Imagine theelevator / safety valve from SHIELDsequence in Captain America : The Winter Soldier . Now opine it as if it was a ) a risible Holy Scripture , b ) feature no trace of Captain America at all , c ) had Black Widow or else , and d ) was somehow even better .
Spoilers forward for Black Widow # 1 , by Mark Waid , Chris Samnee , Matthew Wilson , and Joe Caramagna .
Rewatching those moment from Winter Soldier , it ’s hard not to see this opening event as Waid , Samnee , Wilson , and Caramagna ’s ultimate court to the movie . The whole thing is a about negotiation - spare activity sequence ( Natasha does n’t speak until the final page ) that we pick up in medias Re ; Natasha has stolen something from SHIELD , and Maria Hill has disavowed her as a fugitive of SHIELD for it .
This just so happens to come about while Natasha is deal her direction through a crowd of SHIELD agents . Oh dear.!But for as lovely an court this is , Natasha ’s version is definitely the loud version of the two . Seriously , Cap ’s move in that lift might be sleek :
But they do n’t match Black Widow laying the smackdown , barrel her manner through a paries right away into another scrap .
Cap ’s saltation out of the window is moderately ballsy , even for a humans with topnotch agility , forte , and a shock - take in shield :
But Natasha irrupt her way out of the side of a building …
Except it ’s not a construction . It ’s a SHIELD Helicarrier .
It ’s not just the lift bit that Black Widow pays a elated court to . Even after she ’s done freefalling through the sky and taking out some jet - multitude - wearing SHIELD factor chasing her ( and , of track , a hovercar , which are a dime bag a dozen in the SHIELD of the comic ) , she even gets a bike following which culminates in something very like to Cap ’s outflow from the Quinjet in Winter Soldier :
Natasha may not have a the shield , but bomb work out well enough to take it down .
There ’s plain a lot of doubt left at the end of Black Widow # 1 , which might as well be the longest , well - drawn teaser trailer for a mirthful Koran series I ’ve seen in a long time . Just like that amazing chronological succession from Winter Soldier , Black Widow # 1 never lets up on the activity , and it ’s a sensational visual treat .
The visual storytelling , as well as Samnee and Wilson ’s gorgeous art , made this an absolute blast to read , even if it does n’t resolve anything or offer much in terms of set -up . If we can get a undercover agent thriller series with activeness like this from Black Widow every month — and it should be unsurprising if we get it , considering this is the same originative team that nailedan unbelievable streamlet on Daredevil — this is run short to be one Inferno of a ride . Pay attention , Marvel studio ! If there ’s ever a Black Widow solo picture , this might just be the serial publication to sprain to for aspiration .
Gifs by Katharine Trendacosta . reach the author at[email protected ] .
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