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Black Widow is currently one of the most popular characters and loved by fans. This is due to his prominence in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with even a recent solo movie telling us more about his history.
Originally, the idea was for Black Widow to be a secondary villain to Iron Man, so… how did it go from being a B-series character to a related Avenger character? Where are you from? Stay tuned, as we’ll explain it to you.
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Created by Stan Lee, Don Rico, and Don Heck in 1964, Natalia Alyanovna Romanova made her comic debut. suspense stories #52, where she was a minor villain of Iron Man.
Contrary to what we see in the movies, the Black Widow was born into a Russian royal family in the late 1920s, orphaned after a Nazi attack and adopted by a Russian soldier named Ivan Petrovich. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Natasha was born in the mid-80s, and has nothing to do with the Russian kings or Ivan Petrovich.
In the comics, Ivan physically and mentally trained Natalia, and the results managed to attract the attention of the Russian government and many terrorist organizations. It all escalated until Natalia was kidnapped by the criminal organization known as La Mano, who brainwashed her into becoming the main killer.
Fortunately, she was saved by Evan Wolverine and Captain America. Later, Natalia decided to enter the Soviet military program Black Widow in the Red Room, to improve all her skills as an assassin and a spy.
If you have already seen Black WidowYou will know that Natasha joined the Soviet Black Widow program since she was a child and against her will.
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In the comics, this show is an evolution of the defunct Winter Soldier Project, where Bucky Barnes himself trained Natalya and had a relationship with her. During this period, Natalia was injected with a type of super soldier serum, which gives her rapid regeneration, a factor that explains why she does not age.
To understand why Natalia is a killing machine, she believes that, in addition to the super soldier serum, she trained for years with the KGB. According to the comics and the official Marvel Comics website, Natalia specializes in disciplines, such as judo, aikido, karate, savage, and boxing, as well as being a flawless acrobat.
Unlike in the comics, in the MCU, Natasha has no special abilities or superpowers, let alone injected with a variety of super soldier serum. In addition, the age of each version of the character is different: in the comics he is more than 80 years old, while in the films he is just over 30 years old.
Natalya graduates as a black widow to serve the KGB and begins her life as a spy. While working for the Soviet government, he met Alexei Shostakov, i.e. Red Guardian, the super-soldier of the Soviet Union, whom he married. In the last tape of Black WidowWe first see the Red Guardian, but instead of being Natasha’s love interest, he acts as the father figure.
Let’s continue Natalia’s story. The Russian government orders her to infiltrate American soil to assassinate Professor Anton Vanko (the villain Crimson Dynamo) for her defection, but is stopped by Tony Stark. Things didn’t stop there, and to take revenge on and defeat Iron Man, Natalya recruits a rookie archer named Clint Barton, better known as Hawk.
After being defeated by Iron Man, Natalia leaves Russia and falls in love with Clint, who soon joins The Avengers, along with the Maximoff twins.
In order to redeem herself, Natalya joins The Avengers in Avengers Number 111 from 1973 and later recruited into the US spy agency SHIELD
In the MCU, Natalya escapes from the Black Widow, joins SHIELD, and becomes Nick Fury’s right-hand man. After that, she became the founder of The Avengers.
In the comics, the original founders of The Avengers are Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Wasp, and Ant Man. As you can see, neither Black Widow nor the group leader, Captain America, are part of the first group of those. Personalities.
Over time, the character gained popularity among readers, and he went through various Marvel teams, such as the aforementioned Avengers, The Liberators, The Champions and Marvel Knights, where he met one of his greatest loves: Daredevil.
Thanks to this popularity, Marvel Studios decided to introduce Natasha Romanoff into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in iron man 2.
Another thing you should know is that the name Black Widow wasn’t exclusive to Natalia Romanova, since characters like Monica Chang, Nick Fury’s ex-wife in the Ultimate universe, and Jessica Drew, Spider-Woman, from the same universe, also carried the mantle of the Black Widow. The most important is the Yelena Belova we saw on the big screen played by Florence Pugh in the movie Black Widow As Natasha’s non-blood sister. She will likely take the initiative to become the new Black Widow in the MCU.
Yelena was never Natasha’s sister in the comics, but as one of the girls recruited into the Russian government’s Black Widow program; However, she surpassed and rivaled Natalia Romanova herself in skills. In the end, after Natalya dies at the hands of HYDRA, Yelena takes on the role of Black Widow to honor Romanova’s memory.
You know, in the comics, everyone who dies lives (except for Uncle Ben), so Natalia comes back to life and once again assumes the role of the Black Widow.
Now let’s see what happened at the end Black Widow With the movie’s post-credits scene and what it means for the future of the MCU.
Elena at the grave of Natasha, who sacrificed herself Avengers Endgame To get a soul gem. At that moment, Contessa Valentina Allegra Lafontaine, who we saw in the series, arrives Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
In the comics, this character was an agent, a spy on SHIELD, and even a love interest for Nick Fury. Although she also worked with criminal organizations such as Russia’s terrorist agency HYDRA, where she was known as Madame Hydra or Leviathan.
In the little we’ve seen about this character in the MCU, he seems to be interested in certain subjects with exceptional abilities, such as Yelena herself or John Walker, an American agent. Perhaps this is due to his desire to unite a group that takes on The Avengers, and this suggests that we will see a possible lineup of Thunderbolts, which are basically similar to Marvel’s Suicide Squad or the Dark Avengers in the MCU.
The post-credit scene lets us glimpse that Jelena is working for Valentina, who tells her that her next target to be eliminated is nothing more and less than Clint Barton, Hawk. The reason is that he caused the death of Natasha.
This may be resolved in the next series of hook for Disney+. Clint and Yelena might meet, but they can also bond once Yelena learns the truth about Natasha’s death.
The appearance of the character of Yelena in the series hook, but it wouldn’t be unreasonable to see it. Everything seems to indicate that Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios are looking for Yelena to cover the new role of Black Widow for future installments of Avengers Or even individual projects. Only time will prove it.
perfect! This is all you need to know and remember regarding Black Widow, both with the character and in the movie. This film certainly gave an honorary affinity to the character, and opened completely new and promising horizons for Elena Belova.
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