Black Widow’s age and backstory are surprisingly ambiguous in the MCU. According to a birthdate shown in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, she was born in 1984, making her 32 or 33 years old ...

But Black Widow still has a major problem with resolving the character’s arc, given its placement within the MCU. And that issue speaks to the franchise’s larger issues around providing closure.

Marvel finally gave Black Widow a movie, and while it’s exciting and there’s plenty of meta commentary remarking on how long it took to arrive, nothing can actually fix the mess Marvel made.

Since her debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2010, Black Widow has been through quite a complicated journey. ... but in “Age of Ultron” it’s revealed he suddenly has a secret family.

Watch Black Widow’s key moments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe before her solo film debuts, from "Iron Man 2" to "Avengers: Endgame." ...

When Scarlett Johansson started playing Natasha Romanoff, she was the only female Avenger. And despite multiple appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Widow never got her own movie.