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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Fictional character, a spy in the Marvel Comics Universe</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Elena_Belova" title="Elena Belova">Elena Belova</a> or <a href="/wiki/Elena_Belova_(biathlete)" title="Elena Belova (biathlete)">Elena Belova (biathlete)</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Comics character</div> <style 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/Yelena_Belova.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="377" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Artwork from the cover of <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Widow:_Pale_Little_Spider" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Widow: Pale Little Spider">Black Widow: Pale Little Spider</a></i> #1 (June 2002). Art by <a href="/wiki/Greg_Horn" title="Greg Horn">Greg Horn</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Publication information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_comics_publishing_companies" title="List of comics publishing companies">Publisher</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/First_appearance" title="First appearance">First appearance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><b>As Black Widow:</b></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Sketch:</b></span></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Knights" title="Marvel Knights">Marvel Knights</a>: Wave 2 Sketchbook</i> #1</li><li>(January 1998)</li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Full appearance:</b></span></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Inhumans" title="Inhumans">Inhumans</a></i> vol. 2 #5</li><li>(January 1999)</li><li><b>As Super-Adaptoid:</b></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Avengers_(comics)" title="The New Avengers (comics)">New Avengers</a> Annual</i> #1</li><li>(April 2006)</li><li><b>As White Widow:</b></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Widow_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Black Widow (Marvel Comics)">Black Widow</a></i> vol. 8 #6</li><li>(April 2021)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Devin_Grayson" title="Devin Grayson">Devin Grayson</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/J.G._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="J.G. Jones">J.G. Jones</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Jenkins_(writer)" title="Paul Jenkins (writer)">Paul Jenkins</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jae_Lee" title="Jae Lee">Jae Lee</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">In-story information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Species</th><td class="infobox-data">Human</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Place of origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Moscow,_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Moscow, Russia">Moscow, Russia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Team affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winter_Guard" title="Winter Guard">Winter Guard</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Federation">Russian Federation</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Advanced_Idea_Mechanics" title="Advanced Idea Mechanics">A.I.M.</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/S.H.I.E.L.D." title="S.H.I.E.L.D.">S.H.I.E.L.D.</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Vanguard_(Marvel_Comics)#Vanguard" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanguard (Marvel Comics)">Vanguard</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Thunderbolts_(comics)" title="Thunderbolts (comics)">Thunderbolts</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Notable aliases</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Widow_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Black Widow (Marvel Comics)">Black Widow</a></li><li>White Widow</li><li><a href="/wiki/Super-Adaptoid" title="Super-Adaptoid">Super-Adaptoid</a></li><li>Pale Little Spider</li><li>Russkaya</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abilities</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li>Expert marksman and mastery of various weapons</li> <li>Master martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Yelena Belova</b> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Еле́на Бело́ва</span>) is a fictional character appearing in <a href="/wiki/American_comic_book" title="American comic book">American comic books</a> published by <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a>. She is depicted as a <a href="/wiki/Espionage" title="Espionage">spy</a> and was the second modern-era character to use the <b><a href="/wiki/Black_Widow_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Black Widow (Marvel Comics)">Black Widow</a></b> name. Created by <a href="/wiki/Devin_Grayson" title="Devin Grayson">Devin Grayson</a> and <a href="/wiki/J.G._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="J.G. Jones">J.G. Jones</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Knights" title="Marvel Knights">Marvel Knights</a>: Wave 2 Sketchbook</i> #1 (January 1998), Belova made her first appearance in <i><a href="/wiki/Inhumans" title="Inhumans">Inhumans</a></i> vol. 2 #5 (January 1999) by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Jenkins_(writer)" title="Paul Jenkins (writer)">Paul Jenkins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jae_Lee" title="Jae Lee">Jae Lee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was trained as a spy and assassin in the <a href="/wiki/Red_Room_(comics)" title="Red Room (comics)">Red Room</a>. Originally, Yelena was a foe of <a href="/wiki/Black_Widow_(Natasha_Romanova)" title="Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)">Natasha Romanova</a> and was sent to kill her, but the two later became allies. She was also a member of <a href="/wiki/S.H.I.E.L.D." title="S.H.I.E.L.D.">S.H.I.E.L.D.