Widowmaker (Image Comics)

Widowmaker
Widowmaker, from Dynamo 5 #11 (March 2008). Art by Mahmud A. Asrar.
Publication information
Publisher	Image Comics
First appearance	Noble Causes #18 (March 2006)
Created by	Jay Faerber Fran Bueno
In-story information
Alter ego	Unknown
Species	Human
Team affiliations	Hunter Blackthorne
Abilities	Professional 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.

References

1. Noble Causes #18 at The Grand Comics Database
2. The Grand Comics Database page on Noble Causes #18
3. "Weiland, Jonah; "Ain't Nothing but a Family Thing: Faerber Talks Dynamo 5"; Article on ComicBookResources.com; December 20, 2006". Archived from the original on February 5, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2007.