The first issue of Black Widow, from writer Nathan Edmondson and artist Phil Noto, is everything you could ask for in a title starring Natasha Romanov. There's espionage, deception, moral ambiguity, rocket launchers, and the fiercest femme fatale in the Marvel universe. Edmondson and Noto do an excellent job introducing both new readers and devoted fans to Black Widow's solo adventures. Even those unfamiliar with the character's extensive mythology will feel comfortable slipping into her story; it's a relatively simple story, elegant in its execution, with few moving parts to weigh down the narrative.
The book starts off with tensions running high; there's no easing in to Black Widow #1, not that we would want to. A desperate suicide bomber has his finger on the detonator, while a disembodied voice tries to talk him down. The voice (which the reader can rightfully assume belongs to Natasha) tells a story of a broken child who becomes an assassin for hire. It's a work of fiction, but the greatest lies are always sprinkled with just enough truth to make their falsehood believable.
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