HISTORY

        EARLY LIFE

Natasha Romanoff was born in 1984 in Stalingrad. At a young age, Romanoff was recruited by the KGB. In a Red Room Academy, she endured both an education and indoctrination into the world of spy-craft. Romanoff excelled in this strict training environment and soon became regarded as a master spy and one of the world's greatest assassins. Whilst in the Red Room Academy, she became an outstanding marksman, resulting in her being forced to execute an innocent man, which would later haunt her.

Romanoff's ruthless effectiveness in later years earned her the Black Widow mantle, deriving from the Red Room program she went through. As a final ceremony to complete her training, Romanoff was sterilized, as to avoid any distractions and focus solely on her missions, something she deeply regretted later in her life.

Eventually, Clint Barton is sent to kill Romanoff, but instead chooses to spare her life and recruit her to S.H.I.E.L.D., enabling Romanoff to escape her previous life as an assassin. 

          WHO IS BLACK WIDOW

Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, was one of the most talented spies and assassins in the entire world and a founding member of the Avengers. Originally a KGB operative and dangerous assassin, Romanoff was recruited into S.H.I.E.L.D. by Clint Barton.

Natasha Romanoff is the first character to take on the Black Widow codename in the modern mainstream Marvel Comics. She was created by editor and plotter Stan Lee, scripter Don Rico and artist Don Heck, and first appeared in Tales of Suspense #52 (April 1964). 

        ABOUT BLACK WIDOW

Natasha Romanoff is a fictional character portrayed by Scarlett Johansson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) based on the marvel comics character, Black Widow. Romanoff is a spy and an expert hand-to-hand combatant, trained in the Red Room from childhood. She eventually becomes part of the counter-terrorism agency S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division), through which the character was introduced to the franchise in Iron Man 2, and then of the Avengers, defending her teammates and the Earth against various threats. The character will headline her own film, Black Widow, which is set to be released on May 7, 2021.