11 Marvel Characters Black Widow Has Had A Relationship With

11 Marvel Characters Black Widow Has Had A Relationship With

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Black Widow is a character with a long history, so it makes sense that she would have had various relationships with some interesting characters.

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11 Marvel Characters Black Widow Has Had A Relationship With

Natasha Romanoff, the Avenger known as Black Widow, is one of the deadliest spies in the Marvel Universe and a character whose past is one of mystery and intrigue. Born in the Soviet Union and orphaned as a child during an attack on Stalingrad, Natasha was rescued by Ivan Petrovitch Bezukhov, who took her in and raised her. He trained her until her talents caught the attention of KGB, who recruited her into their ranks and sent her to the Red Room.

Her training in the arts of deception and espionage should have eliminated any need for emotional acceptance or attachments; however, this was not true for Natasha. Since she appeared in Tales of Suspense #52 in January of 1964, she has had many meaningful romantic relationships.

Updated July 9th, 2021 By Anthony Mazzuca: Natasha Romanoff has always been a complicated character, as demonstrated by her love life. None of her relationships have been smooth, some ending in heartbreak and others in more mutual separation. With her solo movie finally out, it’s worth taking a look at all the relationships she’s had in both the main universe and the multiverse.

12 Count Otto Von Doom Shared-Time With Natasha In The Short-Lived 1602 Universe

11 Marvel Characters Black Widow Has Had A Relationship With

The 1602 universe was crafted by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert. It placed the heroes in an Elizabethan realm that felt like Camelot in many ways. It was an interesting setting, even if many of the characters retained most of their best-known traits.

Natasha was still a spy in this universe, one that initially worked for Sir Nicolas Fury before betraying everyone to side with her secret lover, Count Otto Von Doom, the tyrant of Latveria. The relationship ends as well as all of Doom’s relationships do, with him killing her for daring to question his plans.

11 Not Much Is Known Of Nikolai Beyond His Death

11 Marvel Characters Black Widow Has Had A Relationship With

Black Widow’s first romantic relationship was with a soldier named Nikolai, who she met while both were serving with the Russian Army during WWII. There is no backstory for the young soldier, but Natasha and Nikolai fell in love and were eventually married. The relationship was short-lived, and the marriage did not have a happy ending.

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After becoming pregnant with a baby girl, Natasha lost their baby during childbirth, and Nikolai was killed in battle. After this relationship ended, Natasha entered the Black Widow Program, beginning her training at the Red Room, and transforming into a Russian sleeper agent.

10 Alexei Shostakov Was An Arranged Marriage Gone Right Until His Death Was Faked to Create Red Guardian

11 Marvel Characters Black Widow Has Had A Relationship With

As her Red Room training progressed, Black Widow met Alexei Shostakov, a renowned Russian test pilot, whom the KGB had arranged for her to marry. At this time in her training, Natasha’s cover was that she was studying to be a ballerina, not a spy. Alexei and Natasha’s marriage was a happy one until Alexei’s supposed death, which instilled in her the strong desire to continue to serve her country in his place as the Black Widow.

Once she completed her Red Room training and started operating as a Russian spy, Natasha discovered that the KGB faked Alexei’s death so they could turn him into the Russian version of Captain America, the Red Guardian.

9 She Had A Fling With The Winter Soldier While He Was An Instructor At The Red Room

11 Marvel Characters Black Widow Has Had A Relationship With

As her training continued, she would eventually meet, receive training from, and share a brief romance with the Winter Soldier, Captain America’s best friend, and WWII sidekick, who seemed to have been killed in action. After being revived and brainwashed by the Russians, Barnes, now the Winter Soldier, was an instructor in the Red Room. The two developed romantic feelings for each other and started a secret relationship.

The KGB discovered that the two were romantically involved, and their relationship ended with Natasha’s engagement to Shostakov, and Winter Soldier was returned to cryostasis after an assassination attempt went wrong, and he was deemed unstable. Natasha was devastated.

8 Michael Corcoran Was Murdered In Front Of Her To Prove A Point

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Once Natasha entered the spy world, she found herself in a few unexpected romantic relationships. In Marvel Fanfare #13 she met Michael Corcoran, an American scientist who defected to the Soviet side. Her path crossed with Corcoran’s when she was trying to locate Ivan Petrovitch, the man who took the orphaned Natasha in and watched over her as her foster father.

