| Rating | Collected Issues | Reviews |
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8.7
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Black Widow #1 | 24 |
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8.5
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Black Widow #2 | 10 |
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8.2
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Black Widow #3 | 3 |
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8.8
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Black Widow #4 | 9 |
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8.4
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Black Widow #5 | 4 |
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9.2
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Black Widow #6 | 11 |
Badass, trilling, packed with great action with distinct and awesome visual style. Honestly it's like an action movie translated into a comic book, thanks to Samnee and his understanding of the medium. Both him with Waid really had a vision about this book and IMO it shows. Although I would advice the future readers to not go expecting too much out of the book writing-wise or something too deep, because although the book has it's moment on that front too, this comics is mainly concerned with the action, the thrills and the atmosphere and for me, if you want to do something like that, Black Widow is one of the best characters to use, because it fits perfectly with her character.
9 Art
9 Writing
Black Widow (2016) by Mark Waid & Chris Samnee (Marvel)
Can lightning strike twice (two Eisner winners fresh off their monumental Daredevil run)?…Eh.
I really enjoyed Samnee’s art and style (it’s clean, cinematic, consistent, and lends well to both action and drama). As for the story, I didn’t care much for the Headmistress/Red Room plot and actually preferred the Weeping Lion storyline. This first issue started off fun and fast-paced, however the first trade bogs down a little. Conversely, the second trade is paced too fast and doesn’t flush out some of the subplots very well. The second trade seemed like we were missing some tie-ins.
I’m not sure how this run holds up to the Nathan Edmondson run (I put that on my reading list after re-reading this since it first came out). The first Kelly Thompson trade was really good but the second was absolutely terrible.
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