Widowmaker (Image Comics)

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Widowmaker
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Widowmaker, from Dynamo 5 #11 (March 2008). Art by Mahmud A. Asrar.
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Publisher Image Comics
First appearance Noble Causes #18 (March 2006)
Created by Jay Faerber
Fran Bueno
In-story information
Alter egoUnknown
SpeciesHuman
Team affiliationsHunter Blackthorne.
AbilitiesProfessional assassin; Martial arts.

Widowmaker is a comic book supervillain appearing the Image Comics series Noble Causes and Dynamo 5 . Created by writer Jay Faerber and artist Fran Bueno, Widowmaker first appeared in Noble Causes #18 (March 2006 [1] ), in which she was hired to assassinate Captain Dynamo, which she did with poison. She then took a job from Hunter Blackthorne to attack Race and Liz Noble, only to be double-crossed by the Blackthornes. She spent some time in hiding in a safehouse provided by Slate Blackthorne. [2] [3] Eventually, the person who hired her to kill Captain Dynamo hired her to kill Dynamo 5. To that end, she has formed alliances with various super-criminals in order to fulfill her contract.

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