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| Image = Yelena Belova (Earth-616) from Thunderbolts Vol 1 130 0001.jpg
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| Image = Yelena Belova (Clone 3) Earth-616 from Black Widow Vol 8 3 001.jpg
| RealName = [[Yelena Belova]]
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| Name = [[Yelena Belova]]
| CurrentAlias = [[Black Widow]]
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| CurrentAlias = [[White Widow]]
| Aliases = Captain Yelena Belova,{{r|Black Widow: Pale Little Spider Vol 1 1}} Little Pale Spider,{{r|Black Widow: Pale Little Spider Vol 1 1}} [[Little Spider]],{{r|Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook Vol 1 1}} Minister of State,{{r|Secret Avengers Vol 2 2}} Pale Little Spider,{{r|Black Widow: Pale Little Spider Vol 1 1}} [[Rooskaya]],{{r|Black Widow Vol 1 1}} [[Spider]],{{r|Black Widow: Pale Little Spider Vol 1 1}} [[Super-Adaptoid]],{{r|New Avengers Annual #1}}
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| Aliases = [[Black Widow]], Captain Yelena Belova,{{r|Black Widow: Pale Little Spider Vol 1 1}} Little Pale Spider,{{r|Black Widow: Pale Little Spider Vol 1 1}} [[Little Spider]],{{r|Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook Vol 1 1}} Minister of State,{{r|Secret Avengers Vol 2 2}} Pale Little Spider,{{r|Black Widow: Pale Little Spider Vol 1 1}} [[Rooskaya]],{{r|Black Widow Vol 1 1}} [[Spider]],{{r|Black Widow: Pale Little Spider Vol 1 1}} [[Super-Adaptoid]],{{r|New Avengers Annual #1}}
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| Identity = Known to Authorities
 
| 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}}, {{m|Main Intelligence Directorate (Earth-616)|GRU}}
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| Affiliation = Formerly {{m|Advanced Idea Mechanics (Earth-616)|A.I.M.}}, {{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}}, {{m|Main Intelligence Directorate (Earth-616)|GRU}}
 
| Relatives = Unnamed mother;<br>
 
| Relatives = Unnamed mother;<br>
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Unnamed father;<br>
 
Olga (aunt){{r|Black Widow Vol 2 1}}
 
Olga (aunt){{r|Black Widow Vol 2 1}}
| Universe = Earth-616
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| MaritalStatus = Single
| BaseOfOperations = [[Red Room Academy (Moscow)|Red Room Academy]], [[Moscow]], [[Moscow Oblast]], [[Russia]]
 
   
 
| CharRef = {{cl|Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook Vol 1 1}}
 
| Gender = Female
 
| Gender = Female
 
| Height = 5'7"
 
| Height = 5'7"
 
| Weight = 135 lbs
 
| Weight = 135 lbs
| Eyes = Blue
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| Eyes = Blue; No Iris (as Super-Adaptoid)
| 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
 
| UnusualFeatures =
 
| UnusualFeatures =
| CharRef = {{c|Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook Vol 1 1}}
 
 
| Citizenship = Russian
 
| Citizenship2 = Soviet
 
| MaritalStatus = Single
 
| Occupation = Warrior; former assassin, espionage agent, lingerie model, entertainment entrepreneur, social activist, [[Main Intelligence Directorate (Earth-616)|GRU]] Captain
 
| Education = Graduate of the Moscow Red Room espionage unit
 
   
 
| Origin = [[Homo sapiens|Human]]
 
| Origin = [[Homo sapiens|Human]]
 
| Reality = Earth-616
 
| PlaceOfBirth = [[Russia]]{{r|Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook Vol 1 1}}
 
| PlaceOfBirth = [[Russia]]{{r|Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook Vol 1 1}}
 
| PlaceOfDeath =
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| KilledBy = Advanced Idea Mechanics (Earth-616)
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| Identity = Known to Authorities
 
| Citizenship = Russian, Soviet
 
| Occupation = Government agent, intelligence agent, assassin, spy; former assassin, espionage agent, lingerie model, entertainment entrepreneur, social activist, [[Main Intelligence Directorate (Earth-616)|GRU]] Captain
 