</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_characters:_V#Vanguard" title="List of Marvel Comics characters: V">Vanguard</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hydra_(comics)" title="Hydra (comics)">HYDRA</a>; the latter organization changed her into a version of <b><a href="/wiki/Super-Adaptoid" title="Super-Adaptoid">Super-Adaptoid</a></b>. As Super-Adaptoid, she was one of the members of the High Council of <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Idea_Mechanics" title="Advanced Idea Mechanics">A.I.M.</a> After being freed from her Super-Adaptoid identity, Belova reverted to her old Black Widow identity before adopting the codename <b>White Widow</b>. She is the first confirmed <a href="/wiki/Asexuality" title="Asexuality">asexual</a> character in the <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Universe" title="Marvel Universe">Marvel Universe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Florence_Pugh" title="Florence Pugh">Florence Pugh</a> portrays <a href="/wiki/Yelena_Belova_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yelena Belova (Marvel Cinematic Universe)">the character</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe" title="Marvel Cinematic Universe">Marvel Cinematic Universe</a> (MCU) film <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Widow_(2021_film)" title="Black Widow (2021 film)">Black Widow</a></i>, the miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/Hawkeye_(miniseries)" title="Hawkeye (miniseries)">Hawkeye</a></i> (both 2021), and the upcoming film <i><a href="/wiki/Thunderbolts*" title="Thunderbolts*">Thunderbolts*</a></i> (2025); <a href="/wiki/Violet_McGraw" title="Violet McGraw">Violet McGraw</a> portrayed the character as a child in the former film. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication_history">Publication history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yelena_Belova&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Publication history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Black_Widow_titles" title="List of Black Widow titles">List of Black Widow titles</a></div> <p>Belova, the second modern <a href="/wiki/Black_Widow_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Black Widow (Marvel Comics)">Black Widow</a> after <a href="/wiki/Black_Widow_(Natalia_Romanova)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Widow (Natalia Romanova)">Natasha Romanova</a> (Natasha Romanoff), was initially a Russian spy of the <a href="/wiki/GRU_(Russian_Federation)" title="GRU (Russian Federation)">GRU</a>. She first appeared in <i>Marvel Knights: Wave 2 Sketchbook</i> #1 (January 1998), then appeared briefly in <i><a href="/wiki/Inhumans" title="Inhumans">Inhumans</a></i> (Vol. 2) #5 (March 1999), and was fully introduced in the 1999 Marvel Knights mini-series <i>Black Widow</i>. A second miniseries also titled <i>Black Widow</i> featuring Natasha Romanoff and Daredevil followed in 2001. The next year, she did a solo turn in her own three-issue miniseries, <i>Black Widow: Pale Little Spider</i> under the mature audience <a href="/wiki/MAX_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="MAX (comics)">Marvel MAX</a> imprint. The storyline by writer <a href="/wiki/Greg_Rucka" title="Greg Rucka">Greg Rucka</a> and artist <a href="/wiki/Igor_Kordey" class="mw-redirect" title="Igor Kordey">Igor Kordey</a> was a <a href="/wiki/Flashback_(narrative)" title="Flashback (narrative)">flashback</a> to her taking on the mantle of the second modern Black Widow.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fictional_character_biography">Fictional character biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yelena_Belova&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Fictional character biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Belova is an <a href="/wiki/Amorality" title="Amorality">amoral</a> <a href="/wiki/Espionage" title="Espionage">spy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Assassination" title="Assassination">assassin</a> who was trained at the <a href="/wiki/Red_Room_(comics)" title="Red Room (comics)">Red Room</a> by the same spymasters who trained <a href="/wiki/Black_Widow_(Natasha_Romanova)" title="Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)">Natasha Romanoff</a>, the first Black Widow. Yelena was born in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Soviet Russia</a>; at the age of 15 she was recruited by the <a href="/wiki/GRU_(Russian_Federation)" title="GRU (Russian Federation)">GRU</a>. After the death of her trainer, Pyotr Vasilievich Starkovsky, she is activated as the new Black Widow and deployed to investigate. She apprehends and eliminates his killer, unaware that both his murder and the investigation were part of a ploy to get Belova to assert herself as the new Black Widow.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Believing herself to be the rightful successor to the "Black Widow" title, Yelena enthusiastically volunteers for a mission that will put her at odds with Natasha, although the meeting and confrontations between the two do not lead to a decisive battle. Natasha refers to Yelena as "little one" and "russkaya", meaning "Russian", and encourages her to find what makes her unique and her personal identity rather than blindly devote herself to her nation. But Yelena remains steadfastly loyal to the Russian people: "<i>For me, though, no matter where it is that I am living... I am still <b>Russian</b>. And like many Russians, though I am welcoming what it is our leaders do to make us strong... I am not so much wanting to take <b>orders</b> from them. My loyalty is to Russian <b>people</b>. And Russian people we understand there is no Russia if there is no world.