Back Viuda Negra (Yelena Belova) Spanish یلنا بلووا Persian Musta Leski (Yelena Belova) Finnish Yelena Belova Irish האלמנה השחורה (ילנה בלובה) HE Yelena Belova Italian ブラック・ウィドウ (ヤレナ・ベラーヴァ) Japanese Елена Белова Kazakh 블랙 위도우 (옐레나 벨로바) Korean Viúva Negra (Yelena Belova) Portuguese
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
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| Species | Human |
| Place of origin | Moscow, Russia |
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Yelena Belova (Russian: Еле́на Бело́ва) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is depicted as a spy and was the second modern-era character to use the Black Widow name. Created by Devin Grayson and J.G. Jones for Marvel Knights: Wave 2 Sketchbook #1 (January 1998), Belova made her first appearance in Inhumans vol. 2 #5 (January 1999) by Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee.[1] She was trained as a spy and assassin in the Red Room. Originally, Yelena was a foe of Natasha Romanova and was sent to kill her, but the two later became allies. She was also a member of S.H.I.E.L.D., Vanguard, and HYDRA; the latter organization changed her into a version of Super-Adaptoid. As Super-Adaptoid, she was one of the members of the High Council of A.I.M. After being freed from her Super-Adaptoid identity, Belova reverted to her old Black Widow identity before adopting the codename White Widow. She is the first confirmed asexual character in the Marvel Universe.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Florence Pugh portrays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Black Widow, the miniseries Hawkeye (both 2021), and the upcoming film Thunderbolts* (2025); Violet McGraw portrayed the character as a child in the former film.
- ^ Brevoort, Tom (May 22, 2014). "New Brevoort Formspring". Archived from the original on December 18, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
- ^ Black Widow: Pale Little Spider #1–3 (June–August 2003) Marvel Comics.
- ^ Benten, Emma (July 20, 2021). "Marvel: 10 Characters You Didn't Know Were LGBTQ+". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 2021-07-21. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ Morse, Ben. "Writer Devin Grayson on Natasha Romanoff, Yelena Belova, and the History of 'Black Widow'". Marvel Entertainment. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
- ^ Devin Grayson [@Gothamette] (December 14, 2021). "Many of you have been asking me about #YelenaBelova's sexuality recently. Here are my thoughts on the matter: https://buff.ly/3dNHIP2" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Grayson, Devin. "Yelena Belova's Sexuality". DevinGrayson.net. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ^ Gailey, Sarah (July 1, 2023). The assassin's out of the bag: I'm writing Yelena Belova, the White Widow, in her own series at Marvel!!. gaileyfrey. Retrieved July 1, 2023 – via Tumblr.
I love Yelena so much and I'm beyond excited to share her story with all of you. It's a wild honor to be trusted with the work of bringing the White Widow into her own world on her own terms. I can't wait to share what's in store [this November] – it's gonna be killer. – gailey #yelena belova #white widow #black widow #Sarah Gailey #comics #Alessandro Miracolo #David Marquez #marvel #the avengers #hawkeye #asexual #HERO is a strong word okay #i promise you she will have a blast tho #murdering whoever needs to get murdered
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