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| Image = Black Widow Pale Little Spider Vol 1 1 Textless.jpg
  
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| RealName = [[Yelena Belova]]
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| RealName = Yelena Belova
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| CurrentAlias = [[Black Widow]]
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| Aliases = [[Super-Adaptoid]],{{r|New Avengers Annual #1}} Pale Little Spider,{{r|Black Widow: Pale Little Spider Vol 1 1}} Little Pale Spider,{{r|Black Widow: Pale Little Spider Vol 1 1}} Spider,{{r|Black Widow: Pale Little Spider Vol 1 1}} [[Little Spider]],{{R|Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook Vol 1 1}}[[Rooskaya]],{{r|Black Widow Vol 1 1}} Captain Yelena Belova,{{r|Black Widow: Pale Little Spider Vol 1 1}} Minister of State
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| CurrentAlias = Black Widow
  
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| Aliases = [[Super-Adaptoid]],{{r|New Avengers Annual #1}} Little Spider,{{citation}} Rooskaya,{{citation}} Minister of State
  
 
| Identity = Known to Authorities
  
| Identity = Known to Authorities
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| Affiliation = {{m|Advanced Idea Mechanics (Earth-616)|A.I.M.}}; formerly {{M|Lady Liberators}}, {{M|Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Earth-616)|KGB}}, {{M|Black Widow Ops Program}}, {{M|Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)|S.H.I.E.L.D.}}, {{M|Hydra}}, {{M|Vanguard (Black Ops) (Earth-616)|Vanguard}}
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| Affiliation = {{m|Advanced Idea Mechanics (Earth-616)|A.I.M.}}; formerly {{M|Lady Liberators (Earth-616)|Lady Liberators}}, {{M|Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Earth-616)|KGB}}, {{M|Black Widow Ops Program (Earth-616)|Black Widow Ops Program}}, {{M|Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)|S.H.I.E.L.D.}}, {{M|Hydra (Earth-616)|Hydra}}, {{M|Vanguard (Black Ops) (Earth-616)|Vanguard}}, (Glavnoye Razvedovatel'noye Upravienie) G.R.U.
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| Relatives = Unnamed mother and father in [[Kiev]];<br>Olga (aunt){{r|Black Widow Vol 2 #1}}
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| Relatives = Unnamed mother;<br>Olga (aunt){{r|Black Widow Vol 2 #1}}
 
| Universe = Earth-616
  
| Universe = Earth-616
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| BaseOfOperations = [[Red Room]], [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
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| BaseOfOperations = [[Red Room Academy]], [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
   
 
| Gender = Female
  
| Gender = Female
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| Weight = 135 lbs
  
| Weight = 135 lbs
 
| Eyes = Blue
  
| Eyes = Blue
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| Eyes2 = (no visible iris or pupil as Super-Adaptoid)
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| Eyes2 = ; [[:Category:No visible Irises or Pupils|no visible irises or pupils]][[Category:No visible Irises or Pupils]] (as Super-Adaptoid)
 
| Hair = Blonde
  
| Hair = Blonde
 
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| CharRef = {{c|Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook #1}}
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| CharRef = {{c|Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook Vol 1 1}}
   
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| Citizenship = Ukrainian
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| Citizenship = Russian{{r|Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook Vol 1 1}}
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| Citizenship2 = Soviet (formerly)
  
 
| MaritalStatus = Single
 
| MaritalStatus = Single
 
| Occupation = Warrior; former espionage agent, lingerie model, entertainment entrepreneur, social activist, captain in the GRU (Glavnoye Razvedovatel'noye Upravienie/Main Intelligence Administration)
  
| Occupation = Warrior; former espionage agent, lingerie model, entertainment entrepreneur, social activist, captain in the GRU (Glavnoye Razvedovatel'noye Upravienie/Main Intelligence Administration)
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| Origin = [[Homo sapiens|Human]] trained by the Red Room
  
| Origin = [[Homo sapiens|Human]] trained by the Red Room
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| PlaceOfBirth = [[Kiev]] (presumed), [[Ukraine]]
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| PlaceOfBirth = [[Russia]]{{r|Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook Vol 1 1}}
 
| Creators = Devin Grayson; J.G. Jones
  
| Creators = Devin Grayson; J.G. Jones
 
| First = Inhumans Vol 2 5
  
| First = Inhumans Vol 2 5
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| Death = Tales of Suspense Vol 1 102
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| Death = Tales of Suspense Vol 1 103
   
