This article is about the character from Captain America: Brave New World. For other characters with the Black Widow title, see Black Widow (disambiguation).
Agent Ruth Bat-Seraph is a Marvel Comics character who appears in Captain America: Brave New World, played by Shira Haas. She's an Israeli who was a former Black Widow, and now works as an aid to president Thaddeus Ross.
Ruth Bat-Seraph was created by Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema.
Background
Abilities
- Master Martial Artist: Being trained in the Red Room, Ruth became an expert in the field of martial arts and hand-to-hand combat.
- Expert Acrobat: She is an skilled class athlete, gymnast, and acrobat, capable of numerous complex maneuvers and feats.
- Expert Marksman: Ruth is a very accurate marksman skilled in the use of firearms.
- Multilingual: She is fluent in her native langauage and English.
- Expert Tactician: She is a very effective strategist, tactician, and field commander.
- Expert Spy: Ruth is a dangerous secret agent trained in espionage, stealth, disguise, infiltration, and demolitions. She displays an uncanny affinity for psychological manipulation and can mask her real emotions perfectly.
- Conditioning: Being a trained Black Widow from the Red Room, Ruth is far stronger, faster, and more agile than most ordinary humans.
- Agility: Ruth can preform flips, rolls, and jumps beyond typical humans.
- Reflexes: Her reflexes are at such a degree, she can dodge point blank gun-fire (if there's enough distance).
- Speed
- Stamina
Role in the film
Ruth appears as a former black widow agent and a security advisor to Thaddeus Ross, when he becomes president of the United States in 2026. After Isaiah Bradley, while being mind controlled, attempts to assinate president Ross, Bat-Seraph takes on the case, where she learns Bradley has been mind controlled by Samuel Sterns as revenge for years of hatred towards the president. Ruth teams up with Joaquin Torres and Sam Wilson to uncover the truth. Together, they learn that Ross imprisoned Sterns years ago to serve is own desires. Ruth later releases Bradley from prison after the truth is revealed and Ross learns that Isiah was being framed by Sterns.
Trivia
- She is the third confirmed black widow to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, following Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova.
- Ruth Bat-Seraph was originally a mutant in the comics, and the first superhuman agent of Mossad, operating under the name Sabra.
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