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Black Widow (Claire Voyant) is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. An antiheroine who kills evildoers in order to deliver their souls to Satan, her master, she first appears in ''Mystic Comics'' #4 (cover dated Aug. 1940), published by Marvel predecessor Timely Comics. Created by writer George Kapitan and artist Harry Sahle, she is unrelated to Marvel's later superspy character called Black Widow. ==Publication history== The Black Widow makes five appearances during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books, all five written by George Kapitan. These short comics stories (the longest is eight pages, the shortest five) are spread among three different Timely anthology titles over a three-year period from 1940 to 1943.〔(The Black Widow ) at the Grand Comics Database.〕 Madame Claire Voyant is introduced in ''Mystic Comics'' #4 as "the strangest, most terrifying character in action picture magazines — the Black Widow. You've heard of the black widow spider — that evil creature whose bite spells doom. Now start the adventures of another black widow — a human tool of Satan whose very touch means death." Both ''Mystic Comics'' #4 and #5 (Aug. 1940, Mar. 1941) feature artwork by Harry Sahle (the stories are "Introducing the Black Widow", 7 pages, and "Garvey Lang", 8 pages, respectively).〔(''Mystic Comics'' #4 ) at the Grand Comics Database.〕〔(''Mystic Comics'' #5 ) at the Grand Comics Database.〕 Another ''Mystic Comics'' appearance in issue #7 (Dec. 1941) has art by Stan Drake ("Lewis & Sykes", 5 pages).〔(''Mystic Comics'' #7 ) at the Grand Comics Database.〕 ''USA Comics'' #5 (Summer 1942) is penciled by Mike Sekowsky and inked by George Klein ("Murder Unlimited", 5 pages).〔(''USA Comics'' #5 ) at the Grand Comics Database.〕 Her final Golden Age appearance in ''All Select Comics'' #1 (Fall 1943) has art tentatively attributed to Drake ("Blood Money", 5 pages);〔(''All-Select Comics'' #1 ) at the Grand Comics Database.〕 this story is reprinted in 1974, along with the rest of the issue, by publisher Alan L. Light's company Flashback as ''Special Edition Reprints'' #14. Her next appearance occurs 51 years later, in a flashback cameo in one panel of issue #1 (Jan. 1994) of the mini-series ''Marvels'' ("A Time of Marvels", written by Kurt Busiek with art by Alex Ross),〔(The Black Widow ) at International Hero.〕 and again nine years later (Feb. 2005), also in brief flashback, in Marvel Knights Spider-Man #9 ("The Last Stand", written by Mark Millar with art by Terry and Rachel Dodson).〔 The Black Widow returns, finally in full-length stories, albeit as part of an ensemble cast, beginning in 2008 in ''The Twelve'' (written by J. Michael Straczynski with art by Chris Weston). The character appeared in all 12 issues of ''The Twelve'', in addition to a one-shot titled ''The Twelve: Spearhead.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Black Widow (Claire Voyant)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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