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| Quotation = The '''Red Room''' wants me '''dead'''? You '''won't''' be the one to '''do''' it! Not '''you'''! Not '''ever'''!
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| Quotation = The '''[[Black Widow Ops Program (Earth-616)|Red Room]]''' wants me '''dead'''? You '''won't''' be the one to '''do''' it! Not '''you'''! Not '''ever'''!
 
| Speaker = [[Yelena Belova (Earth-616)|Yelena Belova]]
  
| Speaker = [[Yelena Belova (Earth-616)|Yelena Belova]]
 
| QuoteSource = Black Widow Vol 2 1
  
| QuoteSource = Black Widow Vol 2 1
   
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| HistoryText = When the United States and Russian governments sent [[Natalia Romanova (Earth-616)|Natasha Romanova]] after the Deathless Frenzy, [[Yuri Stalyenko (Earth-616)|Yuri Stalyenko]] sent Yelena from the [[Red Room]], at her own insistence, to shadow Natasha to ensure that the serum ended up in Russian hands. After being fooled into thinking Natasha was dead, Yelena headed to Rhapastan to stop General Khan and the Deathless Frenzy. She failed and was captured. It was only through the efforts of Natasha Romanova that Khan's plans failed, although Yelena learned some important lessons from her failing.{{r|Black Widow #1|3}}
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| HistoryText = She was trained in the [[Red Room Academy]], where she claimed her physical test scores exceeded those of her rival [[Natalia Romanova (Earth-616)|Black Widow]],{{r|Black Widow Vol 1 1}} but unlike those who were a part of the [[Black Widow Ops Program (Earth-616)|Black Widow Ops Program]] she underwent only physical training{{r|Black Widow Vol 3 5}}. One of her first known missions was delivering a device which would lower the barriers surrounding [[Attilan]] to aid in invasion.{{r|Inhumans Vol 2 5}}When the [[United States of America|United States]] and Russian governments sent Natasha Romanova after the [[Deathless Frenzy Serum|Deathless Frenzy]], [[Yuri Stalyenko (Earth-616)|Yuri Stalyenko]] sent Yelena from the Red Room, at her own insistence, to shadow Natasha to ensure that the serum ended up in Russian hands. After being fooled into thinking Natasha was dead, Yelena headed to [[Rhapastan]] to stop [[Colonel Khan (Earth-616)|Colonel Khan]] and the Deathless Frenzy. She failed and was captured. It was only through the efforts of Natasha Romanova that Khan's plans failed, although Yelena learned some important lessons from her failing.{{r|Black Widow Vol 1 1|3}}
   
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Shortly after, Yelena was used by Natasha in her plans to find out what General Stalyenko was up to. Yelena was captured from her home by [[Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)|S.H.I.E.L.D.]] agents. Natasha, [[Nicholas Fury (Earth-616)|Fury]], and a reluctant [[Matthew Murdock (Earth-616)|Daredevil]] had her face surgically swapped with Natasha's. Wandering New York in shock Yelena nearly lost her mind. After the whole affair was over Natasha revealed that she had done this to try and help Yelena see that spies were not heroes, but tools who get used for nasty business. Yelena felt violated.{{r|Black Widow Vol 2 #1|3}}
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Shortly after, Yelena was used by Natasha in her plans to find out what General Stalyenko was up to. Yelena was captured from her home by [[Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)|S.H.I.E.L.D.]] agents. Natasha, [[Nicholas Fury (Earth-616)|Fury]], and a reluctant [[Matthew Murdock (Earth-616)|Daredevil]] had her face surgically swapped with Natasha's. Wandering [[New York City|New York]] in shock Yelena nearly lost her mind. After the whole affair was over Natasha revealed that she had done this to try and help Yelena see that spies were not heroes, but tools who get used for nasty business. Yelena felt violated and compared it to a rape of her identity.{{r|Black Widow Vol 2 1|3}}
   
