Natasha Romanoff' has been a lot of things in the Marvel Universe. From her time as an assassin, a spy, a villain and an Avenger, Black Widow has shown that she's one of Marvel's most skilled fighters, and she also has one of the biggest hearts, even if she doesn't show it.

Outside of her moral compass, wit and fighting ability, Natasha might seem like an average human. However, she still has some enhanced abilities that make her much more than simply human.

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In everymedium she appears in -- comics, film, video games and animation -- the Black Widow is always one of Marvel's best hand-to-hand fighters. Trained in the Red Room since she was a child, Natasha Romanoff is an incredible acrobat, marksman, ballerina, assassin and martial artist. Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's Captain America #27 confirms that she trained beside the Winter Soldier, another one of Marvel's deadliest characters, so it's no wonder shefights so well in the field.

Along with rigorous training, Natasha Romanoff also has a super-soldier serum pumping through her veins.This version of the serum does not grant her the same strength Captain America has, but it does allow Natasha to perform at peak human condition in regards to herstamina and strength. In Kelly Thompson and Annapaola Martello's Captain Marvel#7, Natasha proves how strong she is by single-handedly taking out an alligator without any assistance.

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Along with being incredibly strong, fast and flexible, the serum also makes Natasha physically more durable and gives her a stronger immune system. Injuries that would most likely kill someone or put them out of commission for an indefinite amount of time are not critical for Natasha. In writer Mark Waid and artist ChrisSamnee's2016 Black Widow run,Natashais brutally stabbed by a Black Widow trainee, but she is able to get back into action after some rest and the most minor medical treatment.

While Natasha can still be injured, it takes a lot to cause damage. Thanks to her healing factor, she recovers from these wounds in record time if they're too critical and do not result in severed body parts.

Black Widow is in a dangerous line of work, and Natasha is no stranger to jumping through glass windows, suffering physical blows from villains twice her size, enduring explosions and continuing the fight despite a few knife and bullet wounds. Would this would be fairly debilitating for most people, they're everyday occurrences for Natasha.

Thanks to the health benefits of the super-soldier serum, Natasha'spain toleranceis far beyond a normal human's threshold. It's also thanks to decades of torture, fighting and painful training that she's built up a superhuman endurance that allows her to power through the pain. One of the best examples of this is in Marjorie Liu and Daniel Acuna'sBlack Widow run,where she drags herself out of the hospital after being operated on while conscious,having felt every cut the doctorsmadeas well as their hands digging around her body.

Black Widow was first introduced as an adult in Stan Lee, Don Rico and Don Heck's Tales of Suspense #52, back in 1964, and Chris Claremont and Jim Lee'sUncanny X-Men #268 confirmed thatNatashawas a little girl in World War II prior to entering the Red Room. While she should at least bein her 80s, Natasha still appears to be in the physical prime of her life.

While Marvel has plenty of ways to explain away the age discrepancies of characters who've been adults for decades, Black Widow's aging was slowed by the same serum that gave her other abilities. This has allowed Natasha to age slower, feel younger and maintain her youthful appearance for decades.

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Prior to the events of Matthew Rosenberg and Travel Foreman'sTales of Suspense: Hawkeye& the Winter Soldier, the Black Widow was believed to be dead. However, those two Avengers discovered that Natasha had been revived through cloning while investigating a string of murders that appeared to be tied to her. Her body is a perfect replica of the original Black Widow, but this one is newer.

Her memories and her personality are also the same, but they were implanted by the Red Room, who conveniently withheld the information thatmakes Natasha an independent hero. However, she quickly realized what was going on and reprogramed her brain so that she could be her true, heroic self again.

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After moving to New York, Caitlin Sinclair Chappell got a job at Forbidden Planet, a science fiction and comic book mega store, working as a sales associate and a writer for their newsletter, the Weekly Planet. Prior to moving across country, Caitlin was a honors student at Lewis & Clark College, where she was an editorial intern at Dark Horse Comics, a director on several short films, and a writer for the Odyssey and the Piolog - her articles focusing on comics, film, and theatre. With several friends from Portland, Caitlin co-started the Comic Book Buds podcast, which she still co-hosts to this day. In her free time, Caitlin volunteers for festivals and conventions like NewFest, Screamfest, and Wizard World. Shes currently working on a handful of creative projects, including her first comic and a two act play.

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