A good spy comic with thrilling action, revealing character work, and jaw-dropping visuals.  Read Full Review

The opening of the adventure feels firmly planted in this first issue. If the five-issue dance with Natasha is to launch itself into something more than murky moodiness. Its going to need to find a way to coax the Black Widow into a stylish glide around the past of Marvels Russian super-spy in issues to come.  Read Full Review

Web Of Black Widow #1 is a strong opening from the creative team. This issue has no real flaws to speak of. The tight writing from Houser balanced with Mooney's perfectly suited art style along with excellent coloring and lettering make for a sleek action spy comic which acknowledges the history of the character and sets up a thrilling ride for long-time and new fans of the character alike. Read Full Review

Black Widow, the prestige television series. Read Full Review

Black Widow has been given her own miniseires, where her story is coming full circle, bringing the past back to haunt her. Read Full Review

Equal parts sexy-spy-thriller and blood-pumping-action-blockbuster, Web of Black Widow is peak Romanoff, there's no denying it. Read Full Review

Web of Black Widow seems to be placing itself as a noir mystery of sorts, effectively swapping the hard-boiled detective protagonist with that of the femme fatale who's usually either a secondary love interest or ruthless antagonist " sometimes both. It's not a bad concept for a Black Widow title, since her loyalties are always being questioned, particularly by Tony Stark in this debut issue. Read Full Review

Jody Houser characterization of Natasha Romanoff shines throughout Web of Black Widow #1. By tapping into Natasha's past in the Red Room, Houser created a strong story based around the intense spy world. There are a lot of questions created in the mission Natasha sets out on that includes the Avengers in a natural way. If you are a fan of Natasha Romanoff than Web of Black Widow #1 is a book you'll want to check out. Read Full Review

Overall this issue is a mixed bag. I think it’s far too soon to make a judgement call on the series. This first book is a fun read, but it is not without its problems. Will we get something new and fresh, or will this just be more of the same? We can only wait and see, but if you like Black Widow then pick it up. Read Full Review

I am a little torn on this issue. It read well, dialogue had no issues. It was pretty basic though. One could almost say you could probably skip this issue and you wouldnt miss much. Tony is worried about Nat. Walter is a good dude, his grandfather wasnt. And Nate wants to balance somethings she did in the past. The cliffhanger has me scratching my head. Was this Natasha? The art wasnt anything to get excited about. There was a couple panels that looked great, and Mooney can draw a beautiful female. But I couldnt help to feel like this could have been tightened up a little. On all levels: cover, interior art, inks and colors. Read Full Review

There were some great nuggets here, but overall, Black Widow is not the most compelling character for me still. I think fans of her will love it, but the rest of us would be better to scope it out before laying down our hard-earned cash for it. Read Full Review

I liked this. It was a solid issue. Definitely better than Houser's other book this week. I hope this miniseries is a fun one.

It's got a fascinating, demanding structure: Everything in this issue builds to the keystone scene of Iron Man confronting Natasha -- and previous scenes would be practically nonsensical if that one didn't go great. It works here, but I feel like it puts the series on a tightrope, and not in a good way.

It’s okay.

Hard to judge one way or the other. So far, it’s business as usual for a Black Widow book (barring one or two exceptions) we are about to delve into Natasha’s murky past, whether this excursion brings up anything new or interesting remains to be seen. At this stage there is not really enough to go on to be able to decide one way or another.

The one big splash page is pretty enough but the acrobatic and balletic moves within it do nothing to convey the action of the actual scene so, like the story so far, it’s all a bit vague.