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Sometime after 'solving' the murder of her mentor [[Pyotr Vasilievich Starkovsky (Earth-616)|Lt. Col. Starkovsky]]{{r|Black Widow: Pale Little Spider Vol 1 3}} Yelena left the life of a spy behind her for a short time and began a lingerie model, she also owned a lingerie empire that turned over half a million dollars a month, a couple softcore porn channels in [[Moscow]] and homes in six different countries including [[Havana]] where she helped keep female sex workers safe and distributed medicine to those affected by A.I.D.S. In return for a place to stay, Yelena asked Natasha for help in exporting stolen medical supplies from [[Miami]]. To Natashas surprise, she found the medical supplies to be from [[Gynacon (Earth-616)|Gynacon]] and that the woman [[Sally Anne Carter (Earth-616)|Sally Anne Carter]] was actually taken by the mafia.{{r|Black Widow 2 Vol 1 1|2}} [[Kestrel (Earth-616)|Kestrel]] and [[Martin Ferris (Earth-616)|Martin Ferris]] captured Natasha in Miami and attempted to alter her mind using drugs to find out what she knew. Yelena with the help of Daredevil rescued Natasha, who then tracked and killed Kestrel and Ferris. In all the madness, Natasha learned that Sally Anne had been experimented on by Gynacon but had escaped.{{r|Black Widow 2 Vol 1 5|6}}
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The [[New Avengers (Earth-616)|Avengers]] were confronted by Yelena and a rogue S.H.I.E.L.D. battalion illegally mining [[vibranium]] in the [[Savage Land]]. They attacked the Avengers in order to kill them but an intervening [[Karl Lykos (Earth-616)|Sauron]] burned Yelena's upper body severely. Once in ICU she was offered a way to take revenge for what happened to her and eventually kill [[Jessica Drew (Earth-616)|Spider-Woman]] in the process.{{r|New Avengers #6}} A mysterious man approached her with [[AIM]] scientists in tow, promising to make her more powerful than before, even more powerful than the Avengers, which would make her the new Adaptoid.
  
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The [[New Avengers (Earth-616)|Avengers]] were confronted by Yelena and a rogue S.H.I.E.L.D. battalion illegally mining [[Vibranium]] in the [[Savage Land]]. They attacked the Avengers in order to kill them but an intervening [[Karl Lykos (Earth-616)|Sauron]] burned Yelena's upper body severely. Once in ICU she was offered a way to take revenge for what happened to her and eventually kill [[Jessica Drew (Earth-616)|Spider-Woman]] in the process.{{r|New Avengers #6}} A mysterious man approached her with [[Advanced Idea Mechanics (Earth-616)|A.I.M.]] scientists in tow, promising to make her more powerful than before, even more powerful than the Avengers, which would make her the new Adaptoid.
   
 
[[File:Black Widow Vol 2 3 Textless.jpg|thumb|left|Face swap]]
  
[[File:Black Widow Vol 2 3 Textless.jpg|thumb|left|Face swap]]
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Months later, just prior to the wedding of [[Luke Cage (Earth-616)|Luke Cage]] and [[Jessica Jones (Earth-616)|Jessica Jones]]{{r|New Avengers Annual #1}} Yelena attacked the Avengers in their tower. The nature of the Adaptoid's powers made her unconquerable by her new ability to host every power she'd been attacked with. Although strengthening herself by taking in the [[Robert Reynolds (Earth-616)|Sentry]]'s powers, she weakened herself by also taking in the [[Void (Dark Sentry) (Earth-616)|Void]]'s. When the mysterious man behind this scheme saw that Yelena wouldn't be able to kill Spider-Woman, thus becoming disposable, he pushed the remote fail-safe button and seemingly killed her.{{r|New Avengers Annual #1}}
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Months later, just prior to the wedding of [[Luke Cage (Earth-616)|Luke Cage]] and [[Jessica Jones (Earth-616)|Jessica Jones]], Yelena attacked the Avengers in their tower. The nature of the Adaptoid's powers made her unconquerable by her new ability to host every power she had been attacked with. Although strengthening herself by taking in the [[Robert Reynolds (Earth-616)|Sentry]]'s powers, she weakened herself by also taking in the [[Void (Dark Sentry) (Earth-616)|Void]]'s. When the mysterious man behind this scheme saw that Yelena wouldn't be able to kill Spider-Woman, thus becoming disposable, he pushed the remote fail-safe button and seemingly killed her.{{r|New Avengers Annual Vol 1 1}}
   
