#40

Synopsis

Origin of the Black Widow continues.

Notes

Reprinted from

• Bizarre Adventures #25
• Marvel Fanfare #9
• Marvel Fanfare #10— Marvel Premiere Classics border trade dress
• Marvel Fanfare #11
• Marvel Fanfare #12
• Marvel Fanfare #13
• Black Widow: Web of Intrigue #1
• Black Widow The Coldest War #[nn]

Credits

Script

Ralph Macchio, George Pérez, Gerry Conway

Pencils

George Pérez, Al Milgrom, Bob Layton, Luke McDonnell, Arthur Adams, Paul Gulacy, George Freeman

Inks

George Pérez, Al Milgrom, Brett Breeding, Bob Layton, Joe Sinnott, Jack Abel, Arthur Adams, John Beatty, Paul Gulacy, George Freeman, Mark Farmer, Mark Harris, Val Mayerik, Joe Rubinstein, Ernie Colón

Colours

Petra Goldberg, Barry Grossman, Bob Sharen, Paul Gulacy, George Freeman, Lovern Kindzierski

Letters

Tom Orzechowski, Jim Novak, Diana Albers, Joe Rosen, Ron Muns

Editing

Al Milgrom, Lynn Graeme, Terry Kavanagh

Assistant editor

John Denning, Alex Starbuck

Editor-in-chief

Joe Quesada

Collection editor

Mark D. Beazley

Editor, special projects

Jennifer Grünwald

Senior editor, special projects

Jeff Youngquist

Characters

• Natasha Romanoff
• Black Widow
• Sam Sawyer
• Ivan Petrovich
• Nick Fury
• Daredevil
• Wanda Maximoff
• Erik Josten
• Red Guardian
• Warren Worthington III
• Jacques Duquesne
• Goliath
• Peter Parker
• Alexi Shostakov
• Steve Rogers
• Spider-Man
• Johnny Blaze
• Ghost Rider
• Hercules
• Angel
• Clint Barton
• Bobby Drake
• Dum Dum Dugan
• Hank Pym
• Captain America
• Iron Man
• Hawkeye
• Power Man
• Swordsman
• Iceman
• Matt Murdock
• Scarlet Witch
• Tony Stark
• Black Lotus
• Wrangler
• Deadshot Darrance
• Kono Sanada
• N'Kama
• Iron Maiden
• Damon Dran
• Sheoke Sanada
• Snapdragon
• Jimmy Woo
• Colleen Wing
• Misty Knight
• Lady Daemon
• Pietro Maximoff
• Quicksilver

Other printings & variants

• Premiere Edition