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 fictional comic book super-villain, 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), 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. 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.