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Yelena later turned up alive and was working with the superhero black-ops team [[Vanguard (Black Ops) (Earth-616)|Vanguard]], but was again forced into hiding when the team disbanded.{{r|Marvel Comics Presents Vol 2 12}} After the [[Secret Invasion|Skrull Invasion]], Norman Osborn approached Yelena when she was stealing from an abandoned S.H.I.E.L.D. facility. However, this Yelena turned out to be Natasha, the original Black Widow in disguise under Nick Fury's order to infiltrate the Thunderbolts. However, Osborn had in fact known all along who she was and used her to strengthen the bonds of his Thunderbolts, and lead him to Fury and Songbird to be executed.
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Yelena later turned up alive and was working with the superhero black-ops team [[Vanguard (Black Ops) (Earth-616)|Vanguard]], but was again forced into hiding when the team disbanded.{{r|Marvel Comics Presents Vol 2 12}} After the [[Secret Invasion|Skrull Invasion]], [[Norman Osborn (Earth-616)|Norman Osborn]] approached Yelena when she was stealing from an abandoned S.H.I.E.L.D. facility. However, this Yelena turned out to be Natasha, the original Black Widow in disguise under Nick Fury's order to infiltrate the [[Thunderbolts (Earth-616)|Thunderbolts]]. However, Osborn had in fact known all along who she was and used her to strengthen the bonds of his Thunderbolts, and lead him to Fury and [[Melissa Gold (Earth-616)|Songbird]] to be executed.{{r|Thunderbolts Vol 1 133|136}}
   
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After Natasha and Songbird managed to escape, while Fury was revealed to be a LMD, Osborn decided to awake the real Yelena, who had been kept in stasis within the Avengers Tower. She was later recovered by [[Advanced Idea Mechanics (Earth-616)|A.I.M.]], who invited her to join their High Council as the Minister of State in their newly formed country in [[Barbuda]].{{r|Secret Avengers Vol 2 2}}
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After Natasha and Songbird managed to escape, while Fury was revealed to be a [[Life-Model Decoy|LMD]], Osborn decided to awake the real Yelena, who had been kept in stasis within the [[Avengers Tower]]. She was later recovered by A.I.M., who invited her to join their High Council as the Minister of State in their newly formed country of [[Barbuda]].{{r|Secret Avengers Vol 2 2}}
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During a rescue mission in which the [[Secret Avengers (S.H.I.E.L.D.) (Earth-616)|Secret Avengers]] tried to rescue [[Barbara Morse (Earth-616)|Mockingbird]] from [[Barbuda|A.I.M. Island]], Yelena intercepted and fought the escaping Mockingbird. During the fight, the two of them fell behind a metal gate. Upon emerging, Mockingbird was shot by an A.I.M. operative. The Secret Avengers took her body and escaped in a submarine, only to discover the deceased Mockingbird was actually Yelena, whose belt contained a holo-camouflage device the actual Mockingbird snuck into during the fight.{{r|Secret Avengers Vol 2 15}}
  
   
 
[[File:Yelena Belova (Earth-616) from Secret Avengers Vol 2 5 001.jpg|200px|right|thumb]]
  
