Although now ‘Black Widow’ is one of the most iconic characters in the ‘Avengers’ saga, on “paper” the character of Natasha Romanoff played a secondary role in the face of a real threat: the communist of the Soviet Union, Boris Turganov.
In Tales of Suspense # 52, the debut issue with which we learned more about Black Widow, Iron Man faces two agents of the USSR, among them, Natasha was one of the enemies to defeat. However, she was never meant to last long as a villain, but the time was shortened by fans.
Let’s see, we give you some context. The comic book series, Tales of Suspense, quickly became a book focused on the life of Tony Stark since issue # 39, in 1959, made the debut of Iron Man.
In 1964, with issue # 52, Iron Man had to face a pair of Soviet spies, Boris and his assistant Natasha, who worked for “the comrade leader.” The Russian duo were sent to the United States to visit defector Ivan Vanko, who was working for Tony Stark.
Natasha had to distract Tony and thus find out more details of his technology, while Boris had to finish off Vanko. The plan worked for a while. Iron Man had a crush on Romanoff, but eventually the spies’ plan is revealed, resulting in the capture of Boris and the escape of the Black Widow.
While Black Widow appeared on the cover of Stan Lee’s comic, the writer’s intention was for Boris to become the star of the pages. However, the character of Natasha Romanoff won the hearts of fans for the simple fact that she “beat” Tony Stark without even using a weapon.
For the same reason, whenever Black Widow appeared in the comics, along with Iron Man, the fans responded very well, which made her an iconic hero, and she did not even have to fall from the sky as Thor, or have the serum of super soldiers like Captain America.
Without a doubt, this is a very different “first contact” than the one we saw on screen, where Black Widow did infiltrate Tony Stark’s team, but it was part of SHIELD’s plan to spy on the tycoon wearing the Iron Man armor. , and thus be able to bring the Avengers to life.
