This story serves as the introduction to Yelena Belova aka The Black Widow. The first three issues, whilst somewhat rushed serve their purpose in introducing Yelena to the reader and Natasha. The second set of stories see Yelena out on her own missions for Russia. Whilst the stories are interesting they are somewhat of a relic given the lacklustre, needlessly sexual art work and overt eroticism. It’s decent spy stuff with strong art throughout but not quite a classic.

i would like to say thank u yelena belova

Can’t wait to see the black widows on screen on may 1st 🥵

3.5 stars. This was pretty decent. I’d say part 1 had the best artwork. Part 2s art was solid. A nice water color look. Part 3 had the least favorable art. As far as the story, all three were pretty good. Part one had Natasha going after this biological weapon that killed its user. Yelena, the latest trainee from the red room, shows up trying to thwart Nat to prove she is better. Some nice action here. Part 2 had Nat taking Yelena thru the paces to show her she is still naive and a rookie compar...

This was pretty good!It has multiple stories like first with both US and Russia sending their widows aka Nat and Yelena and what follows thereafter and them facing off against each other to prevent some bio-attack virus or something and its alright setting their duologies against each other and then a story of Nat stealing Yelena's identity and making her believe that she is Nat and its a twisted tale in order to take down the Russian general Stelyenko and a great Yelena story where she has to i...

I read this book via Kindle Unlimited. This is a collection of three different Black Widow stories, each dealing with Natalia Romanov and Yelena Belova; their first meeting and how their lives are tied to one another in different ways. In the first story, we have Nat working for both the US and Russia in an attempt to gain a bioweapon from Afghanistan, not knowing that Russia have also deployed Yelena. Yelena attempts to stop Nat who soon teaches her you can't beat the best. In the second stor

Great collection of stories. Smart, sexy, and full of psychological spy intrigue. This is how the Widow should be. Really enjoyed it. Great artwork. Definitely NOT for kids.

All interesting stories, I'd never heard of yelena before so it was nice to be introduced to her. However I can't give this collection a high rating due to how sexual the female characters are drawn, especially yelena's uniform (why would any spy uniform have her abdomen exposed?) and it was VERY obvious neither wore a bra so we could see how perfect their breasts are.

looks like something made by men, for men

An interesting choice - it's basically a Marvel NOW! kind of thing where they get a new Black Widow. But then the old Black Widow repeatedly rubs her face in how the new Widow is not a real spy and breaks her. It's completely the opposite of how I would have thought about the story. Conventionally, it would be the older, wiser woman who would show the naive recruit the importance of compassion. I would have thought the Red Room would have made the new Black Widow more machinelike. That's kind of...

Has a lot of really cool spy moments, and feels very different from the mainstream Marvel comics. This is actually a collection of three comics featuring the Black Widow, a title now shared by Natasha Romanov and the new blonde Russian Yelena Boleva. I read this in anticipation for the latter's MCU debut in the upcoming Black Widow movie, and am keen to see how the film portrays their relationship. The first two stories work really well by playing off this rival/mentor relationship, but the thir...

Some elements were genuinely cool - doubled identities, corrupt politicians at the BDSM club, etc - but overall this was not what I expected. Sexist aesthetics and lame storyline.

A bit of a weird collection. Out of the three I think the second has the strongest story and most unique artwork that works for it, but might not be everyone's cup of tea. The third story was just... Blegh. They really should have used a cover image of Yelena instead of Natasha since these stories were more focused on her. She definitely has potential and I hope they manage to something more worthwhile with her. Fingers crossed the MCU handles her well.

Black Widow #1-3, The Itsy-Bitsy Spider, ☆☆☆☆Black Widow #1-3, Breakdown, ☆☆☆☆☆Black Widow: Pale Little Spider #1-3, ☆☆☆

Another great title from the Marvel Knights's stuff.A big, simple, spy movie, action packed, and with Natasha being a bad ass, as usual. But, actually, in the three stories on this book, i believe Yelena Belova is the main character on all of them.The art on the first and the second stories are great. I've saw Scott Hampton's pencil on World Eaters and, here, is great as well. But J.G. Jones... c'mon, this man is a beast. On the third story, a very ugly, raw art that didn't get me.The only two s...

This collection features three Black Widow tales featuring Yelena Belova, the second Black Widow. The first was decent but forgettable, and the other two were Greg Rucka trying too hard.

This is one of those books that makes me wish we could add half-star ratings. I'd say it's a solid 3.5 out of 5, but if I had to lean closer to 3 or 4, I'd stick with the former. It's a totally good, enjoyable ride though perhaps not particularly exceptional. Made up of a collection of three stories which primarily focus on the introduction of Yelena Belova, the second Black Widow, the overall package is a nice-- though not artistically consistent-- experience. The first tale follows Natasha Rom...

Book four for the year complete! This book was a surprise from my fiancé because of my obsession with Yelena Belova, who is heavily featured in this series. I’m still working on my other books in my stack, but decided to take a break to see Yelena in action in the comics. I wasn’t impressed with the first storyline featured in the series, but the second storyline with Yelena and Black Widow switching bodies/faces was very twisted yet very well-done. Really focused in on psychological warfare and...

3 interesting collections rolled into one.Vol 1 - Itsy Bitsy Spider - was decent, really showcased and introduced Yelena Belova and showed her shortcomings compared to Natasha.Vol 2 - Interesting/intriguing body swap story, had more potential than it capitalized on, great idea, mediocrely executedPale Little Spider - Marvel's attempt to be edgy, very sexy characters, focused purely on Yelena and her story. Faces are drawn horribly in this run, but the story and other artwork is okay.All in all,

PSA: this is definitely for ADULT readers (heavy violence and sexual nature). This had 3 different artwork styles, but they differentiated enough from each other that it wasn't too much of a shock when you switched between the stories included. All 3 series included are heavily focused on Yelena Belova and her life goal to become worthy of the Black Widow moniker. The runs they chose really showcase Yelena coming into her own in a coming-of-age type way while also showcasing bits of the dysfunct...