the past, and recently had an ongoing series.
Natasha has had various miniseries in the past, and recently had an ongoing series.


[[Scarlett Johansson]] portrays Black Widow in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], featuring in ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man 2]]'' and ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]''.
[[Scarlett Johansson]] portrays Black Widow in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]].
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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 [[Retcon|retconned]] into always having been a total badass.
* [[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 [[Retcon|retconned]] into always having been a total badass.
* [[Animal-Themed Superbeing]]: Of the ''Animal Alias'' variety.
* [[Animal-Themed Superbeing]]: Of the ''Animal Alias'' variety.
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* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: At times.
* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: At times.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: See also [[Expansion Pack Past]].
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: See also [[Expansion Pack Past]].
* [[Development Hell]]: Where her movie has been languishing for years. David Hayter (better known as [[Metal Gear Solid|SNAAAAKE!]]) has been trying to get it made for ages with no luck.
* [[Development Hell]]: Where her movie was anguishing for years, with David Hayter (better known as [[Metal Gear Solid|SNAAAAKE!]]) 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.
* [[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.
* [[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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* [[Sensual Slavs]]
* [[Sensual Slavs]]
* [[Spy Catsuit]]: Has been rocking one for 40 years and counting.
* [[Spy Catsuit]]: Has been rocking one for 40 years and counting.
* [[Street Urchin]]: Natasha was one after her parents died until she was caught by the KGB and sent to the Red Room.
* [[Street Urchin]]: Natasha was one after her parents died until she was caught by the [[Secret Police|KGB]] and sent to the [[Training from Hell|Red Room.]]
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Thanks to a Soviet supersoldier serum derivative, she’s around 80 years old and still looks fabulous.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Thanks to a Soviet supersoldier serum derivative, she’s around 80 years old and still looks fabulous.
** Same thing with her boyfriend James Barnes (aka Bucky, aka Captain America). He looks like he's in his mid 20s, but he's really roughly 90.
** Same thing with her boyfriend James Barnes (aka Bucky, aka Captain America). He looks like he's in his mid 20s, but he's really roughly 90.


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Latest revision as of 01:14, 9 February 2024

International Woman of Mystery

"Don't think I'm helpless, just because I'm soft and cuddly!"

—Widow herself, from Amazing Spider-Man #86

Black Widow (Natalia Romanova, aka Natasha Romanoff) is a Marvel Comics superheroine. Introduced in the Silver Age of Comics in the pages of Tales Of Suspense #52 (April 1964), she has been a regular supporting character (and occasional lead) ever since, including stints on 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 Tony Stark, to which end she also manipulated the young Hawkeye. Hawkeye eventually 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.

Bring her up in comics fandom and inevitably one of the first things to be mentioned is her numerous Love Interests (or, in most cases, the characters that she was a love interest to). Apart from the aforementioned Iron Man and Hawkeye, she has also, over the years, been romantically linked to Daredevil (even getting billed alongside him on the title for a while), Hercules (while they were on the Champions), and her most recent boyfriend, James "Bucky" Barnes.

Natasha has had various miniseries in the past, and recently had an ongoing series.

Scarlett Johansson portrays Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The following tropes are common to many or all entries in the Black Widow (comics) franchise.
For tropes specific to individual installments, visit their respective work pages.
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