[[File:Yelena Belova (Earth-616) from Secret Avengers Vol 2 5 001.jpg|200px|right|thumb]]
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During a rescue mission in which the [[Secret Avengers (S.H.I.E.L.D.) (Earth-616)|Secret Avengers]] tried to rescue [[Barbara Morse (Earth-616)|Mockingbird]] from [[A.I.M. Island]], Yelena intercepted and fought the escaping Mockingbird. During the fight, the two of them fell behind a metal gate. Upon emerging, Mockingbird was shot by an A.I.M. operative. The Secret Avengers took her body and escaped in a submarine, only to discover the deceased Mockingbird was actually Yelena, whose belt contained a holo-camouflage device the actual Mockingbird sneaked into during the fight.{{r|Secret Avengers Vol 2 15}}
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When [[Clinton Barton (Earth-616)|Hawkeye]] and the [[James Buchanan Barnes (Earth-616)|Winter Soldier]] were investigating a series of murders carried out in an identical way to the MO of the now-deceased Natalia Romanoff, they contacted former S.H.I.E.L.D. [[Sally Blevins (Earth-616)|Agent Blevins]] for intel and she directed them towards a former Hydra operative that had increased the security of his residence. While impersonating Romanoff, Yelena bombed Sally's car shortly after she left the meet-up. Yelena then attacked the residence of the Hydra operative Blevins had taked about, but was subdued by Hawkeye and Bucky, in the process revealing her disguise.{{r|Tales of Suspense Vol 1 101}} While forcing Yelena to take them back to her hideout to investigate it, Clint and Bucky noticed Yelena had no memories of them despite knowing both of them. After letting her go, Bucky and Clint followed her into a subway, where she was shot in the head by an unrevealed assailant.{{r|Tales of Suspense Vol 1 102}}
  
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Several clones of Yelena were in the process of being grown by the reformed Red Room as part of a plan to bring back their best agents to their fold in case they died. When a [[Natalia Romanova (Red Room Clone) (Earth-616)|clone]] of the deceased Natasha Romanoff found out about this program and her own origin as a clone, she started working against her superiors. She used [[Yelena Belova (Clone 2) (Earth-616)|an amnesiac clone]] of Yelena to fake the death of one of her targets, ex-S.H.I.E.L.D. agent [[Sally Blevins (Earth-616)|Sally Blevins]]. After being sighted at the scene by [[Clinton Barton (Earth-616)|Hawkeye]] and the [[James Buchanan Barnes (Earth-616)|Winter Soldier]], Natasha had [[Yelena Belova (Clone 1) (Earth-616)|another clone of Yelena]] impersonate her to throw them off. The Winter Soldier let this clone go, after capturing her, but failing to get any information from her, and Natasha killed her when they met up.{{r|Tales of Suspense Vol 1 103}} The real Yelena had been killed by Natasha so her clone could impersonate her.{{r|{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AshcanPress/status/989363114297692160|title=We don't say it on panel but...|work=Twitter|first=Matthew|last=Rosenberg|date=25 April 2018|accessdate=28 April 2018}}}}
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| body = '''[[Power Mimicry]]''': As the Super-Adaptoid, Yelena could copy the powers and abilities of anyone around her. She quickly copied the powers of everyone in the [[New Avengers (Earth-616)|New Avengers]] ([[Steven Rogers (Earth-616)|Captain America]], [[Anthony Stark (Earth-616)|Iron Man]], [[Peter Parker (Earth-616)|Spider-Man]], [[Luke Cage (Earth-616)|Luke Cage]], [[Spider-Woman]] (Skrull queen [[Veranke (Earth-616)|Veranke]] in disguise), [[James Howlett (Earth-616)|Wolverine]], and [[Robert Reynolds (Earth-616)|Sentry]]) and [[Carol Danvers (Earth-616)|Ms. Marvel]].{{r|New Avengers Annual Vol 1 1}}
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| Abilities = Yelena is extensively trained in espionage and various forms of armed and unarmed combat, being a master martial artist. She is highly intelligent and is an Olympic level gymnast.{{r|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Vol 4 9}}
  
| Abilities = Yelena is extensively trained in espionage and various forms of armed and unarmed combat, being a master martial artist. She is highly intelligent and is an Olympic level gymnast.{{r|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Vol 4 9}}
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| Strength = The Black Widow possesses the normal human strength of a woman of her age, height, and build who engages in intensive regular exercise.
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| Strength = The Black Widow possesses the normal human strength of a woman of her age, height, and build who engages in intensive regular exercise.{{r|Black Widow Vol 1 1}}
 
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| Equipment = Yelena wears a Kevlar costume and uses bracelets which release electric blasts (her Widow's bite). It is unknown whether they can also launch a cable similar to Romanoff's.{{r|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Vol 4 9}}
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| Equipment = Yelena wears a Kevlar costume and uses bracelets which release electric blasts (her Widow's bite). It is unknown whether they can also launch a cable similar to Romanoff's.{{r|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Vol 4 9}}
 
