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<\/a>If I sounded impressed with my review of the first volume of Nathan Edmondson’s Black Widow<\/em> a few weeks ago, then I can firmly tell\u00a0you that his second volume, Black Widow: The Tightly Tangled Web<\/strong><\/em><\/a> intrigued me even more. This volume shows you that Black Widow is indeed a human capable of feelings. (If that statement made you roll your eyes, let me explain.) In the first volume, and really throughout any of the Avengers movies, the Black Widow, aka Natasha, is shown as a cold,\u00a0 yet ruthless, killing machine, one who will do whatever it takes to complete\u00a0her mission,\u00a0an\u00a0M.O.\u00a0that makes perfect sense since\u00a0she used to be a KGB assassin. Edmondson expands upon Natasha’s past in this second volume, allowing readers a glimpse behind the dark curtain that hides Natasha’s true self.<\/p>\nBlack Widow: The Tightly Tangled Web<\/a><\/strong><\/em> tackles the bigger idea of superheroes as a whole. In\u00a0both volumes, readers see Natasha as part of the Avengers and SHIELD, going on missions for them, but also going on side jobs in order to atone for her past life as a KGB assassin. Once the Black Widow is seemingly outed\u00a0through media footage splashed all over the news,\u00a0other superheroes, SHIELD operatives,\u00a0and the regular public\u00a0are forced to question the idea of superheroes operating outside the reach of the law.<\/p>\n Another ongoing thread in this second volume focuses on the people who come and go in Natasha’s life.\u00a0In\u00a0San\u00a0Francisco,\u00a0Natasha runs into her ex Matt Murdock, also known as Daredevil, while hunting for cyber terrorists.\u00a0On what she thinks is\u00a0a simple mission in Prague, Natasha finds herself face to face with the Winter Soldier, who unbeknownst to her is there to stop the train from being robbed. Later, she runs into the Punisher, aka Frank Castle, a former Marine turned vigilante, while searching for information about a deadly criminal network that seems to be running communications off of the boat she is searching.<\/p>\n Add in a run-in with Hawkeye and this second volume reads less like a stand-alone Black Widow volume and more like a combination superhero graphic novel, which I\u00a0found to be\u00a0equally disappointing and riveting.\u00a0I did enjoy the interactions she had with each person because it added an extra layer of depth to Natasha as a human being and highlighted important aspects of her past and her personality that would have been missed if readers were only privy to the conversations between her and her attorney, Isaiah. (Isaiah seems to be her closest friend and confidante and the doozy of a mess that Natasha finds herself in in this second volume comes back to harm Isaiah.) I just wish this volume had been more of a focus on Black Widow, more of a true stand-alone comic. I personally can’t wait for Edmondson’s new issues of Black Widow <\/a>because it sounds like they will show more about her background.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If I sounded impressed with my review of the first volume of Nathan Edmondson’s Black Widow a few weeks ago, then I can firmly tell\u00a0you that his second volume, Black Widow: The Tightly Tangled Web intrigued me even more. 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