she’s gone from Russian superspy to a
freelance member of shield welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring the comic book origin of Black
Widow as with most comic book characters
there are often reimagine ations and
different versions to a character’s past
we have chosen to primarily follow the
storyline which unfolded in tales of
suspense and was expanded on in the
Avengers and the amazing spider-man born
in Russia Natasha Romanova was orphaned
as the result of Nazis setting her
family’s home on fire thrown to a
Russian soldier he raised her as his own
daughter
Natasha’s abilities as an athlete and a
scholar were recognized by the Soviet
Union where she was drafted into the KGB
as a special operative over time she
became their best recruit and was dubbed
the Black Widow on her first field
assignment she was asked to assist with
the assassination of professor Anton
Vanko who had defected to Stark
Industries in America foiled by iron man
her employers gave her a costume and
high-tech gadgets that enabled her to
scale walls and grapple across buildings
further tipping the scale in her favor
she enlisted the services of a novice
costumed adventurer named Hawkeye
charming him into becoming a pawn of the
Russians the duel repeatedly clashed
with iron however during one battle
Black Widow sustained a major injury and
was carried off to safety by Hawkeye
finally returning romantic feelings
toward the archer she began to
experience a diminishing sense of
loyalty to her country as a result
Russian operatives were tasked with her
assassination failing to eliminate her
they were instructed to capture and
brainwasher in order to return her to
loyal servitude succeeding Black Widow
was instructed to face off against the
Avengers a team of superheroes that
Hawkeye had recently joined in order to
clear his name
eventually shaking off the effects of
the mind-control Natasha made amends
with the group by helping them tackle
enemy organizations having proven
herself a friend and defecting to the
United States she made her bid to join
the Avengers in the process she became
the team’s 16th member however when Nick
Fury asked her to spy on her former
employers on the behalf of shield he
decided to withdraw her membership and
break off her complicated
relationship with Hawkeye despite this
decision she would occasionally rejoin
forces with the organization all while
taking on a solo career personally
designing a sleek new black costume she
incorporated bracelets that could fire
electric Widow bikes as a freelance
agent that frequently worked for shield
Natasha Romanova has spent her career
working for both the good and the bad
sides of the Marvel Universe recently
she made her film appearance in Iron Man
2 as Natasha Romanov a characterization
based off of her modern Ultimate
Avengers persona
freelance member of shield welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring the comic book origin of Black
Widow as with most comic book characters
there are often reimagine ations and
different versions to a character’s past
we have chosen to primarily follow the
storyline which unfolded in tales of
suspense and was expanded on in the
Avengers and the amazing spider-man born
in Russia Natasha Romanova was orphaned
as the result of Nazis setting her
family’s home on fire thrown to a
Russian soldier he raised her as his own
daughter
Natasha’s abilities as an athlete and a
scholar were recognized by the Soviet
Union where she was drafted into the KGB
as a special operative over time she
became their best recruit and was dubbed
the Black Widow on her first field
assignment she was asked to assist with
the assassination of professor Anton
Vanko who had defected to Stark
Industries in America foiled by iron man
her employers gave her a costume and
high-tech gadgets that enabled her to
scale walls and grapple across buildings
further tipping the scale in her favor
she enlisted the services of a novice
costumed adventurer named Hawkeye
charming him into becoming a pawn of the
Russians the duel repeatedly clashed
with iron however during one battle
Black Widow sustained a major injury and
was carried off to safety by Hawkeye
finally returning romantic feelings
toward the archer she began to
experience a diminishing sense of
loyalty to her country as a result
Russian operatives were tasked with her
assassination failing to eliminate her
they were instructed to capture and
brainwasher in order to return her to
loyal servitude succeeding Black Widow
was instructed to face off against the
Avengers a team of superheroes that
Hawkeye had recently joined in order to
clear his name
eventually shaking off the effects of
the mind-control Natasha made amends
with the group by helping them tackle
enemy organizations having proven
herself a friend and defecting to the
United States she made her bid to join
the Avengers in the process she became
the team’s 16th member however when Nick
Fury asked her to spy on her former
employers on the behalf of shield he
decided to withdraw her membership and
break off her complicated
relationship with Hawkeye despite this
decision she would occasionally rejoin
forces with the organization all while
taking on a solo career personally
designing a sleek new black costume she
incorporated bracelets that could fire
electric Widow bikes as a freelance
agent that frequently worked for shield
Natasha Romanova has spent her career
working for both the good and the bad
sides of the Marvel Universe recently
she made her film appearance in Iron Man
2 as Natasha Romanov a characterization
based off of her modern Ultimate
Avengers persona
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