Natasha went undercover as a scientist but eventually began a romance with Corcoran. However, once she found what she was looking for, and she went to check the information out as Black Widow, the KGB sprang the trap they had set and killed Corcoran in front of her.

6 Tony Stark Has Had A Complicated Relationship With Natasha In Multiple Universes

11 Marvel Characters Black Widow Has Had A Relationship With

Before joining the Avengers and becoming one of Tony Stark’s closest allies, one of Natasha’s earliest assignments was to infiltrate Stark Industries and assassinate Professor Anton Vanko, aka The Crimson Dynamo, a top Russian scientist who defected to the United States. Natasha’s early attempts to thwart Stark were stopped by Iron Man but became the foundation for her decision to defect from the KGB.

Once she joined the Avengers, Natasha and Tony become friends, but Stark never becomes a major love interest. The closest the two have ever gotten to a relationship in the main universe is a romantic interlude during a trip to Russia where Tony helps her defeat one of her former students and partner Boris Bullski, better known as Titanium Man. In the Ultimate universe, she actually ended up engaged to Tony (and betrayed him).

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5 Clint Barton Was Her First True Hero Relationship & A Big Reason Why She Left The KGB

11 Marvel Characters Black Widow Has Had A Relationship With

Natasha’s first encounter with Hawkeye occurred when she was attempting to infiltrate Stark Industries, and he was a man on the run and wanted for murder. The two were immediately attracted to each other, something that Natasha used to manipulate Hawkeye against Stark and Iron Man. As her attraction to Hawkeye grew, so did her loyalty to the Russian government.

However, when Hawkeye joined the Avengers, the KGB kidnapped Natasha, brainwashed her temporarily, and set her against the Avengers. She later broke free from the mind control and successfully defected to the United States to become an ally of the Avengers and an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

4 Daredevil & Widow Are Close Confidants Despite Their Relationship Not Working Out

11 Marvel Characters Black Widow Has Had A Relationship With

Following her mission for S.H.I.E.L.D., where she discovered that her husband Alexei Shostakov was alive and now the Red Guardian, Nastaha stepped away from her activities for a while as she pursued a relationship with Hawkeye. Natasha eventually broke off the relationship and resumed her activities as Black Widow, operating alone this time. As part of this new beginning, she moved to New York City and took on street-level crime.

During this time, she met Daredevil, and the two began a romantic relationship. They soon moved to San Francisco to start a new life together. The duo would continue their vigilante lifestyle in San Francisco but soon parted ways after Natasha felt that Matt was not treating her as an equal. The two remain close and aid each other when needed.

3 Spider-Man Only Had A Relationship With Widow Because She Regressed Into Her Old Cover Of Nancy Rushman

11 Marvel Characters Black Widow Has Had A Relationship With

While in New York and before she began her relationship with Daredevil, Natasha, still with S.H.I.E.L.D., found herself captured by Hydra and regressed into one of her old cover identities, school teacher Nancy Rushman.

Natasha was rescued by Spider-Man, a hero with a thing for redheads, and the two felt a mutual attraction towards each other. However, both realized that something about the growing relationship didn’t feel right. Once her memory was restored, Black Widow admitted that the feelings weren’t real, and she was not interested in the Web-Slinger.

2 Hercules Was Nothing More Than A Fling Based On Physical Attraction

11 Marvel Characters Black Widow Has Had A Relationship With

After breaking off her relationship with Daredevil, Natasha decided to remain on the West Coast, moving to Los Angeles, joining and serving as the leader of The Champions. This team consisted of Ghost Rider Johnny Blaze, Hercules, and X-Men Angel and Iceman. During her tenure with The Champions, Natasha and the demi-god Hercules had a brief romance.

When The Champions were forced to disband due to Angel’s declaration of bankruptcy, Natasha and Hercules also split and went their separate ways. The two remained friends and continued to fight alongside each other, remembering their brief romantic relationship fondly.

1 Bucky Barnes & Natasha Had A Healthy Relationship, Only Ending Due To Her Death During Secret Empire

Following the assassination of Steve Rogers during Marvel’s Civil War, it was Natasha who rekindled her relationship with a no-longer-brainwashed Bucky Barnes, and who convinced Bucky to take up the mantle of Captain America.

The two continued to work together, tracking down and neutralizing sleeper agents from the Red Room and Hydra. They remained together until Natasha’s untimely death at the Hydra-controlled Steve Rogers’s hands during the Secret Empire event.

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