Minor spoilers ahead, I guess, so… yeah!When she’s not avenging, Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow is still doing missions on the side for money to pay off her conscience for the bad things she did way back when - but this second volume shows Nathan Edmondson’s already run this idea into the ground.The missions themselves are largely unvaried: Natasha finds a target to protect or kill, faceless guards with guns shoot at her, she escapes – repeat. As if to make up for the lack of interest in the m...

ArtThe art of this series is just exquisite and gorgeous - definitely one of the best I've ever seen in graphic novels. In fact, in my opinion, it even transcends the vibrant artwork of Black Panther series by Ta-Nehisi Coates in terms of intricate details and that how realistically beautiful the design is. NarrationI love the way narration unfolds, initially the exposition at a slow pace and suddenly escalates during the sequence of action scenes, this blend made it more engaging and noteworthy...

Love that. This run is such good Natasha content. We get cameos from multiple different Avengers but I gotta say the issue with the Winter Soldier had me by the NECK. 😭😭It really took me out that while on different missions, Natasha was interrogating people for information but Daredevil and the Punisher had to tell her to stop. Iconic. Though the fact that she used to date Matt Murdock really got me going ????I loved that this entire volume is just her going on missions besides one overarching p...

Just a little below 4.5 stars.I was a bit disappointed with this volume. There was plenty of action, but I’m not seeing the grand plan of the (hidden) antagonist. I'm still not sure just who is pulling the strings behind the scenes. There are hints, but I don’t really know.The best part of this volume was in seeing Black Widow team up with some stone-cold killers, with former flame Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier making a surprise appearance, Frank Castle/Punisher in a perfectly timed appearance, an...

more like 2.5 but i’ll round it up because i really do like natasha

three stars ∗ wow...a cameo from my two true loves; bucky barnes and frank castle? automatic 5 stars. absolutely loved this installment and i am so very much eagerly waiting to go buy the last one!

Absolutely one of the BEST Black Widow comics I have ever read, especially in terms of artwork. Loved this to pieces! <3

I feel the same way about this one as I did the first volume. It's ok.Some of the story was really interesting, like Natasha teaming up with X-23 to save her friend/lawyer... And I liked the Anderson Cooper stuff, even though it was obviously just a gimmick, and (in all likelihood) wouldn't have even made it on the air in a real-life situation.But other than that? Meh.I would love to see some sort of personality emerge from this character. I get that she's a lone wolf/killer/assassin/super-spy k...

My God, this is a beautiful book. I absolutely love the art. The muted paintings is an unusual choice for an action-heavy book like this, but I just love the way they look. This is definitely a book that will, visually, stand out from the crowd.I have mixed feelings about the story, though. The missions can be cool, but they also tend to be disjointed. And although watching Natasha spiral downwards is interesting, to watch, I'm not sure I buy all of it. (view spoiler)[What cuts her off from the

I lightly harped on Volume 1 for being sort of stodgy, and it seems like in response (I'm going with another TV series analogy like in the first review) to make things interesting that BW's The Tightly Tangled Web went The Love Boat route - give 'em GUEST STARS! I'm talking Daredevil, Bucky 'Winter Soldier' Barnes, The Punisher, and - wait for it - Anderson Cooper (?!). Despite my questionable humor, this volume showed marginal improvement and had good action scenes.

This was so good! I have to say, I definitely think I preferred it to The Finely Woven Thread! The storyline didn't feel *quite* as disorderly as it did in volume one, (although I still wish it wasn't all so disjointed, as it can definitely be hard to follow at times!) I loved all the cameo's (hello Bucky, Spider-Man, Tony Stark AND Hawkeye?!?!) it was so much fun to see them integrated into Black Widow's story. I do wish there was more explanation - or I knew more - about the back stories betwe...

The dichotomy that is the Black Widow.She’s a member of the Avengers, yet she prefers to work alone.She’s an assassin, yet the Avengers frown upon killing.She takes a certain amount of pleasure in killing a bad guy, yet she carries a huge weight of guilt around with her from her past.Edmundson does a better job in this volume showing the Yin and Yang of Natasha’s inner struggle, but the plot strands can get murky. Edmundson throws in a bunch of guest stars: Punisher, Daredevil, Hawkeye, X-23, th...

I liked this better than the first volume. The story was sometimes a bit confusing but mostly exciting, and that ending?!? Gods, I'm happy I already have the next volume ready!While I'm not the biggest fan of the art and colors especially, it's definitely growing on me.I loved all the cameos and team ups with other characters, and I now want to know everything about Nat and Bucky's and also Nat and Clint's past. Can't wait to read the final volume in the series!---Edit: Now that I've finished th...

Continuing Black Widow's mission to uncover who is behind the mysterious organization known as Chaos, this volume was a bit more interesting than the first, but more because of all the Marvel guest stars than because of the Widow herself.This storyline is bloodier than most Marvel books, as Natasha and most of her allies do not display the reticence about killing that superheroes usually do in mainstream titles. Well, she doesn't kill as casually as, say, the Punisher (who makes a crossover appe...

This would be a decent follow-up to volume one, except that there are far too many guest appearances that don't serve any purpose, and end up making Black Widow look/feel less than herself. Daredevil is there at the beginning and he's completely useless except to make Natasha feel bad about herself like a jackass, and make her doubt her moral compass. Like he's so perfect and has the right to be self-righteous?The Winter Soldier teams up with Black Widow for a bit, and even though I haven't read...

5 Words: Comic, Avengers, isolation, strength, danger.CLIFFHAGER!Noooo!And there's ages to go until the next volume :(I love Black Widow and this is by far the best arc I've read. It's amazing. Noto's art is exquisite and Edmondson writes her perfectly.You meet a whole host of other characters in this volume, and I have to admit I was a little thrown by X-23 (who I'm checking out next, she's as kick-ass as Nat) but oh my god. Awesome. Amazing.I quite liked The Punisher #9 suck in there too, seei...

Finally caught up on this series. The story is much more dynamic in this volume, and a hell of a lot more interesting in hindsight now that (view spoiler)[Natasha's gone rogue (hide spoiler)] but I don't buy the reason she did at the end of this volume. I mean, Anderson Cooper? With all that hearsay he-said she-said bullshit 'reporting'? Don't buy it. (view spoiler)[And the very fact that there is a whole issue about how Natasha's work is being misconstrued by the public because of her status as...

Phil Noto's art: 10/10 always.Nathan Edmondson's writing: ehh. ok.

phil noto drawing natasha's zipper all the way up is what gives me life.

I'm really looking forward to seeing the upcoming Black Widow movie, and luckily my library hold on the second volume of this series just came in. I really like the art style here just as I did in the first volume, and it's fun to see other characters from the wider Marvel universe pop up. We get to see Hawkeye, Laura aka X-23, and the Winter Soldier as well as a few other familiar faces. That said I'm not as familiar with the comics iterations of some of them. I do know I really want to read mo...