Line #4 YMMV/BlackWidow


1	* CompleteMonster:
2	** "Spinning Doomsday's Web", by D. G. Chichester et al.: In this team-up with ComicBook/ThePunisher, [[BigBad Peter "Doc" Malum]] was a US government scientist who invented a weapon system, the Pluto Project, where jets with supersonic engines can deliver H-bombs to any target on the planet at the speed of sound. Malum, however, was secretly a SerialKiller who murdered people in his spare time. When the government finds out, Project Pluto is mothballed and Malum goes on the lam. Years later, Malum is captured by the FBI, but his gang breaks him free, with Malum brutally murdering several FBI agents. When Black Widow tries to stop Malum, Malum beats her up and spits on her to humiliate her. Malum plans to create his own version of Project Pluto, murdering government officials while stealing the parts he needs. When Malum's assistant Cassady states that he thought they are just going to use Project Pluto to blackmail the world, Malum [[NeckSnap murders him]], intending to use Project Pluto to devastate the world, just [[ForTheEvulz for kicks]].
3	** "No Restraints Play" arc, by [[Film/AmericanMary the Soska Sisters]]:
4	*** "[[BigBad Fun Dad]]", real identity [[spoiler:Tech Ed]], is the master of [[MurderDotCom No Restraints Play]], a website that targets poor [[WouldHurtAChild children]]. The children are kidnapped, then taken to the streaming site where Fun Dad has donors bid on directing the [[ColdBloodedTorture torture sessions]] with the children. The children are then abused, tortured and eventually murdered on live camera. Seeking to cover his traps, Fun Dad tries to blow up a penthouse, killing the goodhearted businessman known as the Prince of Madripoor, before attempting to bomb and kill the children Natasha rescued from his sick dungeons, remaining as one of the most horrific enemies Natasha has ever faced even with her black history.
5	*** [[TortureTechnician Vlad Dorchik]] is the chief torturer of No Restraints Play, who signs on for money and kicks. A brute of a man, Vlad is the one who carries out the torture sessions, happily carving up and [[WouldHurtAChild murdering children]] with one surviving victim found by Natasha who had her [[AnArmAndALeg limbs removed]] by Vlad. When he takes Natasha, Vlad attempts to [[ColdBloodedTorture torture her to death]], starting with [[WaterTorture waterboarding]].
6	* FanPreferredCouple: By default of no longer being together, her and Bucky became this for comic audiences. With the films, her and Clint was also the most popular het couple (until ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' revealed Clint's family), but even there Bucktasha is still popular.
7	** She is also popularly shipped with Steve Rogers, the first Captain America.
8	* LauncherOfAThousandShips: From both a fan and canon standpoint. Her MCU counterpart is also frequently shipped with male heroes and [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer even a few female ones]].
9	* NewerThanTheyThink: Much of Black Widow's mythology is a relatively recent addition; initially she was merely a loyal Soviet citizen and celebrity ballerina who, after the death of her husband, signed up to become a government agent, only to defect after a short while. The early 2000s gave us Richard K Morgan's two miniseries' which revealed these to be FakeMemories created by the Red Room, and she was actually an orphan they had taken in and subjected to SuperSoldier enhancement, and was actually one of many Black Widows.
10	* OlderThanTheyThink: An ass-kicking female spy with red hair and wears black catsuits? Natasha was around before [[Series/TheAvengers1960s Emma Peel]].
11	* ShipMates: Bucky/Natasha shippers and [[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} Clint/Bobbi]] shippers get along ''swimmingly'', and to a lesser extent the same goes for them and [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Matt/Elektra]] shippers.
12	* ShipToShipCombat: Clintasha and Bucktasha fandoms don't have the best track record of getting along, resulting in many Clintasha fans bemoaning that she'd be prominent in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' as it was bringing in Bucky's present day self. And then it turned out that her MCU love interest was actually ''Bruce Banner'' (though it didn't last), a ship that both sides were united in hating.
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