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A review by writerlibrarian
Black Widow: The Name of the Rose by Nate Piekos, Marjorie Liu, Daniel Acuña
4.0
Marjorie Liu offered a wonderful glimpse into Black Widow's past and her present. This stands alone but is a lovely match for The Man with no Face (Winter Soldier as Captain America) as the reader sees how deep the bond between James and Natasha has become.
I liked the dark places Liu went to but also that her Black Widow is smart, strong, devious and is not waiting for her man or friends to get her out of this mess of intrigue that she mostly attracted by herself for, well, being her paranoid, self reliant, survive at all cost self. There are quite a few cameos and the 'classic' women cat fight doesn't happen. Both times, both women are strong adversaries, smart and sharp and the confrontations are plot dictated. Which is nice.
I liked the dark places Liu went to but also that her Black Widow is smart, strong, devious and is not waiting for her man or friends to get her out of this mess of intrigue that she mostly attracted by herself for, well, being her paranoid, self reliant, survive at all cost self. There are quite a few cameos and the 'classic' women cat fight doesn't happen. Both times, both women are strong adversaries, smart and sharp and the confrontations are plot dictated. Which is nice.