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| Weapons = * Wrist cartridges contain various tools of the spy trade:
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| Notes = Yelena was a freelance S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Level Five.{{r|New Avengers #6}}
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| Notes = * Yelena was a freelance S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Level Five for a time.{{r|New Avengers Vol 1 6}}
 
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Quote1 The Red Room wants me dead? You won't be the one to do it! Not you! Not ever! Quote2
—Yelena Belova[src]

History

She was trained in the Red Room Academy, where she claimed her physical test scores exceeded those of her rival Black Widow,[4] but unlike those who were a part of the Black Widow Ops Program she underwent only physical training[6]. One of her first known missions was delivering a device which would lower the barriers surrounding Attilan to aid in invasion.[7]When the United States and Russian governments sent Natasha Romanova after the Deathless Frenzy, Yuri Stalyenko sent Yelena from the Red Room, at her own insistence, to shadow Natasha to ensure that the serum ended up in Russian hands. After being fooled into thinking Natasha was dead, Yelena headed to Rhapastan to stop Colonel Khan and the Deathless Frenzy. She failed and was captured. It was only through the efforts of Natasha Romanova that Khan's plans failed, although Yelena learned some important lessons from her failing.[8]

Shortly after, Yelena was used by Natasha in her plans to find out what General Stalyenko was up to. Yelena was captured from her home by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. Natasha, Fury, and a reluctant Daredevil had her face surgically swapped with Natasha's. Wandering New York in shock Yelena nearly lost her mind. After the whole affair was over Natasha revealed that she had done this to try and help Yelena see that spies were not heroes, but tools who get used for nasty business. Yelena felt violated and compared it to a rape of her identity.[9]

Sometime after 'solving' the murder of her mentor Lt. Col. Starkovsky[10] Yelena left the life of a spy behind her for a short time and began a lingerie model, she also owned a lingerie empire that turned over half a million dollars a month, a couple softcore porn channels in Moscow and homes in six different countries including Havana where she helped keep female sex workers safe and distributed medicine to those affected by A.I.D.S. In return for a place to stay, Yelena asked Natasha for help in exporting stolen medical supplies from Miami. To Natashas surprise, she found the medical supplies to be from Gynacon and that the woman Sally Anne Carter was actually taken by the mafia.[11] Kestrel and Martin Ferris captured Natasha in Miami and attempted to alter her mind using drugs to find out what she knew. Yelena with the help of Daredevil rescued Natasha, who then tracked and killed Kestrel and Ferris. In all the madness, Natasha learned that Sally Anne had been experimented on by Gynacon but had escaped.[12] .[12]

The Avengers were confronted by Yelena and a rogue S.H.I.E.L.D. battalion illegally mining Vibranium in the Savage Land. They attacked the Avengers in order to kill them but an intervening Sauron burned Yelena's upper body severely. Once in ICU she was offered a way to take revenge for what happened to her and eventually kill Spider-Woman in the process.[13] A mysterious man approached her with A.I.M. scientists in tow, promising to make her more powerful than before, even more powerful than the Avengers, which would make her the new Adaptoid.

Black Widow Vol 2 3 Textless

Face swap

Months later, just prior to the wedding of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones, Yelena attacked the Avengers in their tower. The nature of the Adaptoid's powers made her unconquerable by her new ability to host every power she had been attacked with. Although strengthening herself by taking in the Sentry's powers, she weakened herself by also taking in the Void's. When the mysterious man behind this scheme saw that Yelena wouldn't be able to kill Spider-Woman, thus becoming disposable, he pushed the remote fail-safe button and seemingly killed her.[14]

Yelena later turned up alive and was working with the superhero black-ops team Vanguard, but was again forced into hiding when the team disbanded.[15] After the Skrull Invasion, Norman Osborn approached Yelena when she was stealing from an abandoned S.H.I.E.L.D. facility. However, this Yelena turned out to be Natasha, the original Black Widow in disguise under Nick Fury's order to infiltrate the Thunderbolts. However, Osborn had in fact known all along who she was and used her to strengthen the bonds of his Thunderbolts, and lead him to Fury and Songbird to be executed.[16]

