I wasn't sure about this one but the dialogue and art sucked me in.Kelly Thompson is becoming one of those authors that I watch for now, and she's really the only reason I decided to go ahead and check this one out.I don't know what it is, but Black Widow just isn't a character that I actively seek to read about on a regular basis. I've read some good titles with her in it, so I think it's just BW's lack of superpowers or something. Nat gets amnesia after getting tossed off a building and wakes

The Long Kiss Goodnight homage? That was my first thought, but Kelly Thompson works some magic to grow that seed into the best Black Widow story I've read (or seen -- sorry, ScarJo). Stellar art too!I've been picking up some more of Thompson's work since enjoying Heart in a Box so much, and this is the first that comes close to the creativity I saw there. I hope the series lasts long enough for another volume or two. (Black Widow series come and go so fast . . . )

it baffles me the lack of creativity writers now have with natasha and the only thing they can do is inject more unnecessary trauma and pain in her stories and the character itself. this was one of the worst runs and you could’ve saved me 4 issues of just messiness and suffering. that fake family thing is lazy and so stupid, seriously? giving her a child and taking it away from her? seriously? A MESS. the art is very good tho.

4/10Gradient coloured soulless puppets, that talk and every now and then jump around. Soulless look in their digitally inked eyes. There is more life in the lifeless pin-up girls that Adam Hughes draws on the covers of the series that in any close-up's by the main artist. Soulless environments. Gratuitous tilted perspectives. The plot, meh. The way it is told, even more meh.The book has a couple of nice double page spreads featuring choreographic fights. But the question arises as to why in five...

A great start to a new Black Widow run. Excited to see Natasha "coming out of retirement" and how she is going to handle what exactly Madame Hydra and her team tried to do.

Packed with familiar faces and new additions, this is an emotional rollercoaster of a story. There's a wonderful element of mystery which drives the narrative and keeps the reader hooked from start to finish. That paired with neat action sequences, great dialogue, and amazing art makes this one of the most engaging and well rounded Black Widow stories.

Spectacular art, but the story is not for me. Natasha only really being happy when she's a normal suburban wife and mother with a normal job didn't hit me well, nor did the fact that she's apparently not at all traumatized by being kidnapped, having her memories stolen, and being forced to conceive a child. Her trauma is entirely about losing the fake husband, kid, and life. It's uncomfortably close to outright stating that women need to be mothers to be happy, especially because the characters

This is the best Black Widow story I have read. The story is great, the artwork compliments the story perfectly and the fights are cinematically perfect.Natalia is living her perfect life, with her perfect family. Who is the voice in her head telling her things are wrong? What happened and who are there "old friends" lurking in the background. Where does she get these amazing skills to fights and protect. Thrills for speed, and danger.This is an awesome start to what I hope is going to be a long...

So with a big splash film out, I thought I should read one of my first Black Widow comics in a very long time, and this one came up as one of the best. And I liked it quite a bit, though there are no real surprises here on what needs to happen to ensure Black Widow returns. Natasha is in a rare place--happy--as she has had her memories erased and is living in the suburbs with a perfect husband, a baby, a dog, a cool bike, and so on. One night she sees a woman being attacked by 6 or 7 guys and sh...

Whoa a Black Widow comic I enjoyed?First let us talk about the art. It is fantastic. Some of the clearest and best fight scenes in comics in some time for me. It also helps Thompson gives a great script with lots of funny moments and a ton of heart to Natasha. On top of all that we get some emotional payoff with some shockingly sad moments yet some major growth for Black Widow as a character. I'd say the weakest part of this whole story was we know it would almost restart despite giving us a new...

I like Kelly but this was not it... an amnesia storyline? Really? 2020/2021?

Crying over this

1 star. If it weren't for the (STUNNING) art, it'd likely get a 0 out of 5 from me. Since I suck at reviews, I'll simply quote Alexandra Iciek who so perfectly described my issue with this entire arc:SPOILERS AHEAD!!"Natasha is not enraged that her bodily autonomy was taken away from her. She does not feel conflicted that most of the memories and emotional history of her fake family were entirely fabricated. There is no sense of injustice over how she was taken out the hero game and forced to be...

Thank you, Kelly Thompson and co., for giving this lifelong Black Widow fan his favourite Natasha story ever! This book was amazing. The artwork is absolutely beautiful, the writing is top drawer and the story broke my heart. It really go me where I live.My only minor grumble is that they pulled the whole 'different artist for the flashbacks' thing, which I'm not a fan of, but the rest of the book was so damned good I'm going to let it go this time.I really couldn't ask for a better BW book and

"Who wants to finally #$@%ing kill the Black Widow?" -- Snapdragon, an assassinMere pages into The Ties That Bind the Black Widow, after completing a cloak-and-dagger mission along with Captain America and Hawkeye, is seen tumbling to a certain death from a Manhattan skyscraper . . . and then there is a sudden jump cut to 'San Francisco - three months later.' It seems that Natasha Romanoff is now a successful architect in the Bay Area with a handsome live-in boyfriend and an adorable toddler son...

Well, this was just a delight (albeit somewhat of a downer). Awesome story and art. I'm in.

The Black Widow is missing. But in San Francisco, a strangely familiar redheaded woman, with a new husband and baby, has appeared as if from nowhere. What is their connection, and where is the real Black Widow?Okay, this was brilliant. Absolutely superb from start to finish. Kelly Thompson tackles another character from the Marvel stable and makes them entirely her own. The plotline here is something that I've not seen before, and it fits Natasha and her history very well; there aren't many othe...

Elena Casagrande is the selling point of this book, she illustrates action quite well, with stunning cinematic panels beautifully colored in shades of black and red, unfortunately I didn't care for the story, three stars.

This book was really good! We pick up with Natalia and find that she has the perfect life and a husband and a son and a good job but she has moments where she lapses and old memories surface that leads to some questionable actions and we have Hawkeye and Winter Soldier on the lookout as to whats happening but then we find that not everything is perfect in paradise. A cabal of villains had brainwashed her and now want to destroy it to take the perfect revenge and then what happens to the family a...

This review was originally published over at my blog, The Grimoire Reliquary!Black Widow comics don’t often click with me. I’ve tried a few of her short-lived ongoing series and none appealed until this one. Written by Kelly Thompson and illustrated by Elena Casagrande, this is a story of Natasha Romanoff as I hadn’t seen her before, vulnerable and lost to herself but also happy. The first issue in this volume introduces us to the Black Widow as we know her – lethal, the most capable spy out the...