An interesting, action driven book with a good spy story to tell. I enjoyed the character interactions and characterization. The art was decent - not my favorite, but also not bad at all. ( )

There are bits and pieces of this that I'm not really wild about (the mostly silent first issue, the ending) but overall Waid and Samnee adapt well from Daredevil to Black Widow - Samnee's art is as gorgeous as ever, and it feels like he has a whole new box of toys to use doing a super-spy comic rather than a superhero comic. Looking forward to more of this! ( )

I haven't read much Black Widow and this is the 2nd series I've read of hers and so far I'm enjoying it. It's an easy read. We get some insight into how Nat was trained in the Red room and who she met at a young age. It's off to a great start and I'm interested in seeing how things play out in volume 2. ( )

A popcorn movie in comic form. The frenetic pacing keeps you from thinking about any of it too much, but the ride sure seems fun while you're flipping pages. ( )

This comic opens up explosively with the announcement of an S.H.I.E.L.D. agent that Black Widow is an enemy of S.H.I.E.L.D. and to apprehend her at all costs. Black Widow manages to escape the heliocarrier and the evade capture on the streets below. She stole something from S.H.I.E.L.D. but she didn't have a choice.

She had been picked up by the person who wants her to do a job. The Weeping Lion who has very sensitive material on her that he intends to make public if she does not do as he says wants her to steal something from S.H.I.E.L.D. For now she is trapped into doing what he says.

He then wants her to fly to Russia to the Red Room from where she came and get a file. When she arrives she finds a surprise as the deserted building is not so deserted after all. The program that created her was supposed to have been shut down, but when she runs into a young girl who stabs her in the basement, she has to wonder.

What is the Black Widow's secret that she doesn't want to get out and who is the Weeping Lion? What is really going on in the old Red Room? This is a fabulous comic. The plot is engaging and the artwork is stellar. The paneling for the fight and chase scenes are incredible and really bring them to life. I can't wait to see how Black Widow wrangles herself out of this mess. ( )