Black Widow (Natalia Romanova, also known as Natasha Romanoff) is a fictional character, a secret agent in the Marvel Comics Universe. She was created by writers Stan Lee and Don Rico and artist Don Heck, and first appeared in Tales of Suspense #52 (April 1964). Black Widow will be featured in the upcoming 2010 Iron Man sequel, Iron Man 2, where she will be played by Scarlett Johansson.

The Black Widow's first appearances were as a recurring, non-costumed, Soviet-spy antagonist in the Tales of Suspense feature Iron Man, recruiting a besotted Hawkeye to her cause. Her government later supplied her with her first Black Widow costume and high-tech weaponry, but she eventually defected to the United States after appearing, temporarily brainwashed against the U.S., in the superhero-team series The Avengers #29 (July 1966). The Widow later became a recurring ally of the team before officially becoming its sixteenth member.

The Black Widow appeared for the first time in her trademark skintight black costume in The Amazing Spider-Man #86 (July 1970). In short order, she starred in her own series in Amazing Adventures #1-8 (August 1970 September 1971), sharing that split book with the feature Inhumans. Immediately after her initial solo feature ended, the Black Widow co-starred in Daredevil #81–124 (November 1971–August 1975) and then in the super-team series The Champions, which ran 17 issues (October 1975–January 1978).

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