The Black Widow, Natasha Romanova, was a Russian who started out as an orphaned child but grew up to be an “Avenger”. She caught the attention of the Soviet Intelligence team and soon began training to be a Black Widow. When a Russian Scientist left Russia to work with Iron Man, the soviets sent Natasha and another man to kill both men. This man and the scientist died in the battle but Natasha survived. She flirted with Iron Man, Tony Stark, so she could steal his experiment. After several attacks on Iron Man and Spider Man that failed she returned to Russia. With the influence of outlaw archer, Hawkeye, she rebelled against her superiors and broke all ties. She returned to America and did some freelance work along with assisting the Avengers with some missions.
Throughout her journeys Natasha fell in love or used her beauty to sway a man to follow her into battle. She romanced Hawkeye but then broke it off to go out on her own. She romanced Daredevil and soon became a crime fighting couple. They almost died in a battle against Damon Dran but were saved by Danny French. After that she officially became a member of the Avengers team.
Natasha was called to adventure by the Soviets, and other heros once she was in America. She refused the call when she became depressed after thought the Red Guardian was dead. She met with several people that helped her with her adventures and battles. After fighting many terrorist along side Daredevil she found herself as an equal with the X-Men. Her journeys had many tests and she encountered many enemies but with the help of her allies she was never killed or captured.
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I really enjoyed your post. I like how you delved into the comic lore of Black Widow and not strictly the MCU movies. I tend to forget that there are so many characters that have been in and out of each others story lines in the comics and not just the movies that we see from Marvel Studios. We were given just a taste of Natasha’s backstory from Age of Ultron and an even smaller taste in the first Avenger’s movie. (We remember Budapest very differently.) I wonder what your thoughts are of her wanting normalcy from a comic standpoint. I thought from a movie perspective it was great. I always wondered from Natasha’s upping her status point of view did she ever get there? Did she get what she wanted or can she never attain this? I think it is due from her upbringing as a hardcore killer as a child she never had the chance to want anything, it was just just business as usual.
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I feel like her true call to adventure was joining the avengers. The soviets I think made were her ordinary life, since being a crazy assassin was the daily norm for her. Her true call came when she was able to use her skills to benefit humanity, rather than plague it. I’d like to see her story more developed. Hopefully soon! Good post!
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