| Education = Graduate of the Moscow Red Room espionage unit
 
| BaseOfOperations = [[Red Room Academy (Moscow)|Red Room Academy]], [[Moscow]], [[Moscow Oblast]], [[Russia]]
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| Creators = Devin Grayson; J.G. Jones
 
| Creators = Devin Grayson; J.G. Jones
 
| First = Inhumans Vol 2 5
 
| First = Inhumans Vol 2 5
| Death = Tales of Suspense Vol 1 103
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| Death =
| Death2 = (off-panel)
 
   
| 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!'''
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| Quotation = Yelena Belova. Always the master of understatement, that one.
| Speaker = [[Yelena Belova (Earth-616)|Yelena Belova]]
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| Speaker = [[Natalia Romanova (Earth-616)|Natasha Romanoff]]
| QuoteSource = Black Widow Vol 2 1
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| QuoteSource = Black Widow Vol 8 10
   
| HistoryText =
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| History =
 
===Origins===
 
===Origins===
'''Yelena Belova''' was trained in the [[Red Room Academy (Moscow)|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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'''Yelena Belova''' (Russian: '''Елена Белова'''; Ukrainian: '''Олена Бєлова''') was trained in the [[Red Room Academy (Moscow)|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|{{cl|Black Widow Vol 1 1}}-[[Black Widow Vol 1 3|3]]}}
   
 
===Black Widow===
 
===Black Widow===
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}}
 
 
 
[[File:Black Widow Vol 2 3 Textless.jpg|thumb|left|Face swap]]
 
[[File:Black Widow Vol 2 3 Textless.jpg|thumb|left|Face swap]]
 
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}}
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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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 of soft-core 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 AIDS. In return for a place to stay, Yelena asked Natasha for help in exporting stolen medical supplies from [[Miami]]. To Natasha's 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}}
   
 
===New Avengers===
 
===New Avengers===
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.
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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.
   
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[[File:Yelena Belova (Earth-616) from Thunderbolts Vol 1 130 0001.jpg|thumb|left]]
 
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}}
 
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}}
   
 
===Vanguard & Thunderbolts===
 
===Vanguard & Thunderbolts===
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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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}}
 
===Secret Avengers===
 
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}}
 
   
 
===Secret Avengers and Death===
 
[[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]]
 
After Natasha and Songbird managed to escape, while Fury was revealed to be an [[Life-Model Decoy|LMD]], Osborn decided to awaken the real Yelena, who had been kept in stasis within [[Stark Tower|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 [[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}}
 
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}}
   
===Death===
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===Clones and Rebirth===
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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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 (Earth-616)|clone]] of the deceased Natasha Romanoff found out about this program and her own origin as a clone, she rebelled against her creators and started to undermine her superiors. Natasha secretly activated three amnesiac clones of Yelena that were being grown by the same program that gave her life.{{r|Tales of Suspense Vol 1 103}} Natasha murdered the real Yelena so [[Yelena Belova (Clone 1) (Earth-616)|one of her clones]] could impersonate her.{{r|{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AshcanPress/status/989363114297692160|title=Matthew Rosenberg Rice on Twitter: "We don't say it on panel but she does end up killing Yelena. Just not on a public street."|work=Twitter|first=Matthew|last=Rosenberg|date=25 Abril 2018|accessdate=28 April 2018}}}} 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)|the first 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, Natasha killed her when they met up.{{r|Tales of Suspense Vol 1 103}}
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When she was destroying the cloning program responsible for her existence, Natasha clone killed most of the clones. One of the two duplicates she spared was the third clone of Yelena. Black Widow had the psychic [[Yurgei Ivanov (Earth-616)|Epsilon Red]] grant the memories of the original Yelena to her unconscious clone, as a way to amend having killed her.{{r|Tales of Suspense Vol 1 104}}
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Yelena was recruited by [[Justin Cask (Earth-616)|Justin Cask]] to free Dr. Durst from a S.H.I.E.L.D. prison in [[Antarctica]]. She was issued a white version of Natasha's Black Widow costume and dropped off at the facility. There she learned she had been set up, as she was there solely to be used as a practice target for Dr. Durst and his soldiers. However she found that the Red Guardian had been held captive in the prison and managed to free him, allowing him to fight Durst's forces while she escaped. Yelena then hacked Cask's financial accounts and donated all of his vast fortune to various charities, deciding to be a hero in her own way.{{r|Widowmakers: Red Guardian and Yelena Belova Vol 1 1}}
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Yelena learned that Natasha had been kidnapped and brainwashed into believing she was “Natalie” an architect as well as a wife and mother, Yelena infiltrated her life as Helen, a babysitter for Natasha's son.{{r|Black Widow Vol 8 2}} When Natasha's memories returned, Yelena helped her escape.{{r|Black Widow Vol 8 4}} Becoming Natasha's ally, Yelena assumed the identity of White Widow and the two began plans to recruit other heroes to help Natasha.{{r|Black Widow Vol 8 6}}
   
