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Marvel Comics is to reveal the backstory of its Black Widow character in a new minseries titled Deadly Origin. The Soviet assassin first appeared as an Iron Man villain in 1964, and is due to feature alongside the character on the big screen in next year's Iron Man 2, played by Scarlett Johansson. Captain Britain scribe Paul Cornell has written the series for Marvel and Tom Raney has provided artwork. "A hidden enemy is killing everyone our heroine Natalia has ever been close to: romantic partners, friends, people she (more) …


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