Who Is Natalie Reed? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Natalie Reed is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Natalie Gurdin, with over 45 comic issue appearances. The Lady Blackhawk of the revamped Blackhawks by Howard Chaykin.

Who is Natalie Reed?

Born in Brooklyn to Communist Party members Benjamin and Lucille Gurdin, she was raised to believe in the same things as her parents without much choice. Her parents had her join the Miss Young Communist League in 1937 and this led to a short lived modelling career and even a role in a movie titled Gun Molls in Trouble . She then changed her name to Reed in honour of the American Communist John Reed and then migrated to Russia . While there she became aeronautical engineer and chief designer for the Valentine-Prendergast Airplane Factory. She was a skilled pilot. She became connected to the Blackhawks when she created the design for their modified Grumman XF5F-1 skyrocket plans. Later, while working for Soviet Intelligence, she helped to defeat Death Mayhew , who was plotting to destroy Manhattan and was then dubbed Lady Blackhawk by the press. Little is known about her post-war life except that she did some more modelling and toured publicly.

Key facts

Natalie Reed is of human origin and first appeared in "Blood & Iron". The character is published by DC Comics. With 45 recorded issue appearances, Natalie Reed ranks among the most featured characters in comics.