This is stylish and cool with a strong focus on action. If you're a fan of spy movies, this basically hits all the beats that you love. My only complaint is that the artist might not know how to draw children well. Within a flashback scene it's hard to pin down the age of Black Widow because her appearance seems to shift between elementary age and teenage. Other than that though, the art is really attractive.

Artwork: 3.5 stars, loved the 'bonus' drawings (guess you could call em that)Story/Writing: Part one - 3.5 stars, Part two - 2.5 stars---Xmas gift from my friend David :)~~~The story itself... fell more on the like side than 'in love' with but was still enjoyable.It does a good job of sucking you in and getting you invested in what Natasha is up to and how everything will play out.Despite all that, mental red flags kept popping up for me... (I'm fairly new to Marvel graphic novels/comics but wha...

While the art is very very good, the story takes a little while to get going. The second half is much better than the first. It's when it seems to get into the spy espionage side of Natasha more.

A strong beginning, but dropped off pretty sharply around the mid-point. The art is amazing though.

I’m genuinely surprised how good this was. Makes me want to read volume 2. I thought it would be full of cliches and predictable story like all the captain marvel crap. Kept me engaged the whole way.

Spies spies spies spies spiesIf the previous series was more LeCarre, this is Bournelike, but in a manner I find far more persuasive than Bourne himself. Great read. Well done.

Very much reliant on the visual aspect, Waid and Samnee collaborate to bring an action packed Black Widow story with minimal words, and yet a lot to say. The sparingly used dialogue lends well to Natasha's role as a master spy and assassin, with the art alone being enough to carry the fights and stealth panels which take up a significant amount of the pages. A pleasant surprise and an extremely enjoyable read. 

Black Widow’s stolen something from SHIELD – get her! Mark Waid and Chris Samnee reunite after their acclaimed Daredevil run to work their magic on Black Widow… and unfortunately it doesn’t take. The opening issue is full of slick, fast-moving action as Natasha busts out of a SHIELD Helicarrier in full pursuit by SHIELD agents and escapes them all – barely. And then we’re into a very generic spy thriller storyline: blackmail, secrets, double-crosses, heists. It’d be interesting if the writing di...

Have you ever picked up a comic that you weren't sure you wanted to read?Usually, if I open it up and there's just a bunch of tedious word vomit all over the pages, I'll close it and never look back.That was what was running through my mind when I swiped open the first page of this one. Ok. I can work with that.It's a pretty simple story, but it held my attention and made me want to come back for more.Natasha steals something very important from SHIELD and makes herself an enemy of the state. We...

It was a typical day for the Black Widow at S.H.I.E.L.D. Hanging out with the accountants. Comparing notes about whether her electro-static Widow’s Bite bracelets are tax deductible, critiquing the latest season of Orange is the New Black, and discussing the international tax code developments in the Czech Republic, when:Blammo!And Shapoopzie!Natasha is on SHIELD’s shit list.Uh, why?Because the use of body bags cannot be written off as a traveling expense according to SHIELD regulation MXVIII, S...

Waid and Samnee are at it again. If you're expecting their Daredevil run, this is completely different. Black Widow is a LeCarre spy novel as a comic book. Stretches of the book are completely silent, letting the art tell the story. Black Widow is on the run from S.H.I.E.L.D. and forced to work for a criminal overlord who knows her darkest secrets. It's a fantastic series with great art.

The Black Widow's past comes back to haunt her when the Weeping Lion blackmails her into getting some files for him in exchange for not revealing her darkest secrets. Will the Widow do what he asks? Will she let the Weeping Lion live when she does?Since Mark Waid and Chris Samnee on Daredevil was some of the best comics I read in years, I decided to take advantage of my Marvel Unlimited subscription and check out their Black Widow run. Coming off the glacially paced Infamous Iron Man, I was pret...

•Read as individual issues.•Re-read in hardcover omnibus (italian edition by Panini Comics)Eisner Award-winning team of Mark Waid and Chris Samnee is back for good.Initially I was not impressed at all reading this new start of Natasha's adventures, it seemed just a comic version of MCU Black Widow with the usual Dark past/Red room/S.h.i.e.l.d. and old/new mysterious enemy on the hunt, with great amazing art as a bonus.So glad the second part of the story is far better than the first, and Waid th...

When I heard the creative team from the best Daredevil run EVER (suck it, Miller fans! Bendis, Schemdis...) were doing a new Black Widow series, it almost cheered me up enough to stop crying about them leaving DD. Almost.It didn't disappoint. Issue one was one of most jaw-droppingly amazing first issues I've ever read and the rest of this first volume was like a masterclass in visual storytelling. Samnee's artwork is just stunning.The actual plot did occasionally dip into by-the-numbers espionag...

3.5 starsKrak! Fak! Whump!With those onomatopoeias our briefly dialogue-free title character begins an impressive, issue-long pursuit / big damn action sequence. Getting her Bond & Bourne on, deadly Natasha Romanoff leaps - sans parachute - from a SHIELD helicarrier with several agents on her tail, and continues the fight from mid-air to the New York City streets below. It was an exceptional opening to this volume . . .Except the rest of the book, though good, can't quite sustain the momentum an...

Damn, this was good! Black Widow is badass. The writing was on point and the artwork was so gorgeous, I soaked it all in with my eyes. The palate is darker with a motif of red. Her hair is so brilliant and the artists make the most of it in this book. Those who really appreciate Black Widow from the Avengers movies will find themselves gratified with this book. I'm not a huge fan of Scarlett Johansen. She does a good job in the movies, but she's not my ideal Black Widow. In this book, Natasha be...

Mark Waid's and Chris Samnee's Black Widow reminds me a lot of Nathan Edmonson's and Phil Noto's run — beautiful art, very meh story.But it started out so good! The first issue is brilliant. Almost completely silent, full of action, explosions and fun. But then, of course, we had to have some lame plot about Natasha stealing some key to a file to another file with some awful, awful secrets about Nat's past. I mean, come on. By now everyone knows about her past. She did bad things, she regrets do...

3.5 stars.So, this didn't get really good until the last 2 issues. I'm really finicky about the way Natasha is portrayed. She's one of my all time favorite characters and it really sucks that her solo books are usually awful (Itsy Bitsy Spider) or fantastic (Name of the Rose). This one was just kind of bland until the last 2 issues. I'm not Waid's biggest fan - I've yet to find something I love by him aside from the Archie series. I commend this book for using silence well. Natasha isn't a chara...

I thought I would give comics another try and this time chose a character that I knew I liked, and I am so glad I did. I got this comic from Santa today and had a lovely Christmas afternoon reading it.This is only the second comic that I've ever read, so this probably wont be the best review. I really liked the plot and was surprised quite a few times by the twists. If I hadn't seen all the Marvel films then I probably wouldn't have enjoyed it as much as I wouldn't have known as many of the char...

NATASHA ROMANOFF: The female-Jason-Bourne.Black Widow is on the run from S.H.I.E.L.D. Reading the first issue, I thought she resembled Scarlett Johansson!