Black Widow (Russian: Чёрная вдова, translit. Chyornaya Vdova) (Natalia Alianovna "Natasha" Romanova, also known as Natasha Romanoff) is one of the most amazing Marvel's superheroes.
She was first introduced as a Russian spy, an antagonist of Iron Man, after then she is defected to the United States and became an agent of the S.H.I.E.L.D, and a member of the Avengers.
Early life
Natasha was born in Stalingrad (now Volgograd), Russia.
The first and best-known Black Widow is a Russian agent trained as a spy, martial artist, and sniper.
She always outfitted with an arsenal of high-tech weaponry, including a pair of wrist-mounted energy weapons dubbed her "Widow's Bite".
Romanova defects to the U.S. for reasons that include her love for the reluctant-criminal turned superhero archer, Hawkeye.
Natasha Romanova was raised by Ivan Petrovich.
During the Battle of Stalingrad in autumn 1942, he was given custody of little Natasha by a woman just before her death.
But she was raised from very early childhood by the U.S.S.R.'s "Black Widow Ops" program, rather than by Ivan Petrovitch.
He had taken her to Department X, with other young female orphans, where she was brainwashed, and trained in combat and espionage at the covert "Red Room" facility.
There, she is biotechnologically and psycho-technologically enhanced.
During that time she had some training under Winter Soldier, and there was even a short romance.
Each Black Widow is deployed with false memories to help ensure her loyalty.
Romanova eventually discovers the truth, including the fact that she had never, as she had believed, been a ballerina.
Natasha was arranged by the KGB to marry the renowned Soviet test pilot Alexei Shostakov.
However, when the Soviet government decided to make Alexei into their new operative- the Red Guardian. They told him that he can have no further contact with his wife.
Natasha is told that her husband had died and is trained as a secret agent separately.
The Avengers
Romanova grew up to serve as a femme fatale.
As her first mission in the United States, she was assigned to assist Boris Turgenov in the assassination of Professor Anton Vanko to defect from the Soviet Union.
As the part of the plan, Natasha and Turgenov infiltrated Stark Industries.
She attempted to manipulate information from Tony Stark, and inevitably confronted his superhero alter ego, Iron Man.
The pair then battled Iron Man, and Turgenov steals and wears the Crimson Dynamo suit.
Vanko sacrificed himself to save Iron Man, killing Turgenov in the process, using an unstable experimental laser light pistol.
Romanova later meets the criminal archer Hawkeye and sets him against Iron Man, and later helped Hawkeye battle Iron Man.
Natasha once more attempted to get Hawkeye to help her destroy Iron Man.
They almost succeeded, but when Black Widow was injured, Hawkeye retreated to get her to safety.
During this time, Romanova was being defected from the Soviet Union and began falling in love with Hawkeye, which weakens her loyalty to her country.
Learned the truth, the KGB had her gunned down, sending her to a hospital, convincing Hawkeye to go straight and seek membership in the Avengers.
The Red Room kidnaps and brainwashes her again, and with the Swordsman and the first Power Man, she battles the Avengers.
Later with the help of Hawkeye, she eventually breaks free from her psychological conditioning and successfully defects and joins the Avengers as a costumed heroine herself.
S.H.I.E.L.D
Later still, she serves as an agent of the international espionage group S.H.I.E.L.D.
She has been sent on a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. mission to China by Nick Fury.
There, with the Avengers, she battles Col. Ling, Gen. Brushov, and her ex-husband the Red Guardian.
When HYDRA attempt to take over S.H.I.E.L.D., she is tortured to such an extent that she regresses back to an old cover identity of schoolteacher Nancy Rushman, but she is recovered by Spider-Man in time to help Nick Fury.
The Champions
After the breakup, the Widow moves to Los Angeles and becomes leader of the newly created and short-lived super team known as The Champions, consisting of her, Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), Hercules (with whom she has a brief romance), and former X-Men Angel and Iceman.
Powers and abilities
The Black Widow is a world class athlete, gymnast, acrobat, aerialist capable of numerous maneuvers and feats, expert martial artist, marksman, and weapons specialist as well as having extensive espionage training.
Her physical and mental abilities had been enhanced slightly beyond human limits.
The Black Widow has been enhanced by biotechnology which makes her body resistant to aging and disease and heals at an above human rate, as well as psychological conditioning.
Due to the Super-Soldier Serum, the white blood cells in her body are efficient to fight off any microbe, foreign body and others from her body, keeping her healthy and immune to most diseases and disorders.
Her agility is greater than any of the greatest Olympic gold medalist, she can coordinate her body with balance, flexibility, and dexterity easily.
She also has exceptional durability, strength, endurance, and stamina.
She can also displays an uncanny affinity for psychological manipulation and mask her real emotions perfectly.
Like Steve Rogers, she has the ability to quickly process multiple information streams (such as threat assessment) and rapidly respond to changing tactical situations.
Natasha is an expert tactician and also a very effective strategist, tactician, and field commander.
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