The New Avengers (Thunderbolts)
Melina Vostokoff
Alive
Alive, not seen since
- Appearances
- 1
Along the chronological spine
Where the guide talks about them (2)
THE FRACTURE AND THE SNAP — Black Widow (2016, released 2021)
Set immediately after Civil War, while Natasha is a fugitive. She reunites with her fake Soviet sleeper-cell family from childhood: sister Yelena Belova, "father" Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian, and "mother" Melina Vostokoff. They destroy the Red Room, the programme that trained and chemically conditioned Black Widows, killing its director Dreykov. His daughter Antonia, whom Natasha believed she had killed and who was in fact turned into the mind-controlled Taskmaster, is freed.
WHERE EVERYONE STANDS RIGHT NOW — The New Avengers (Thunderbolts)
Likely
| Character | Premiered | Appeared in | Status now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yelena Belova | Black Widow (2021) | Black Widow, Hawkeye, Thunderbolts, Brand New Day | Alive — leads the New Avengers from the Watchtower. D |
| Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian | Black Widow (2021) | Black Widow, Thunderbolts | Alive. D |
| Melina Vostokoff | Black Widow (2021) | Black Widow | Alive, not seen since |
| John Walker / U.S. Agent | FATWS (2021) | FATWS, Thunderbolts | Alive. D |
| Ava Starr / Ghost | Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) | Ant-Man 2, Thunderbolts | Alive, stabilised but not cured. D |
| Bob Reynolds / Sentry | Thunderbolts* (2025) | Thunderbolts | Alive, with the Void contained rather than gone. D |
| Antonia Dreykov / Taskmaster | Black Widow (2021) | Black Widow, Thunderbolts | Dead — killed early in Thunderbolts*. Not in Doomsday |
| Valentina Allegra de Fontaine | FATWS (2021) | FATWS, Black Widow (post-credits), Thunderbolts, Brave New World | Alive — CIA Director, nominally in charge and actually controlled by the team |