Thunderbolts: The Saga Of Yelena Belova [Paperback]

Yelena Belova’s journey from adversary to ally of the Black Widow!

MARVEL STUDIOS' THUNDERBOLTS* hits theaters May 2nd, 2025!

Natasha Romanoff’s time as the Black Widow may be running out — because Yelena Belova is gunning for the mantle! Yelena is the first student in Red Room history to exceed Natasha’s skills — and now she’s determined to eliminate her predecessor and claim the title for her own! It’s a war of the Widows that will rage from the Middle East’s deserts to New York’s Upper West Side! But Yelena’s path will soon place her square in the crosshairs of her home country, alongside Alexei Shostakov, the Red Guardian! Together, they face a race across Russia…pursued by the Winter Guard! And Yelena finds her destiny as the White Widow, helping Natasha protect San Francisco from a terrible threat!

COLLECTING: Black Widow (1999) 1-3, Black Widow (2001) 1-3, Widowmakers: Red Guardian and Yelena Belova (2020) 1, Winter Guard (2021) 1-4, Black Widow (2020) 7-10Devin Grayson is best known for her award-winning work on DC’s Batman books — including Batman: Gotham Knights, a title she created, and Nightwing. She has also worked at Marvel on X-Men: Evolution, as well as penning Black Widow and Ghost Rider miniseries for Marvel Knights. She has had an essay published in She’s Such a Geek: Women Write About Science, Technology and Other Nerdy Stuff, scripted an MMORPG, and written several articles about her experience with insulin-dependent diabetes and her Dogs4Diabetics-trained medical-alert dog, Cody.

Eisner Award-winning writer Greg Rucka is the author of nearly a dozen novels — seven featuring bodyguard Atticus Kodiak and three featuring Tara Chace, the protagonist of his Queen & ColsÉ