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n. (alternative form of widow-maker English)
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Widowmaker is a fictional comic book super-villain, appearing the Image Comics series Noble Causes and Dynamo 5. Created by writer Jay Faerber and artist Fran Bueno, Widowmaker first appeared in Noble Causes #18 (March 2006), in which she was hired to assassinate Captain Dynamo, which she did with poison. She then took a job from Hunter Blackthorne to attack Race and Liz Noble, only to be double-crossed by the Blackthornes. She spent some time in hiding in a safehouse provided by Slate Blackthorne. Eventually, the person who hired her to kill Captain Dynamo hired her to kill Dynamo 5. To that end, she has formed alliances with various super-criminals in order to fulfill her contract.
Widowmaker were a British hard rock group, who were active from 1975 to 1977. They were considered by many to be a supergroup and released two albums. Although their influences appeared to offer vast creative possibilities, musical and personality differences led to their break-up. The legacy of Widowmaker is captured on the compilation Straight Faced Fighters (2002) released by Castle, which includes tracks from both of their albums.
Widowmaker was a heavy metal band formed by Dee Snider in 1992. They recorded two albums and toured the country in support but ultimately disbanded. Dee Snider went on to a number of other projects including a reunion of Twisted Sister.
In forestry, the term widowmaker or fool killer describes a detached or broken limb or tree top and denotes the hazards that such features cause, being responsible for causing fatalities to forest workers. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration describes widowmakers as, "Broken off limbs that are hanging freely in the tree to be felled or in the trees close by."
Widowmaker was debut album by the English hard rock band Widowmaker, which was released in February 1976. Widowmaker reached #196 in US and featured an eclectic mix of blues, country, folk and hard rock.
Widowmaker, in comics, may refer to:
- Widowmaker (Marvel Comics), a four issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics starring superheroes Black Widow, Hawkeye and Mockingbird
- Widowmaker (Image Comics), an assassin from the comic book series Noble Causes
- "Widowmaker", a Marvel Comics storyline written by Andy Diggle appearing in Thunderbolts
- "Widowmaker", a Marvel Comics storyline written by Garth Ennis appearing in Punisher MAX
- Widow Maker, a character from Jonah Hex
Widowmaker is a four issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics starring superheroes Black Widow, Hawkeye and Mockingbird. Widowmaker continues the storyline staged in Hawkeye & Mockingbird #6 by Hawkeye & Mockingbird creators Jim McCann and David Lopez and the Black Widow creative team of writer Duane Swierczynski and artist Manuel Garcia.
Widowmaker is a fictional, playable villain hero appearing in the video game Overwatch, developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. Introduced in November 2014 at BlizzCon, Widowmaker made her debut in Overwatch, released in May 2016. Widowmaker is one of the more notable characters in the game. The character is of French origin, with her real name being Amélie Lacroix.
Usage examples of "widowmaker".
Jefferson Nighthawk may want to be left alone, but the Widowmaker is growing stronger every day.
According to the history books, you were already the Widowmaker when you were eighteen.
Backbreaker Ames called him out on New Angola, and though Ames was seven feet tall, 400 pounds of rock-hard muscle, and a former freehand heavyweight champion, the young Widowmaker killed him in hand-to-hand combat.
He directed the ship to set a course for the Barrios system, then went off to the galley to get some lunch, all the while wondering why, if the Widowmaker was addicted to inter-species sex, his multitude of biographies never made mention of the fact.
This was juvenile thinking, the kind the younger Widowmaker clone was prey to.
Not only has the Widowmaker returned, but I am working for him, and together we shall kill millions of Men!
The Widowmaker killed an awful lot of men and aliens, but he was always a lawman or a bounty hunter, never an outlaw.
Did you maybe just imagine all this about the Widowmaker and everything?
And of course, the Widowmaker could probably hit his targets at 50 meters even if he were blindfolded.
I rob some churches, you kill the original Widowmaker, and the Marquis .
I could deliver an assassin and collect enough money to keep the Widowmaker alive until they came up with a cure for what ails him.
He was the Warrior Prime, the Widowmaker, and he was everything the original had been and more.
In every way that mattered, he was the Lord High Dram, Warrior Prime by popular acclaim, Widowmaker by destiny.
The One King would meet a negotiator for the empire atop Widowmaker Mountain at the next new moon.
Which was the other reason why Dram was also known as the Widowmaker, though never to his face.