Black Widows
Bent not only invents the Zone Generators but also an antidote process giving him immunity to the bacteria. He uses this process on his small group of soldiers. While immune to the mind-altering effects, each Black Widow still has lesions on their skin and have yellow dilated eyes.
- Overlord - Dr. Bent himself, commander and rebel scientist
- Bandit - master of disguise, a terrorist of Middle Eastern origin;
- Duchess Dire - assignment expert and hardened criminal.
- Razorback - bladesman
- Reaper - manhunter
Later in the series, French scientist Jean Duprey and truck driver Richard Welt joins the Black Widows. They were codenamed Crook and Raw Meat, respectively.
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