 
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| title = Former Powers
 
| title = Former Powers
| 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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| 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]]) plus [[Carol Danvers (Earth-616)|Ms. Marvel]].{{r|New Avengers Annual Vol 1 1}}
 
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| Abilities = Yelena was 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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| Abilities = Yelena was 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: Women of Marvel 2005 Vol 1 1}}
 
| 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}}
 
| 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: Women of Marvel 2005 Vol 1 1}}
 
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Revision as of 09:11, 5 January 2022

Quote1 Yelena Belova. Always the master of understatement, that one. Quote2
Natasha Romanoff[src]

History

Origins

Yelena Belova (Russian: Елена Белова; Ukrainian: Олена Бєлова) 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.[7] One of her first known missions was delivering a device which would lower the barriers surrounding Attilan to aid in invasion.[8] 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.[9]

Black Widow

Black Widow Vol 2 3 Textless

Face swap

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.[10]

Sometime after 'solving' the murder of her mentor Lt. Col. Starkovsky[11] 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 of soft-core 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 AIDS. In return for a place to stay, Yelena asked Natasha for help in exporting stolen medical supplies from Miami. To Natasha's surprise, she found the medical supplies to be from Gynacon and that the woman Sally Anne Carter was actually taken by the mafia.[12] 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.[13]

New Avengers

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.[14] 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.

Yelena Belova (Earth-616) from Thunderbolts Vol 1 130 0001

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.[15]

Vanguard & Thunderbolts

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.[16] 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.[17]

Secret Avengers and Death

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

After Natasha and Songbird managed to escape, while Fury was revealed to be an LMD, Osborn decided to awaken the real Yelena, who had been kept in stasis within 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.[3]

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]

Clones and Rebirth

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 rebelled against her creators and started to undermine her superiors. Natasha secretly activated three amnesiac clones of Yelena that were being grown by the same program that gave her life.[19] Natasha murdered the real Yelena so one of her clones could impersonate her.[20] 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 the first 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, Natasha killed her when they met up.[19]

When she was destroying the cloning program responsible for her existence, Natasha clone killed most of the clones. One of the two duplicates she spared was the third clone of Yelena. Black Widow had the psychic Epsilon Red grant the memories of the original Yelena to her unconscious clone, as a way to amend having killed her.[21]

Yelena was recruited by Justin Cask to free Dr. Durst from a S.H.I.E.L.D. prison in Antarctica. She was issued a white version of Natasha's Black Widow costume and dropped off at the facility. There she learned she had been set up, as she was there solely to be used as a practice target for Dr. Durst and his soldiers. However she found that the Red Guardian had been held captive in the prison and managed to free him, allowing him to fight Durst's forces while she escaped. Yelena then hacked Cask's financial accounts and donated all of his vast fortune to various charities, deciding to be a hero in her own way.[22]

Yelena learned that Natasha had been kidnapped and brainwashed into believing she was “Natalie” an architect as well as a wife and mother, Yelena infiltrated her life as Helen, a babysitter for Natasha's son.[23] When Natasha's memories returned, Yelena helped her escape.[24] Becoming Natasha's ally, Yelena assumed the identity of White Widow and the two began plans to recruit other heroes to help Natasha.[25]

Attributes

Power Grid[29]
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Powers

None

Abilities

Yelena was 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.[26]

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.[26]

Weapons

Notes

  • Yelena was a freelance S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Level Five for a time.[27]

See Also

Links and References

References