History
Early life[]
Elektra's father, a Greek diplomat, was killed by the assassin Bullseye, and she blamed the vigilante Daredevil for his death, although he tried to save him. Elektra trained herself in karate and held sai that she would use to kill Daredevil.
Daredevil[]
When she finally confronted the vigilante, she impaled him by his shoulder, but before she could kill him, she wanted to know who she would be actually killing. She unmasked him and was surprised to find Matt Murdock. Elektra had learned that it was Bullseye who murdered her father. Ironically, however, she confronted him, Bullseye beat her in battle: slitting half of her throat and impaling her in the stomach. When Bullseye left, she was able to say goodbye to Daredevil before dying in his arms.[1]
Ressurrection[]
After Elektra died, an old man named Stick resurrected her and trained her in martial arts in the Way of Kimagure (the ability to control time, the future and life and death), a benevolent dichotomy of The Hand. On expulsion from Stick's school, a life lesson for her heart of anger and hate, Elektra became an assassin for hire. She soon became acquainted with a single father and his daughter, Abby. She discovered the two were being hunted down by the Hand. Elektra, with the help of Stick and his assistants, protected Abby and her father.
Abby was then revealed to be a great warrior known as the Treasure: a powerful weapon that could tip the scales of the Hand's power. Elektra had a final showdown with the leader of the Hand. If Elektra won, Abby would go free; if the leader of the Hand won, then Abby would belong to the Hand. In the battle, Elektra was nearly beaten, then, realizing that the Hand leader was her mother's killer, Elektra fatally impaled him through the heart with one of her sai, and flipped him down a well where he was disintegrated. Elektra then resurrected Abby the same way Stick resurrected Elektra. She later left Mark, Abby, and Stick in order to go her own way with a newfound appreciation for her 2nd chance at life.[2]
The Void[]
Sometime after, she would come across the Time Variance Authority who would prune her and Daredevil, as they end up in the Void. Daredevil would later die protecting her. She later became part of the Resistance alongside the Human Torch, Laura, Blade, Gambit and several others to fight against the tyrannic ruler of the Void, Cassandra Nova, though only four survived. After encountering Deadpool and an alternate Wolverine, they faced off against Cassandra's henchmen until Alioth suddenly attacked. Nevertheless, she did manage to get to her home reality after that.[3]Attributes
Abilities
- Martial arts of the Way of Kimagure.
Weaknesses
Paraphernalia
Weapons
Notes
- Jennifer Garner portrayed Elektra in Daredevil, Elektra and Deadpool & Wolverine, while Laura Ward portrayed a young Elektra in Elektra.
- Garner would later marry Daredevil's actor, Ben Affleck, after filming Daredevil. They eventually divorced in 2018. Their divorce is referenced in Deadpool & Wolverine, where when Deadpool expresses condolences for Daredevil's death, she shrugs and says, "It's fine."
- Elektra is the first female Marvel super hero to receive a standalone feature film.
See Also
- 8 appearance(s) of Elektra Natchios (Earth-701306)
- 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Elektra Natchios (Earth-701306)
- 33 image(s) of Elektra Natchios (Earth-701306)
- 1 quotation(s) by or about Elektra Natchios (Earth-701306)
- 3 victim(s) killed by Elektra Natchios (Earth-701306)
Links and References
- Elektra on