</i>"<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Natasha later subjects Yelena to a cruel but necessary manipulation to shatter her illusions about the "Black Widow" title and teach her the reality of the espionage industry.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Belova eventually retires to Cuba, where she becomes a successful businesswoman and model.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She is lured back, however, by the espionage agency <a href="/wiki/S.H.I.E.L.D." title="S.H.I.E.L.D.">S.H.I.E.L.D.</a>, and becomes involved in the agency's <a href="/wiki/Vibranium" title="Vibranium">vibranium</a> mining in the <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctic</a> <a href="/wiki/Savage_Land" title="Savage Land">Savage Land</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly afterward, she barely survives an attack by <a href="/wiki/Sauron_(comics)" title="Sauron (comics)">Sauron</a>, receiving severe burns and being subsequently approached with an offer for revenge against S.H.I.E.L.D. and the <a href="/wiki/The_New_Avengers_(comics)" title="The New Avengers (comics)">New Avengers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Belova is genetically altered by the terrorist organization <a href="/wiki/Hydra_(comics)" title="Hydra (comics)">HYDRA</a>, as she had suffered debilitating and disfiguring injuries after her last encounter with the New Avengers in the Savage Land. HYDRA recruited her with the prospect of revenge and after hiring the services of A.I.M. transferred her mind into a new version of <b><a href="/wiki/Super-Adaptoid" title="Super-Adaptoid">Super-Adaptoid</a></b>. This body appeared as Belova had originally until it began to absorb powers, at which time it changed as the original did, though now yellow in color. Now equipped with the ability to copy all of the New Avengers' powers, she engages the superhero team in combat. She is eventually defeated by a combination of Tony Stark's 49 successive <a href="/wiki/Iron_Man" title="Iron Man">Iron Man</a> armors—from the first, <i><a href="/wiki/Tales_of_Suspense" title="Tales of Suspense">Tales of Suspense</a></i> #39, to the then-current—and the <a href="/wiki/Sentry_(Robert_Reynolds)" title="Sentry (Robert Reynolds)">Sentry's</a> use of his <a href="/wiki/Sentry_(Robert_Reynolds)" title="Sentry (Robert Reynolds)">Void</a> persona, which she absorbs with the rest of the Sentry's powers and energy. When she is defeated, HYDRA disables her using a remote self-destruct mechanism they had implanted in her, rather than let her reveal intelligence to the New Avengers.<sup id="cite_ref-SP_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SP-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She has returned working with a vigilante group, the <a href="/wiki/Vanguard_(Marvel_Comics)#Vanguard" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanguard (Marvel Comics)">Vanguard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <i><a href="/wiki/Dark_Reign_(comics)" title="Dark Reign (comics)">Dark Reign</a></i> storyline, Quasimodo researched Yelena Belova for <a href="/wiki/Norman_Osborn" title="Norman Osborn">Norman Osborn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yelena Belova appeared to join Osborn's <a href="/wiki/Thunderbolts_(comics)" title="Thunderbolts (comics)">Thunderbolts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However it was eventually revealed to be <a href="/wiki/Black_Widow_(Natalia_Romanova)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Widow (Natalia Romanova)">Natasha Romanova</a> in disguise, acting as a double agent for <a href="/wiki/Nick_Fury" title="Nick Fury">Nick Fury</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She believed she was disguised as Belova on Fury's behalf, planted for Osborn to find and invite into the Thunderbolts. However, Osborn revealed to her that he had tricked her into taking on Belova's appearance to get her to do his dirty work.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Natasha's escape from the Thunderbolts, Osborn then revealed the true Yelena in stasis to <a href="/wiki/Nuke_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Nuke (Marvel Comics)">Scourge</a> and warned him that she could be his replacement on the team.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The real Yelena is later freed from stasis by members of <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Idea_Mechanics" title="Advanced Idea Mechanics">A.I.M.</a> who install the female Adaptoid on the High Council of A.I.M. (alongside <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Forson" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Forson">Andrew Forson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Graviton_(comics)" title="Graviton (comics)">Graviton</a>, Jude the Entropic Man, <a href="/wiki/Mentallo" title="Mentallo">Mentallo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Superia" class="mw-redirect" title="Superia">Superia</a>, and an undercover <a href="/wiki/Taskmaster_(character)" title="Taskmaster (character)">Taskmaster</a>) as the Minister of State in <a href="/wiki/Bagalia" class="mw-redirect" title="Bagalia">Bagalia</a> (a country populated by supervillains).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/Captain_America" title="Captain America">Captain America</a>'s Hydra doppelganger kills Natasha during the <i><a href="/wiki/Secret_Empire_(2017_comic)" title="Secret Empire (2017 comic)">Secret Empire</a></i> storyline, Yelena assumes the Black Widow identity again in her honor. She travels around the world to destroy Hydra's remnants, attracting the attention of Natasha's former lovers <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Barnes" title="Bucky Barnes">Winter Soldier</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hawkeye_(Clint_Barton)" title="Hawkeye (Clint Barton)">Hawkeye</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Powers_and_abilities">Powers and abilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yelena_Belova&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Powers and abilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Black Widow is in peak athletic condition. She also has extensive military, gymnastics, martial arts, and espionage training.