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Real
name: Natalia Alianovna Romanova
("Natasha" is the informal version of the name "Natalia,"
and is used by her close associates. Sometimes she has chosen to
Anglicize her last name as "Romanoff." She has dropped
her married name of "Shostakova.")
Place of birth:
Stalingrad, former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Height:
5' 7"
Weight: 125 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Red-auburn (formerly dyed
black)
Marital status:
Widowed
Known
relatives: Alexi Shostakov (alias Red Guardian I, husband,
deceased) |
| Identity:
Publicly known
Occupation:
Adventurer, intelligence agent, former ballerina
Legal status: Former citizen of the
USSR who defected to the United States; she now lives in the
United States under an extended visa authorized by S.H.I.E.L.D.;
she has a criminal record in the United States for her espionage
activities for other nations, but was granted amnesty through
S.H.I.E.L.D.'s intervention.
Group
affiliation: Avengers reservist, frequent freelance agent
of S.H.I.E.L.D., former partner of Daredevil, former member of the
Champions of Los Angeles
Base of operations: Mobile, but she
maintains a home in New York City
First appearance: TALES OF SUSPENSE
#52
Origin: AVENGERS #44, DAREDEVIL #88
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Strength
level: The Black Widow possesses the normal human strength
of a woman of her age, height, and build who engages in intensive
regular exercise.
Known superhuman powers: None
Abilities: The Black Widow is an
Olympic level athlete and gymnast, and a master of several martial
arts, including karate, judo, akido, savate, and boxing. The Black
Widow has had extensive training and experience in a great variety
of espionage skills, and is considered to be one of the world's
most effective and potentially dangerous secret agents.
Weapons: The Black Widow's uniform is
equipped with microscopic suction cups on the portions covering
her fingers and feet, activated by an electro-static charge,
enabling her to stick to walls and ceilings made of standard
building materials.
The cartridges of her wrist-bracelets contain a spring-loaded
cable capable of shooting a hooked wire a hundred feet. Called her
"widow's line," the cable is primarily used for swinging
from building to building. The wrist-cartridges also carry a small
device capable of emitting a high frequency electrostatic charge
of 30,000 volts a maximum distance of ten feet. This
electro-blast, called her "widow's bite," is sufficient
to stun a man at twenty feet. Other cartridges in her
wrist-bracelets contain tear gas pellets and a radio transmitter.
She also sometimes wears a belt of metallic disc-cartridges. Each
of these contains a plastic explosive equivalent to four pounds of
TNT. |
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