What is Black Widow (Yelena Belova)?
{{no sources|March 2025}} '''Yelena Belova''' (Russian: Еле́на Бело́ва) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by [[Marvel Comics]]. Originally created by Devin Grayson and J.G. Jones for ''Marvel Knights: Wave 2 Sketchbook'' #1 (January 1998), Belova made her first appearance in ''Inhumans'' vol. 2 #5 (January 1999) by Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee. == Fictional character biography == She is depicted as a spy and was the second modern-era character to use the '''[[Black Widow (Marvel Comics)|Black Widow]]''' name. She was trained as a spy and assassin in the Red Room. Originally, Yelena was a foe of [[Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)|Natasha Romanova]] and was sent to kill her, but the two later became allies. She was also a member of [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]], Vanguard, and [[Hydra (comics)|HYDRA]]; the latter organization changed her into a version of '''Super-Adaptoid'''. As Super-Adaptoid, she was one of the members of the [[High Council of A.I.M.]] After being freed from her Super-Adaptoid identity, Belova reverted back to her old Black Widow identity before adopting the codename '''White Widow'''. == In other media == [[Florence Pugh]] portrays [[Yelena Belova (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|the character]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] movie ''[[Black Widow (movie)|Black Widow]]'', the miniseries ''[[Hawkeye (miniseries)|Hawkeye]]'' (both 2021), and the upcoming movies ''[[Thunderbolts*]]'' (2025) and ''[[Avengers: Doomsday]]'' (2026). [[Category:Marvel Comics characters]] [[Category:Fictional characters introduced in 1988]]