Black Widow
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Black Widow is a common name of some spiders in the genus Latrodectus - see Black widow spider (disambiguation) for a specific list of such spiders.
Black Widow may also refer to:
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[edit] Animals
- Black widow, freshwater fish Gymnocorymbus ternetzi also known as Black tetra
- Black widow, ocean fish Stygnobrotula latebricola, a species of Brotula
[edit] Fiction
- Several comic book characters, including:
- Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), Natasha Romanoff, a Marvel Comics character and the most notable of them.
- Black Widow (from Timely Comics), a 1940s comic book character
- Black Widow (Yelena Belova), a Marvel Comics character appearing in 1999
- Black Widow, a castle in Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy of novels
- Black Widow: A Novel, a 1981 novel by Christina Crawford
- Black Widowers, a fictional men-only dining club created by Isaac Asimov for a series of mystery stories
- Black Widow, a 1972 opera by Thomas Pasatieri.
- Natasha Kerensky, a BattleTech character also known as "The Black Widow"
[edit] Film and television
- Black Widow (1954 film), starring Ginger Rogers and Gene Tierney
- Black Widow (1987 film), featuring Debra Winger and Theresa Russell
- Black Widow (2005 film), a Canadian film starring Sarah Slean
- Black Widow (2007 film), with Elizabeth Berkley and Alicia Coppola
- The Black Widow (serial), a 1947 movie serial starring Bruce Edwards
- The Black Widow (1951 film), a British film starring Christine Norden
- The Black Widow, a Batman (TV series) villain played by Tallulah Bankhead
- "The Black Widow", an episode of Boston Legal
- "Black Widower", an episode of The Simpsons
[edit] Music
- Black Widow (opera) by Thomas Pasatieri (1972)
- Black Widow (band), a British progressive rock band
- "Black Widow", a song by the rock band Mötley Crüe on the compilation Red, White & Crüe
- "Black Widow", a song by the metal band Black Tide on the album Light from Above
- "Black Widow", a song by Lita Ford on the album Dangerous Curves
- "Black Widow", a song by the melodic death metal band Children of Bodom on the album Hatebreeder
- "Black Widow", a song by Dolores O'Riordan on the album Are You Listening?
- "Black Widow", a song by Mac Lethal on the album Love Potion Collection 4
- "The Black Widow", a song by Alice Cooper on the album Welcome to My Nightmare
- Black Widow Records, an Italian label
- "In the Constellation of the Black Widow", a song by the black metal/grindcore band Anaal Nathrakh
[edit] Organization
- A separatist organisation of the Dimasa people active in the North East of India.
[edit] People
- Black Widows, suicide bombers known in Russia as Shahidka
- Black Widows of Liverpool, two people hanged for murder in 1884
- The Black Widow Sonya Thomas, a top-ranked competitive eater
- The Black Widow Stacey Castor, a convicted murderer
- The Black Widow Jeanette Lee, a top-ranked pool player
- The Black Widow murders, murders committed by two elderly women in Los Angeles
- Betty Neumar, dubbed the Black Widow, or Black Widow Granny, whos five husbands had all died, and who is accused of murdering one of them
[edit] Plants
- Black widow, a herbaceous plant species Geranium phaeum
[edit] Technology
- Northrop P-61 Black Widow, a World War II aircraft
- Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 Black Widow II, a prototype fighter aircraft
- Black Widow, a roller coaster at Six Flags New England
[edit] Video and computer games
- Black Widow (arcade game), a 1982 Atari arcade game
- Black Widow, a character from the Saturday Night Slam Masters series of games by Capcom
- Black Widow Games, a computer games developer
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