Real Name: Natalia Alianovna Romanova Shostakov

Current Group Affiliation: Avengers, SHIELD

Former Group Affiliation: Champions, Marvel Knights, Lady Liberators, Queen's Vengeance, Initiative

1st Appearance: TALES OF SUSPENSE#52 (1964)
(as Tsarina): AVENGERS(v.3)#2 (1998)

Issue Joined: AVENGERS(v.1)#111

Status: Eleventh recruit, inactive member

Known Superhuman Powers: None...Black Widow uses her wrist blasters and grappling line in battle.

Other Aliases: Tsarina, Red Oktober

Issues of Avengers featuring Black Widow:

#111-112; #137; #173-177; #181; #211; #221; #239; #305; #313; #329-339; #341-345; #348-351; #355-369; #372-375; #378-380; #382; #384-389; #391; #393-395; #397-402; Annual#18; Annual#20; Annual#22; The Crossing 1-SHOT; Timeslide 1-SHOT; VOL.3: #1-3; #32; #34; #43-44; #55; #501-503; 1999 Annual; VOL. 4: #8-11, #18, #28-29, #34; VOL. 5: #1-4, #7, #9, #14-18, #20, #23-27, #29-32, Annual#1, Endless Wartime GN; VOL. 7: #27-30, #32; AVENGERS ASSEMBLE#1-9, #12-13, #16-19, #21-22, #24-25; AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE#2-3, #19; AVENGERS UNDERCOVER#9-10; AVENGERS WORLD#1, #3, #7, #13-14; MIGHTY AVENGERS#1-9, #11, #14; MIGHTY AVENGERS VOL. 2: #14; NEW AVENGERS#28-30, #34, #36, #38; NEW AVENGERS VOL. 2: #1, #24, #33; OCCUPY AVENGERS#8; SAVAGE AVENGERS#12-13, #15, Annual#1; SECRET AVENGERS#1-4, #6-10, #12.1, #15-16, #19-21, #22-25, #29, #31-32, #34-37; SECRET AVENGERS VOL. 2: #1-5, #7, #12-16; SECRET AVENGERS VOL. 3: #1-3, #5-6, #9, #11-12, #15; WEST COAST#101-102, Annual#1, Annual#6

(as adversary): #29

(as non-member ally): #32-33; #36-38; #40-47; #52; #57; #63-64; #76; #83

(as a member of the Champions): #151; #163

(as Natasha Romanoff): VOL. 5: #11; AVENGERS ASSEMBLE#14; OCCUPY AVENGERS#9