not one of the better efforts. The first 3 story arc was okay, but totally did not like the 2nd 3 story arc.

It’s a battle of the Black Widows!!Natasha Romanov vs. Yelena Belova!This volume contains two stories originally published separately detailing the animus between everyone’s favorite Black Widow, Romanov, versus the upstart, Belova, who’s trying to lay claim to the title.These tales were published before the Avengers movies, so there’s no red ledgers of questionable stuff that has to be washed away. It’s generally a guiltless beatdown - a gunshot here, a kick to the groin there, stuff gets blown...

This volume collects two three-issue Black Widow stories, Breakdown by Devin Grayson and Greg Rucka illustrated by Scott Hampton and the title story by Grayson illustrated by J.G. Jones. Both feature Natasha and her would-be replacement, Yelena Belova. The Itsy-Bitsy Spider is a rather traditional adventure, with slick and shiny colorful art, whereas Breakdown is a more muted, philosophical piece, both in tone and appearance. Hampton does a very striking job of catching eyes and facial expressio...

The first arc was okay, but that second arc... Really could have done without that

An average rating of 3. The German version I read contains three stories:- 1999 series: 4/5 stars- 2001series: 2/5- Pale Little Spider (2002): 2/5I only read this because the Black Widow movie finally(!) comes out this week and I'm more than hyped. Pathetic reason, but it's the truth.I really enjoyed the first story which has Natasha and Yelena going against each other in a typical spy/action style. Nothing groundbreaking, but exciting with good artwork.The second and third, not so much. The sec...

Waiting for the graphic novel that doesn't treat female characters like constant erotic butt models. The art was all over the place from beginning to end. Cover art makes the Black Widow look like Angelina Jolie. The storyline is nuts. (****Spoiler!****) Trading faces to save an enemy spy? Boo.

You take all those spy movies and book, and you make them into female leads. Then you add picture, but not just any pictures, cool comic book art, then on top of all that, your female super spy is Black Widow, that's right the kick ass hero from the avengers. Although this story came out before Scarlett Johannsen made her a big screen hit. She was a super spy at war with another, calling herself Black Widow. I really like Devin Greyson, she knows how to write a good comic book spy superhero.

Serviceable story about the two Black Widows duking it out.Natasha vs Yelena! The 1st story was far better (in my opinion) because the 2nd kinda took off on a ride to Crazytown.The beginning 3 issues was a pretty straightforward story introducing Yelena Belova as the blonde, bootylicious, and entirely willing product of Russia's Red Room project.She's a patriot, and therefore sees herself as the true Black Widow. So.Natasha's gotta die.Yeah, it's basically a Spy vs Spy story, except with a lot o...

This artwork is so amazing & beautiful!! Loved it!Absolutely love this storyline too! Natasha Romanov VS Yelena Belova. Awesome action and those two girls kick some serious ass.Found this at my library so now the hunt for it so I can buy it and find the next issues begins!

This is really two separate miniseries, and serves as a decent introduction to Yelena Belova, the other Black Widow. I've seen Yelena before, mostly in relation to the Dark Reign storyline, and this is where she comes from, I guess. She does kind of come out of nowhere, but her existence does make sense. Natasha was so effectively trained that it only stands to reason that the Russian government would repeat her training on another candidate. The first story is a decent spy caper sort of thing.

Eh, I hovered between 2 and 3 so 2.5???There is something here worth praising. They delve into how Natasha feels about being the Black Widow. Everyone likes to typecast her as the typical Russian spy a la Boris and Natasha but she's not.There's a lot of Natasha pondering her mortality and her purpose in life, here. She gets a letter from her doctor telling her happy birthday and it upsets her because that's those are the only birthday wishes she receives that day. It reminds her that she's alone...

This trade collects two different Black Widow series, one from 1999 and the other from 2001.In each of these, the Widow finds herself face to face with a younger woman from Russia who claims she is the proper holder of the Black Widow mantle. In the first series, Nastasha and her counter part, Yelena, battle it out over a deadly toxin developed by an evil scientist and bandied about in a fictitious Middle Eastern country. Daredevil guest stars as both Russia and the United States race to see who...

I- what?? The first arc with the three issues from 1999 were good, surprisingly from something from 1999. The story was solid and pretty entertaining. Lots of tit & ass but not as bad as it could have been and it wasn't much actual tit out so it didn't fill me with rage. The super skin tight suit with the nips out was super cursed and Yelena having a suit with a crop top is the stupidest thing I've ever seen in my entire life though. Say you're a man drawing female superheroes without saying you...

I liked this a lot better than 2009-2010 run of Black Widow comics I read yesterday. This was more organized, and had Natasha’s character more laid out. She actually had a personality in this, and I loved the introduction to Yelena who’s one of my new favorites in the mcu. Her character feels a lot different in this series, and I liked the take on her.The plot was pretty ehh, I was mainly more focused on Natasha and Yelena fighting it out. That was overall, my favorite part of this. Excited to r...

This was cool, Blonde Widow vs. Red Widow, hair that is, both ladies are Black widow, this was the ultimate in Spy Comics

Oh boy, how to rate this one. I gave it 3 stars to average out the 2 story arcs. The first half collects a series from 1999, and the second half a series from 2000. The series from '99 is just plain boring, cliche, and a product of the 90s. The second arc from 2000 is the complete opposite, with amazing watercolor, pastel art and great, fast-paced storytelling. 1 star for the first story and 5 for the second. Recommended for fans of Black Widow.

Collects two Black Widow miniseries: Itsy-Bitsy Spider 1-3 from 1999 and Breakdown 1-3 from 2001.These stories have some connecting points but they’re very different in both plotting and art.The first miniseries is drawn in a very conventional 1990s superhero style with skintight constumes and lots of ass and tit shots.Both US and Russia send Natasha to Rhapastan to locate and destroy a deadly gas that first makes its victims murderous and then ages them until they die. The big complication is y...

I've been a fan of the Black Widow for ages, and I remember reading these stories when they came out around twenty years ago. I ran across this combined volume, and figured I'd re-read them and see what I thought now.The first half was really quite good, and deals with a different version of some of the story that looks like it will be in the new Black Widow movie. The idea that much of Natasha's past is pretty iffy is something we've been told before, but to have another product of the same pro...

after reading the newer versions of black widow, this one is a little more spy and a lot less human. Does it make sense? And what's up with Daredevil and her? iwannaknooooooow(view spoiler)[ also she was married? whaaat?! (hide spoiler)]

This was a random pick from the local library. I'm not very familiar with the character (outside of movies), so I thought I'd take a quick lesson on who Black Widow really is. The experience was better than I expected. The first story introduces two Black Widows: Natasha Romanov and Yelena Belova. The latter is younger and more ambitious, ready to take Natasha's place by killing her while they are both hunting down a mysterious gas weapon that will turn normal people into monstrous killing machi...