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a Super-Adaptoid, she was mutated by material synthesized from the Super-Adaptoid where she could adapt the powers of anyone around her like <a href="/wiki/Luke_Cage" title="Luke Cage">Luke Cage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iron_Man" title="Iron Man">Iron Man</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carol_Danvers" title="Carol Danvers">Ms. Marvel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sentry_(Robert_Reynolds)" title="Sentry (Robert Reynolds)">Sentry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spider-Man" title="Spider-Man">Spider-Man</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spider-Woman_(Jessica_Drew)" title="Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)">Spider-Woman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wolverine_(character)" title="Wolverine (character)">Wolverine</a> in rapid succession.<sup id="cite_ref-SP_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SP-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yelena_Belova&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accolades">Accolades</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yelena_Belova&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 2019, <i><a href="/wiki/CBR.com" class="mw-redirect" title="CBR.com">CBR.com</a></i> ranked Yelena Belova 7th in their "10 Most Powerful Russians In Comics" list.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2020, <i><a href="/wiki/Scary_Mommy" title="Scary Mommy">Scary Mommy</a></i> included Yelena Belova in their "Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic" list.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2021, <i><a href="/wiki/Screen_Rant" title="Screen Rant">Screen Rant</a></i> included Yelena Belova in their "10 Best Versions Of Black Widow From Marvel Comics" list<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in their "Red Room's Most Powerful Members" list.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_other_media">In other media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yelena_Belova&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: In other media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yelena_Belova&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yelena Belova appears in <i><a href="/wiki/Avengers_Assemble_(TV_series)" title="Avengers Assemble (TV series)">Avengers Assemble</a></i>, voiced by <a href="/wiki/Julie_Nathanson" title="Julie Nathanson">Julie Nathanson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-btva_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This version is the second incarnation of the Black Widow following <a href="/wiki/Baron_Strucker" title="Baron Strucker">Baron Strucker</a> reactivating the Red Room program and the self-proclaimed rival of <a href="/wiki/Black_Widow_(Natasha_Romanova)" title="Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)">Natasha Romanoff</a> who later rechristens herself the <b>Crimson Widow</b> while acting as a <a href="/wiki/Hydra_(comics)" title="Hydra (comics)">Hydra</a> agent.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marvel_Cinematic_Universe">Marvel Cinematic Universe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yelena_Belova&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Marvel Cinematic Universe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Florence_Pugh_(48471906272)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Florence_Pugh_%2848471906272%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Florence_Pugh_%2848471906272%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Florence_Pugh_%2848471906272%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Florence_Pugh_%2848471906272%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Florence_Pugh_%2848471906272%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Florence_Pugh_%2848471906272%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1524" data-file-height="2131" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Florence_Pugh" title="Florence Pugh">Florence Pugh</a> promoting <i>Black Widow</i> at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con</figcaption></figure> <p>Yelena Belova appears in media set in the <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe" title="Marvel Cinematic Universe">Marvel Cinematic Universe</a>, portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Florence_Pugh" title="Florence Pugh">Florence Pugh</a>. This version is a sister to <a href="/wiki/Natasha_Romanoff_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)" title="Natasha Romanoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)">Natasha Romanoff</a> and was trained to be a Black Widow alongside her in the <a href="/wiki/Red_Room_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Room (Marvel Cinematic Universe)">Red Room</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SDCCDetails_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SDCCDetails-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PughVariety_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PughVariety-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BlackWidows_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlackWidows-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Pugh first appears in the live-action film <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Widow_(2021_film)" title="Black Widow (2021 film)">Black Widow</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Director <a href="/wiki/Cate_Shortland" title="Cate Shortland">Cate Shortland</a> said that Romanoff would be "handing [Belova] the baton" in the film, which would "propel another female storyline".