Elektra (Elektra Natchios) is a Marvel Comics superhero.
Created by Frank Miller, she first appeared in Daredevil
#168 (January, 1981). She is named after Electra, daughter
of Agamemnon of Mycenae and Clytemnestra of Sparta. Elektra
is a ninja and assassin who wields two bladed sais as
her trademark weapon. She is one of Miller's more memorable
creations for Marvel, and subsequent writers' use of her
is controversial among American comic book fans. Elektra
was born in an unnamed Greek island of the Aegean Sea
to Hugo Kostas Natchios and his wife Christina Natchios.
She had an older brother named Orestez Natchios. (The
name should be Orestes in Greek language). There have
been two different and contradictory accounts of her family
history given in various issues. In Elektra:Root of Evil
#1-4 (March - June, 1995) it is stated her father was
an aspiring diplomat who eventualy managed to gain his
first assignment as an ambassador to an unspesified country.
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