Black Widow

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Black Widow may refer to:

In wildlife:

• The black widow spider, the common name for several species of venomous spider
• False black widow, spiders of the genus Steatoda, often mistaken for widow spiders
• Black widow (fish) (Stygnobrotula latebricola), a species of brotula

In literature:

• Black Widow (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics characters
• Black Widow (Timely Comics), a 1940s comic book character
• 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

In film and television:

• Black Widow (1954 film), a film starring Ginger Rogers
• Black Widow (1987 film), a starring Debra Winger and Theresa Russell
• Black Widow (2005 film), a Canadian film starring Sarah Slean
• 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" (Boston Legal episode), an episode of Boston Legal
• "Black Widower", an episode of The Simpsons

In music:

• Black Widow (band), a British progressive rock band
• Criteria for a Black Widow, a 2000 album by the heavy metal band Annihilator
• "Black Widow", a song by the rock band Mötley Crüe on the compilation Red, White and Crüe
• "Black Widow", a song by Lita Ford on the album Dangerous Curves
• "The Black Widow", a song by Alice Cooper on the album Welcome to My Nightmare

In video and computer games:

• Black Widow (arcade game), a 1982 Atari arcade game
• Black Widow (Slam Masters), a character from the Slam Masters series of games by Capcom
• Black Widow Games, a computer games developer

Other:

• Black Widow (truck), a monster truck that races on the USHRA circuit
• Black Widow Spider Bike, a motorcycle featured on the reality TV show American Chopper
• P-61 Black Widow, an American night fighter aircraft used in World War II
• YF-23 Black Widow II, a prototype fighter aircraft designed for the United States Air Force
• Black Widows, Chechen female suicide bombers
• Black Widow Cheer Gym, an all-star cheerleading facility in Ottawa, Canada
• Blackarachnia, a Transformers character known as Black Widow in Japan

Black Widow can also mean:

• A typology of female serial killer
• A girl dressed all in black accompanied by a man in a Zoot Suit
• The nickname of Jeanette Lee, a pool player who tends to dress in black
• The nickname of Sonya Thomas, a champion competitive eater