Daily Black Widow

The final panel of the final issue of the Black Widow’s first run as a solo hero, reminds us of how Natasha seems unable to create condensed, displaced representations of her trauma like the Watchlord.

Today: a brief appearance from Natasha during the Summer of Love–and the thick of the Vietnam War…. The Avengers #45 by Roy Thomas and Don Heck (cover by John Buscema) Released in August 1967, in the heat of the Summer of Love, but also increasing protest against the Vietnam War, for which American troops hadContinue reading “Daily Black Widow: The Avengers #45 (1967)”

New comics always drop on a Wednesday. I usually find at least one to check out. Even after Free Comic Book Day’s amazing stack from Saturday/Sunday, I went to Comics-N-Stuff Carlsbad to browse the new comics wall. I found myself struggling to pick just two, and then just three, and four, and finally five–and, well,Continue reading “Weekly Wednesday August 18, 2021”

Today: a Daily Double! A Double DD! Daredevil (1998) #61 By Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev, August 2004 Appearing seventeen years ago, this issue of Bendis and Maleev’s rotoscoped noir Daredevil finds Matt Murdock and Natasha suddenly crashing back into each other after a long hiatus. The Widow has just been called off anContinue reading “Daily Black Widow: Daredevil #61 (2004)”