![]() ![]() ![]() His Natasha is every bit as cool as James Bond on film–a spy you’d both love to be and love to be with. Noto’s painted panels, his 1960s color palette, his realistic Natasha and other recurring characters, and his city scenes from San Francisco to Prague are memorable. Edmondson presents the coolest version of Black Widow yet with an engrossing story. You often encounter series that are weighted toward a stronger writer or stronger artist, but here the balance is perfect. All the while she has bested the bad guys on every continent, even if at first she can’t determine who to trust. ![]() In the past year she has partnered with Director Hill, The Punisher, the wolverine/mutant X-23, and even Bucky Barnes–the Winter Soldier, and taken on both Hawkeye and Daredevil. director Maria Hill, Natasha Romanova aka Black Widow is a powerhouse superheroine–without the need for any superpowers in a banner year for kick-ass women genre characters. Yet, troubled by her past, she’s on a quest to atone for past sins even if she doesn’t collect all her bounty along the way.Īccompanied by her lawyer-handler Isaiah, an adept operative in his own right, and S.H.I.E.L.D. ![]() She’s decisive and merciless when she needs to be. Black Widow gives us an entirely new look at the assassin turned Avenger. The one-two punch of Nathan Edmondson’s creative storytelling and Phil Noto’s stunning painted covers and panels have yielded twelve issues of a great comic book series this year. ![]()
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