After Natasha and Songbird managed to escape, while Fury was revealed to be a LMD, Osborn decided to awake the real Yelena, who had been kept in stasis within the Avengers Tower. She was later recovered by A.I.M., who invited her to join their High Council as the Minister of State in their newly formed country of Barbuda.[17]

Yelena Belova (Earth-616) from Secret Avengers Vol 2 5 001

During a rescue mission in which the Secret Avengers tried to rescue Mockingbird from A.I.M. Island, Yelena intercepted and fought the escaping Mockingbird. During the fight, the two of them fell behind a metal gate. Upon emerging, Mockingbird was shot by an A.I.M. operative. The Secret Avengers took her body and escaped in a submarine, only to discover the deceased Mockingbird was actually Yelena, whose belt contained a holo-camouflage device the actual Mockingbird sneaked into during the fight.[18]

Several clones of Yelena were in the process of being grown by the reformed Red Room as part of a plan to bring back their best agents to their fold in case they died. When a clone of the deceased Natasha Romanoff found out about this program and her own origin as a clone, she started working against her superiors. She used an amnesiac clone of Yelena to fake the death of one of her targets, ex-S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Sally Blevins. After being sighted at the scene by Hawkeye and the Winter Soldier, Natasha had another clone of Yelena impersonate her to throw them off. The Winter Soldier let this clone go, after capturing her, but failing to get any information from her, and Natasha killed her when they met up.[19] The real Yelena had been killed by Natasha so her clone could impersonate her.[20]

Attributes

Power Grid[24]
:Category:Power Grid/Fighting Skills/Master: Single Form of Combat:Category:Power Grid/Energy Projection/Multiple Types:Category:Power Grid/Energy Projection/Single Type: Short Range:Category:Power Grid/Durability/Virtually Indestructible:Category:Power Grid/Durability/Normal:Category:Power Grid/Speed/Supersonic:Category:Power Grid/Speed/Normal:Category:Power Grid/Strength/Superhuman (75-100 ton):Category:Power Grid/Strength/Normal:Category:Power Grid/Intelligence/Learned

Powers

None

Former Powers
Power Mimicry: As the Super-Adaptoid, Yelena could copy the powers and abilities of anyone around her. She quickly copied the powers of everyone in the New Avengers (Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Luke Cage, Spider-Woman (Skrull queen Veranke in disguise), Wolverine, and Sentry) and Ms. Marvel.[14]

Abilities

Yelena is extensively trained in espionage and various forms of armed and unarmed combat, being a master martial artist. She is highly intelligent and is an Olympic level gymnast.[21]

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Yelena wears a Kevlar costume and uses bracelets which release electric blasts (her Widow's bite). It is unknown whether they can also launch a cable similar to Romanoff's.[21]

Weapons

Notes

  • Yelena was a freelance S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Level Five for a time.[22]

See Also

Links and References

References

  1. ↑ New Avengers Annual #1
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Black Widow: Pale Little Spider #1
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook #1
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Black Widow #1
  5. ↑ Black Widow (Vol. 2) #1
  6. ↑ Black Widow (Vol. 3) #5
  7. ↑ Inhumans (Vol. 2) #5
  8. ↑ Black Widow #1–3
  9. ↑ Black Widow (Vol. 2) #1–3
  10. ↑ Black Widow: Pale Little Spider #3
  11. ↑ Black Widow 2 #1–2
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Black Widow 2 #5–6
  13. ↑ New Avengers #6
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 New Avengers Annual #1
  15. ↑ Marvel Comics Presents (Vol. 2) #12
  16. ↑ Thunderbolts #133–136
  17. ↑ Secret Avengers (Vol. 2) #2
  18. ↑ Secret Avengers (Vol. 2) #15
  19. ↑ Tales of Suspense #103
  20. ↑ Rosenberg, Matthew (25 April 2018) We don't say it on panel but... Twitter. Retrieved on 28 April 2018.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (Vol. 4) #9
  22. ↑ New Avengers #6
  23. ↑ Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook #1
  24. ↑ Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook Vol 1 1
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