Black Widow: Deadly Origin (2009-2010) #1

Black Widow: Deadly Origin #1

by Paul Cornell, Tom Raney (Illustrator), John Paul Leon (Illustrator)

The mysterious new enemy ICEPICK PROTOCOL has vowed to kill off everyone that Natasha Romanova- AKA the Black Widow loves! What will the Black Widow do when target number one hits a little too close to home?

Genres: Comics, Superheroes, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Marvel

24 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Paul Cornell is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy prose, comics and television. He's been Hugo Award-nominated for all three media, and has won the BSFA Award for his short fiction, and the Eagle Award for his comics. He's the writer of Saucer Country for Vertigo, Demon Knights for DC, and has written for the Doctor Who TV series. His new urban fantasy novel is London Falling, out from Tor on December 6th.

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Reviews

[Deepu Singh · Rating 1 out of 5]

Meh

[abi · Rating 2 out of 5]

*2.5


So I’ve read marvel comics before, and I’ve read some of Nat’s comics before, but I’ve never kept track of the ones I’ve read. I’ve now made it my mission to read every marvel comic that includes winterwidow (or almost every marvel comic bc they might be in little snippets of long runs n stuff. Just the mainstream black widow, winter soldier, captain america & avengers stuff basically lol) bc I adore them and I want to read their full story through the comics. So I’m starting here and working my way up.


I don’t remember ever reading this comic run, and this first issue was a little lackluster and albeit confusing. The pacing was weird, and I wasn’t a huge fan of the art style, especially Bucky’s character design. However, I’m really intrigued to read more about Natasha’s entry into the red room (which is one of my favorite parts about Natasha both in the mcu and in the 616 comic runs that I’ve read), and Wolverine was an interesting addition to this?? I definitely wasn’t expecting that, and now I’m even more intrigued to pick up some X-Men stuff bc the X-Men are awesome. Anyway, pretty mediocre, but regardless, I’m still gonna finish this run.

[danielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

there was so much going on? but wow v good.

[Nat · Rating 1 out of 5]

logan as natasha's "uncle"

"she now sees me as her father, logan. and since she calls you little uncle--
you sayin we're brothers, taras?
im not saying a thing. natalia when youve completed the exercise come and have tea with comrade logan and i."

"my superiors offer you both this chemical in exchange for your renewed loyalty. it will heal him ans increase your life spans. but there is an extremely limited supply, comrades."


1 star on a black widow comic is sad but the hideous art style made it unsalvageable
classic black widow story but weak writing

[paola poliana · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5
I just watched the movie and i just wanted to read more about her character, also this is the first comic about her that i read
I felt it was a little all over the place, the pace was too fast for me, I was genuinely confuse about stalin tho and also about wolverine (this one more bc sometimes I forget xmen are also part of this universe) but i just wanted to know where the movies took inspiration from cus i know for a fact it was not from this comic

[molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Steven · Rating 1 out of 5]

Bad story. Bad art. The most disappointing comic book I’ve read in a long while.

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ele de cabelinho cortado que coisa mais linda

[klau · Rating 2 out of 5]

natasha sapphic confirmed !!

[Mike · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wish I could say I loved this book, as I'm a huge fan of Black Widow - her cunning, her mythological level of prowess as a spy and fighter, and not least of which her red hair. Somehow though the book's story felt cheapened, rushed by the constant revolving door of old characters and conflicts that were instantly resolved with no real dilemma or challenge. It felt like we were just drifting along a play-by-play without learning anything new about the woman (even if we were supposedly seeing a new angle on all the events of BW's life over the years).