<sup id="cite_ref-EmpireJuly2020_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EmpireJuly2020-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Scarlett_Johansson" title="Scarlett Johansson">Scarlett Johansson</a>, who portrays Romanoff, said Belova would stand on her own in comparison to Romanoff, while Pugh said there was a "generational difference" between the two, noting, Belova is "unapologetic, and confident in herself, and curious ... and emotionally brave".<sup id="cite_ref-PughJohansson_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PughJohansson-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, Pugh stated Belova "knows exactly how to function in the areas in which she has been trained, but she has no clue how to live as a human being," calling her "a lethal weapon but also a bit of a kid".<sup id="cite_ref-PressAdvance_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PressAdvance-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Violet_McGraw" title="Violet McGraw">Violet McGraw</a> portrays a young Yelena.<sup id="cite_ref-McGraw_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGraw-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Pugh reprises her role in the miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/Hawkeye_(miniseries)" title="Hawkeye (miniseries)">Hawkeye</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-VarietyNov2020Cast_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VarietyNov2020Cast-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>An alternate universe variant of Belova will appear in the animated series <i><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Zombies_(miniseries)" title="Marvel Zombies (miniseries)">Marvel Zombies</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-UpcomingAnimation_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UpcomingAnimation-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Pugh will reprise her role in <i><a href="/wiki/Thunderbolts*" title="Thunderbolts*">Thunderbolts*</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_games">Video games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yelena_Belova&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Video games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Yelena Belova's Black Widow suit appears as an alternate costume for Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow in the <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_Portable" title="PlayStation Portable">PlayStation Portable</a> version of <i><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Ultimate_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Marvel Ultimate Alliance">Marvel Ultimate Alliance</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Heroes_(video_game)" title="Marvel Heroes (video game)">Marvel Heroes</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Black Widow appears in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Punisher:_No_Mercy" title="The Punisher: No Mercy">The Punisher: No Mercy</a></i> as a agent of <a href="/wiki/S.H.I.E.L.D." title="S.H.I.E.L.D.">S.H.I.E.L.D.</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Dark Widow</b> appears as a <a href="/wiki/Miniboss" class="mw-redirect" title="Miniboss">miniboss</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Avengers_Alliance" title="Marvel Avengers Alliance">Marvel Avengers Alliance</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Black Widow appears as a mini-boss and unlockable playable character in <i><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Puzzle_Quest" title="Marvel Puzzle Quest">Marvel Puzzle Quest</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the MCU incarnation being added in a later update.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Black Widow appears as a playable character in <i><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Contest_of_Champions" title="Marvel Contest of Champions">Marvel Contest of Champions</a></i> as part of the <i>Black Widow</i> film tie-in update.</li> <li>Black Widow appears as a playable character in <i><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Future_Fight" class="mw-redirect" title="Marvel Future Fight">Marvel Future Fight</a></i> as part of the <i>Black Widow</i> film tie-in update.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yelena_Belova&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Miscellaneous"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Yelena Belova appears in <i>Marvel Knights – Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D.</i>, voiced JoEllen Anklam.<sup id="cite_ref-btva_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Yelena Belova appears in <i>Marvel Knights: Inhumans</i>, voiced by <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Edmondson" title="Sarah Edmondson">Sarah Edmondson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-btva_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Yelena Belova appears in <i>New Avengers: Breakout</i>, written by <a href="/wiki/Alisa_Kwitney" title="Alisa Kwitney">Alisa Kwitney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This version is Natasha Romanoff's former friend and roommate from the Red Room program who becomes a member of a rogue S.H.I.E.L.D. faction.</li> <li>A future incarnation of Yelena Belova appears in <i><a href="/wiki/Marvel%27s_Wastelanders" title="Marvel's Wastelanders">Marvel's Wastelanders</a></i>, voiced by <a href="/wiki/Eva_Amurri" title="Eva Amurri">Eva Amurri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This version uses the alias of Samantha Sugarman.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yelena_Belova&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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