Yelena Belova

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2016, Cinematic: Sent to Morocco, Belova was freed from the Red Room's mind control by Oksana's Red Dust and began freeing other Widows.

Cinematic

Yelena Belova, born in Moscow around 1988, was raised in the Red Room as a Black Widow and, as a child, posed as Natasha Romanoff's sister in Ohio. Freed from mind control in 2016, she helped Natasha destroy the Red Room, then freed other Widows. She was snapped in 2018 and returned in 2023. She later worked for Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, joined the Thunderbolts, and by 2028 led the New Avengers as Black Widow.

Comics

A Russian super-spy trained in the Red Room to surpass Natasha Romanova. After Natasha's lesson in what spycraft costs, she broke from her handlers, later became an A.I.M. Super-Adaptoid, and was killed more than once. A clone restored with her memories returned in 2018 as the White Widow, an ally to Natasha, and later joined the Blood Hunters against vampires.

Timeline 24 events

  1. Modern · Comics: Shadows Natasha Romanova to Rhapastan and Zurich on a mission for her Russian handler, and is captured before Natasha frees her.
  2. Modern · Comics: As Black Widow she passes a device from Maximus to an American agent to use against Attilan.
  3. Modern · Comics: Learns her handler treated her as disposable, turns on him, and demands her face be restored.
  4. Modern · Comics: Badly burned by Sauron while with a rogue S.H.I.E.L.D. unit in the Savage Land, then taken in by Hydra and A.I.M.
  5. Modern · Comics: As a Super-Adaptoid she attacks the Avengers' tower and is killed by a remote fail-safe.
  6. Modern · Comics: Norman Osborn's Thunderbolts recruit a Black Widow who is really Natasha in disguise, while Osborn keeps the real Belova's body.
  7. Modern · Comics: Revived by A.I.M. and made Minister of State for its island nation, she helps steal Iron Patriot technology.
  8. Modern · Comics: A holo-camouflage trick leaves her shot dead by A.I.M. while she wears Mockingbird's form.
  9. Fresh Start · Comics: Natasha, using a clone and a psychic's help, restores Belova's memories in a fresh body.
  10. Fresh Start · Comics: Frees the Red Guardian from a prison in Antarctica and sets out as the White Widow.
  11. Fresh Start · Comics: Poses as a babysitter to find Natasha, then helps her escape and becomes her ally.
  12. Fresh Start · Comics: Moves to Idylhaven and destroys the Armament Industries assassin scheme there.
  13. Fresh Start · Comics: Bitten by vampires, then cured by Dagger, she forms the Blood Hunters with her.
  14. Fresh Start · Comics: Leads a raid on the Bloodcoven's nest to save Dagger, after which the Blood Hunters split up.
  15. 1992 · Cinematic: Dreykov placed Belova, aged three, with Alexei Shostakov and Melina Vostokoff in Mount Vernon, Ohio, as part of a Soviet espionage assignment.
  16. 1995 · Cinematic: The family fled by plane to Cuba, and the sisters were sedated and taken to the Red Room.
  17. 2016 · Cinematic: Sent to Morocco, Belova was freed from the Red Room's mind control by Oksana's Red Dust and began freeing other Widows.
  18. 2016 · Cinematic: Belova reunited with Natasha Romanoff in Budapest, and the two destroyed the Red Room with their adoptive parents' help, with Belova killing Dreykov.
  19. 2018 · Cinematic: While tracking an ex-Widow, Belova was turned to dust by the Snap.
  20. 2023 · Cinematic: Belova returned after five years, learned that Natasha had died, and erected a gravestone for her in Ohio.
  21. 2024 · Cinematic: Sent by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine to kill Clint Barton in New York, Belova spared him after learning the truth about Natasha's death.
  22. 2027 · Cinematic: Belova teamed with U.S. Agent, Ghost, Red Guardian and Bob Reynolds, then helped stop the Void's attack on Manhattan.
  23. 2027 · Cinematic: De Fontaine announced the group as the New Avengers, and they made the Watchtower their headquarters.
  24. 2028 · Cinematic: Publicly using the Black Widow name, Belova helped Spider-Man and Jean DeWolff dig into Damage Control and later noticed the Fantastic Four's ship in orbit.

allied with

Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), Hawkeye, Winter Soldier, Red Guardian (Alexei Shostakov), Kate Bishop, Ghost, Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Daredevil, Dagger, Elsa Bloodstone, Sentry, U.S. Agent

enemy of

Kate Bishop, Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), Mystique (Raven Darkholme), Echo, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine

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Last checked 21 Oct 2026