Immediately after her initial solo feature ended, the Black Widow co-starred in "Daredevil " #81–124 (Nov. 1971–Aug. 1975), of which #92-107 were cover titled "Daredevil and the Black Widow". "Daredevil" writer Gerry Conway recounted, "It was my idea to team up Daredevil and the Black Widow, mainly because I was a fan of Natasha, and thought she and Daredevil would have interesting chemistry." Succeeding writers, however, felt that Daredevil worked better as a solo hero, and gradually wrote the Black Widow out of the series. She was immediately recast into the super-team series "The Champions" as the leader of the titular superhero group, which ran for 17 issues (Oct. 1975–Jan. 1978).