The Women of Marvel Comics Part 3: Black Widow

August 17, 2010
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Soviet-spy, Natasha Romanoff, first appeared with Iron Man in Tales of Suspense #52 (April 1964), although her trademark skintight black costume didn’t appear until The Amazing Spider-Man #86 (July 1970). She’s had several solo adventures and team-ups over the years and she’s even been a member of The Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D., and The Champions. Her most famous collaboration has been with Daredevil beginning with Daredevil (vol. 1) #81. More recently Black Widow has become a member of Steve Rogers black-ops wing of the Avengers, dubbed the Secret Avengers.

Let’s take a look at some of her collected editions:

  • Marvel Premiere Classic: Black Widow: The Sting Of The Widow (Variant Volume 28) Collects Tales Of Suspense #52 (1964), Amazing Spider-Man #86 (1970), Amazing Adventures #1-8 (1970) and Daredevil #81 (1971)
  • Marvel Premiere Classic: Black Widow: Web Of Intrigue (Variant Volume 40) Collects Marvel Fanfare (1983) #10-13; Bizarre Adventures #25 and Black Widow: The Coldest War GN
  • Black Widow Deadly Origin and Black Widow Things They Say About Her Guest-starring the Winter Soldier, Wolverine , Nick Fury and Daredevil.
  • Black Widow TP Collecting both mega-popular Marvel Knights limited series in one volume.
  • Black Widow And Marvel Girls The world’s most efficient spy teams up with Storm, She-Hulk, Enchantress, and Spider-Woman in four all new, all-ages adventures.

She was portrayed by Scarlett Johansson in the 2010 film Iron Man 2 and will also be in The Avengers come 2012.

Related posts:

  1. The Women of Marvel Comics Part 1
  2. The Women of Marvel Comics Part 2: Invisible Woman
  3. Real Power Part 6: Black Canary
  4. CCL Podcast #256 – Steve Ditko Part 1 – Marvel Comics 1956-1966
  5. Real Power Part 11: Harley Quinn

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