Thanks to Comixology Unlimited I have been catching up on several Black Widow collections. When I saw that this one was written by Richard Morgan (Altered Carbon) I figured it had to be good. And it was! Already downloaded his next collection: The Things They Say About Her. Black Widow being the Black Widow. Retired? No way! I am finding out so many things about her past. And I was around when she first appeared in 1964 (only 10).

Not a fan of the art style. Story-wise, boring for the most part.

Loved that this had a bit of Nat's backstory

This was alright. I know that after reading such a great Black Widow run (Edmondson & Noto) anything after wouldn't be as good but this was just... okay.I hated the art so much. It matched the tone but it was ugly and I didn't like looking at it. Also why was Natasha in her underwear so much lol chill. We get it, she's a sExY spy. But I have seen men do worse with her and at least there was kinda reason instead on no her zipper... it's broken.I was pretty annoyed they just wrote out her gauntlet...

Beautiful looking book. I still isn't understand why Marvel gave this series Greg Land covers on it's initial release. Not only is his style horrid, it couldn't look any farther apart from the interior artwork.

A retired Black Widow returns to Russia when an assassin starts killing all the female Widows.Having just seen the Black Widow movie (it's good!), it was fun to see several threads from this graphic novel that showed up. I haven't read Black Widow comics prior to this so my only knowledge of her was from Avengers comics and movies. She's much harsher in this story than what I've seen. I have always actively disliked the art of Bill Sienkiewicz so I wasn't a fan here either. I don't feel the need...

Well whaddya know, Black Widow is… a cool character? Who’d a thunk that a woman ex-KGB spy could be interesting if you actually lean into how she perceived the fall of the Soviet Union and the steady decay of Russia for decades? How patriarchy treats her as a gendered asset? LOL Marvel movies sure don’t!This book has some serious Punisher MAX vibes which honestly is a kind of no brainer for a character like this, I suppose. But haha the Avengers need a Token Girl + also One Who Doesn’t Have Expe...

Morgan can write, hands down. And even though his unmistakable prose was exchanged, in this case, for pictures, the dialogue, themes, and storytelling style bore his totally unique and absolutely stellar fingerprints. In this story, Morgan takes on lots of big issues that hit a little closer to home—it reads thematically very much like Market Forces. There’s the corporation, the lack of respect for the consumer that pays for that corporation’s livelihood, and the mystery behind…something. It’s l...

“What gave you the right to do all this to me? To all of us?” Black Widow: Homecoming follows the recently retired Natasha Romanoff, who is trying to leave her past as a KGB spy and later, a SHIELD agent, behind her and just have a quiet life rock-climbing and reading books. But her past comes back to haunt her in the form of an assassin, and quickly she is all wrapped up in solving a mystery involving a string of strange deaths that all seem to lead back to one thing and one thing only: Nat's p...

If you recently saw the Black Widow movie and wanted more, this is a good place to start. I have to assume this was a seminal source for the team behind the film because there’s a lot of things you’ll notice from the movie in here. In this one, Natasha, while ever relentless and capable, isn’t always the seemingly all-knowing ineffable badass she’s often portrayed as. She’s skilled and feared, but she’s learning new things about herself, and is caught off guard more than once. As a spy thriller,...

A very Shallow black & white Buddy Read.I accidentally read the second volume, The Things They Say About Her, first. Because...thank you, Marvel, for your crappy labeling. Anyway, I was confused by her amoral attitude toward kidnapping and/or killing people. Also, she was a weeeeee bit of a rage monster.Why?Well, the answer is in this one.Natasha has retired from the spy games, and has begun to have a somewhat normal life. She's relaxed and enjoying civilian life. At least, until the first assas...

I have a recurring nightmare where men try to explain feminism to me.This is the fourth or fifth time I've read this trade. You notice little things after that many read-throughs. There's a scene early on where the narration is intended to read "there are friends and there are friends," but because comics love to overuse italics, both friends are italicized. Another scene has Natasha breaking into a house. She should be wearing gloves, but at first, she isn't. Then, out of nowhere, gloves appear...

A really good Black Widow story by Richard Morgan, with great art as always by Sienkiewicz. The characters are great, the plot is tight and well-told. The feminism themes are a little heavy handed, but it works overall. I thought the ending was quite abrupt, but since then I have found that there's a sequel to this one, The Things They Say About Her . Overall, recommended!

This book is terrific. The only weakness to the story is the villain’s reason for triggering the events, but I actually chuckled.A retired Natasha becomes the target of assassins. Her resolution takes her on a path through her past. We learn about the Black Widow program, the red room, and some interesting things about Nick Fury. The story is clever in its construction, action and violence.The artwork is also interesting. Each of the six episodes have slick cover art, but the story panels are ro...

5 🌟Nice to see Natasha again. Sad that the other Black Widows died. Enjoyed seeing Natasha in action. Glad Nat was able to stop Vassily. Hope Phil and the girl will be okay. Can't wait to read more Black Widow comics!!!!

If you're into the Jason Bourne film series, you would love this. Never judge a book by its cover - clearly true in this case. The stories present inside have absolutely nothing to do with the cover art. The art inside is gritty, messy, the artist of the book majors on depicting reality as it is - alley ways, derelict buildings within soviet Russia, street scenes as it is, which is a far cry from the airbrushed reality of the cover art. Altogether disconcerting - the oppositeness of the art on t...

Natasha has retired to New Mexico where someone comes to take her out. Turns out someone is wiping out all former Russian female agents but no one knows why. So Black Widow gets back in the game to track down the people responsible. It's a solid spy story but a little on the stodgy side.

I found this story to be too over-the-top strawman-y. It's page after page of all men are bad, all men are predators, all men are manipulative, etc.Maybe I'm not familiar enough with the characters to really get the dynamic between Natasha and Nick Fury, but I was under the impression that they were equals (not in rank, but in respect). (view spoiler)[I didn't like how this story retconned that into her having been his pawn all these years. (hide spoiler)]

I really like Homecoming. I wouldn’t say it’s an iconic one in terms of Natasha’s comic history, and I can see why. It’s not some epic tale, and besides Fury, most of the characters are new, therefore giving it the feeling of being rather separate, alienated, with no familiar roots - excluding our protagonist.But I enjoy this storyline so much because of it’s unique, from the story to the way it’s told. There’s not much violence, and mainly follows a string of conversations. The dialogue is shar...

This book doesn't have the best plot or characters by far, but it's definitely the most engaging Black Widow comic I've read to date. There's plenty not to like here: some of the political overtones are a bit much, there's not a solid, good theme, and there's a few scenes in which I wish certain characters were wearing a bit more clothing. But it's fun, and there's some interesting points made. The art is fine, for the most part. And the summaries at the beginning of the issues are quite good, s...