- "When the C.I.A. arrives, tell them I'm at the Blackjack tables. My luck has just got to change."
- ―Natasha Romanoff
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| Black Widow: Deadly Origin | |
| Title: | "Deadly Origin" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Cover price: | $3.99 |
| Cover date: | January, 2010 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Joe Quesada |
| Writers: | Paul Cornell |
| Pencilers: | Tom Raney; John Paul Leon |
| Inkers: | Tom Raney; John Paul Leon |
| Cover artists: | Adi Granov; Greg Land; Tom Raney |
| Cover inker: | Adi Granov; Greg Land; Scott Hanna |
| Cover colorist: | Adi Granov; Justin Ponsor; Frank D'Armata |
| Colorists: | Matt Milla; John Paul Leon |
| Letterers: | VC's Cory Petit |
| Assistants: | Michael Horwitz; Rachel Pinnelas |
| Editors: | Bill Rosemann |
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"Deadly Origin" is the title to the first issue of the Black Widow: Deadly Origin comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Paul Cornell with artwork by Tom Raney and inks by Scott Hanna. It was colored by Matt Milla and lettered by Cory Petit of Virtual Calligraphy. Alternating pages were illustrated by John Paul Leon. The story was edited by Bill Rosemann with Rachel Pinnelas and Michael Horwitz as assistant editors. This issue shipped with a January, 2010 cover date and carries a cover price of $3.99 per copy (US).
"Deadly Origin"[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- Logan (In flashback only)
- Winter Soldier, James Buchanan Barnes
Villains
- Black Widow Ops Program (In flashback only)
Minor characters
- Adolf Hitler (In flashback only)
- Captain America, Steve Rogers (In flashback only)
- Ivan Petrovich (Apparent death)
- Joseph Stalin (In flashback only)
- Taras Romanoff (Final appearance; dies)
Organizations
- Black Widow Ops Program
- Nazis (In flashback only)
- Russian Armed Forces
Races
Locations
- Russia (In flashback only)
Items
- Assault rifle
- Captain America's shield (In flashback only)
- Handguns
- Katana (In flashback only)
- Photostatic veil
- Poisons
- Shield (In flashback only)
Vehicles
Time eras
Miscellaneous
- Casinos
- Decapitation
- Flashbacks
- Morgues
- Ninjas (In flashback only)
Notes & Trivia[]
- This issue is reprinted in the Black Widow: Deadly Origin trade paperback collection, published in March, 2010.
- This issue gives special thanks to John Toon, David Monteith, and Stuart Vandal.
- Flashback scenes from this issue coincide with flashback sequences presented in Wolverine: Origins #9.