Agent. Avenger. Assassin. BLACK @ewIDOoOWw 5 NATHAN EDMONDSON « PHIL NOTO bee ri | vy NOw!NATASHA ROMANOV IS AN AVENGER, AN AGENT OF S.H.LE.L.D. AND AN EX-KGB ASSASSIN, BUT ON HER OWN TIME, SHE USES HER UNIQUE SKILL SET TO ATONE FOR HER PAST. SHE IS: BLACK WIDOW When you see wield, open up the MARVEL AR APP (available on applicable Apple ® iOS or Android ™ devices) and use your camera-enabled device to unlock extra-special exclusive features! (© 2014 Marvel Characters, nc. Alights reserved. All charactors featured In this fssue and tho distinctive names and likenesses thereof, and all elated Inicia are trademarks of Marvel Characters, Inc. No similarity between any ofthe names, characters, persons, and/or institutions inthis magazine with those of any tving or dead person or institution i intended, and any such similarity which may exist i purely coincidental, WW.MARVEL.COMTM RUSSIAN, LIKE YOU. WHY We YOU DO THAT?” "BECAUSE T WASN'T A GOOD PERSON. EVEN AT THAT ‘AGE, I WAS THE WORST. 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BECAUSE _Y AND BECAUSE YOUR REALKILLER IEYOU DON'T, “HAS A SNIPER RIFLE SOMEWHERE TWILL KILL, "INTHE BUILDING ACROSS YOU. THE WAY. watt, You ‘CANT BE--YOU DON'T MEAN=- No! GOING TO KILL ME DO IT 10 MY FACE, DON'T THROW YOUR TOYS‘THE AVENGERS, SHIELD, THE GOVERNIIENT=-THEYLL HEAR ABOUT YOUR TACTI ad |“SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. I HAD TO HURT ONE PRETTY BAD. THEN YOU siOULD KNOW LDONT PLAY ‘BY ANYONE'S RULES, ITOLD YOU DIDNT MIND. HANGING OUT. T TOLD YOU I'D FEED YOu ONCE WA WHILE. BUT T'M NOT ADOPTING YOU. AND YOU cA Lick ‘TM SERIOUS, HOW COULD T EVER TAKE CARE ‘OF ACAT? ANYWAY, LIKE T SAID, NO CONFRONTATION WELL BE OKAY AS LONG AS WE'RE OKAY, GOT IT? YOU MAKE THIS A THING AND I'M GOING TO GET UPSET. SCRATCHING, BITING, WHINING AT ME, FORGET ALL OF THAT.How LONG WiLL. FT TAKE...THIS |S WHAT T Al NOW. AND YOULL NEVER KNOW WHO TWAS BEFORE.ELLIEPYLE AXEL ALONSO JOE QUESADA DAN BUCKLEY ALAN FINE editor editor in chief officer publisher —_ exec. producer Pe ec Something tells me Liho may have his own spin-off title soon. eed a better name for you al Now, good news! If you simply cannot wait a whole month for more i anv (and who can?) th ‘have pa copy of ALL-NEW MARVEL NOW! POINT jon to 6 more pages of the world's st (also by Nata ded it (or will be demanding and Phil will be back inj Dear Marvel, ‘This comic was GREAT!" | read the 1st issue atleast 4 times and loved it. can't wait until the 2nd issue comes out, I'l definitly buy i. Overall it was @ great read with wonderful artwork. like the cat atthe end, and the bulletproof vest withthe sniper scene, is gor 14) W Dylan Unger But not having read the book yet was no reason not to se ularly if it included awesome anticipatory art! Hey team, ''m so excited for the new Black Widow! The creative squad is out of sight! From what have read, i looks to be a bold new direction for the character. | believe this tle has the potental for @ knock out. I dont say ‘hat purely because ofthe success of Black Widow in the Avengers. | say it because Marvel has put out some excellent stuff recently, like Havikeye! | also wanted to send in some fan at for the upcoming book! | had a ton of fun creating this image, | ope you all like it! Greg Menzie @Abnormalgreg So stay tuned Widow-watchers! (Nope...still not good...) And keep your leters, pictures and art coming! Said witha smile Elle Pyle Send letters to mheroes@marvel.com 135 W 50th St, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10020 (Please mark “OKAY TO PRINT”)