Black Widow is one of Space Ghost's villains and a member of the Council of Doom.
Physical Appearance[]
Black Widow is a pale woman who wears a black dress and black opera gloves. She wears a hat with a red gem, red necklace with a spider symbol and red earrings. The hat resembles a spider's face. Black Widow is shown to have long black hair without the hat in the official Cartoon Network website.
Biography[]
Space Ghost[]
She controlled the planet Telus which is full of insect-like aliens such as the Tarantopods, who could emit energy that would turn into webs. (Space Ghost: The Web) Black Widow also once teamed up with The Lizard Slavers. (Space Ghost: Revenge of the Spider Woman) She was renamed Spider Woman in later episodes to avoid confusion with the Marvel Comics character Black Widow. She joined the Council of Doom. (Space Ghost: The Meeting)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast[]
In Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Black Widow is a 300 year-old sorceress who has often tried to get a man. Black Widow has a thing for Space Ghost much to the disgust of him and her fellow Council of Doom members. She has 35 ex-husbands.
Prose stories on the official Cartoon Network website had her hooking up with and marrying Ghost Planet News (GPN) reporter Vector Black only to end up in divorce.
Her most notable appearance in the Space Ghost Coast to Coast comics was in the story Go, Space Ghost Manga, Go!!! in where Black Widow is portrayed as a stereotypical “ojou-type” attractive manga villain surrounded by pretty boys.
Space Ghost Vol. 1 (Dynamite Entertainment)[]
Black Widow appears in the Space Ghost Dynamite Entertainment comic in where she is renamed as the Widow.[1] In the comic, she was married and her husband was a member of a gang called the Black Tarantula Syndicate. The Widow is also implied to come from a wealthy family. She murdered her husband for his money. The Black Widow got arrested. She joined the Council of Doom after being released from prison. This version appears to be younger than most versions of the character.
Other Appearances[]
She made a cameo appearance in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! season 2 episode Don't Fool with a Phantom as one of the wax figures in the Topsy Turvy Room, and hands Scooby and Shaggy a wax apple. (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Don't Fool with a Phantom).
Black Widow once got into a blind date with Johnny Bravo. (Johnny Bravo: Adam West's Date-O-Rama).
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Notes[]
- She had the least appearances out of all the Council of Doom members in Space Ghost Coast to Coast. Black Widow also had the least speaking lines. This was possibly due to Judy Tenuta being the most high-profile and expensive voice performer in the cast.
- Judy Tenuta appeared as a guest in Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
- A portrait of Black Widow appears in the Haunted House level of the 2005 video game Scooby-Doo! Unmasked.