Yelena Belova is a superspy who has been forged to be an exemplar Black Widow in the Red Room academy. Obsessed with Natalia Romanova, the defective Black Widow, she underwent intensive training to surpass her idol.[4] In order to teach a lesson, Romanova designed a cruel scheme to show Belova that being a spy meant being used and it bore no glory or heroism.[8] Belova abandoned her masters to walk her own path.[9] Working as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent for a corrupt faction, Belova was severely wounded in the Savage Land. She was offered help by the outlaw A.I.M.[10] and was transformed into a Super-Adaptoid, in exchange of attacking the Avengers.[6] Belova stayed involved with A.I.M. in different situations, even becoming the Minister of State of their own nation in Barbuda.[5] She met her end in a war between A.I.M. and S.H.I.E.L.D. Avengers.[11] The Red Room had ways to recover their prominent agents via cloning, including Romanova and Belova. Romanova ruined their operations, but has managed to fully restore Belova to life by psychically infusing a clone with her memories.[12] Having reassumed the control over her life,[13] Belova has become an ally to Romanova and, as the White Widow, has been in charge of training young female spies to help them fend for themselves.[14]