FA irq 7 a) ie aa bial enact I) ZINOW!) innersNATASHA ROMANOVA 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 WHILE ON A MISSION FOR S.H.I.E.L.D., NATASHA ROMANOVA WITNESSED AN EMBASSY BOMBING. SHE CHASED DOWN THE MAD MONK RESPONSIBLE TWICE, BUT BOTH TIMES THIS SELF-TITLED “HAMMER OF GOD” WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE BY KNOCKING HER UNCONSCIOUS. SHE DOES NOT LIKE LOSING. “FOR THE BIRDS” NATHAN UMONUSON PHILNOTO VC's CLAYTON COWLES ELLIE PYLE ARTIST LETTERER & PRODUCTION EDITOR yal JOE DAN ALAN ALONSO QUESADA BUCKLEY FINE EDITOR IN CHIEF CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER PUBLISHER EXEC. PRODUCER: (© 2014 Marvel Characters, inc. Al rights reserved. All characters featured in this issue andthe distinctive names and likenesses thereof, and all related {indicia are trademarks of Marvol Characters, Inc. No similarity between any ofthe names, characters, persons, and/or institutions inthis magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution Is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental, WWW.MARVEL COMOH, NATASHA, ALWAYS ALL, BUSINESS YOu ‘SHOULD ENJOY YOUR CAREER MORE, JE CROIS. ‘Al T PRESUME YOU'RE STILL ‘TRYING DESPERATELY 10 ALL AFFORD AY FOR YOUR PAST SINS TO BE AS MORALLY BY PROVIDING FOR ALL ‘BANKRUPT AS YOU ‘THOSE FAMILIES, ‘ARE, TOR! ‘VRAIMENT? RAVEN. YES, WEL DID FIND Your, MAN, NATASHA, THOUGH TL IMUST SAY {'M NOTHIS NAME IS motor 8a, OR “HAMMER ‘OF GOD.” HE WAS ONCE A RUSSIAN ORTHODOX MONK, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT. THOUGH HE VIAS KICKED OUT OF HIS ‘ORDER FOR VIOLENT MOOD SWINGS, I'm TOLD. AND BEING... “HE'S DEVOUT BUT ABOUT AS THEOLOGICALLY CORRECT AS A TEMPLAR KNIGHT. USES HIS DEVOTION TO FUEL ACTS (OF VENGEANCE AND VIOLENCE, "APPARENTLY ALL, MOTIVATED BY SOME TRAUMA FROM HIS YOUTH, FAMILY KILLED OR SOMETHING, BLAH = ut YOU KNOW? YOU TWO MIGHT BE GOOD FOR EACH OTHER AFTER ALL. A LOT IN COMMON, Do You KNOW WHO HE'S WORKING FOR? (OR WHERE HE IS? WHO HE'S WORKING FOR..NOW THAT'S THE TRICKY ONE. ‘CAN'T ANSWER THAT ONE FOR YOU. WW ABOUT TWO HOURS HELL BE BLOWING (UP AN AIRLINER AT GATWICK AIRPORT. HuRey ALONG, LITTLE SPIDER...aay THE INFORMATION tirana Sedan CONTROL THE eager) iad Ps er _—\ pena eras Resa Al get el bac tor eter BE RUNKING vc ee ee ae Barotac ite) Pare es eng yi aCtePeas RE DSU fares Ue oT hae AL aiTd Car alse ue Cray alike Pot Petey Depa atiatensy tutta oe eae eur ater Carereay THAN WE DID AN Pot wPa ad feta asd Te aaay rota STN vin nce, ONLY TOOK ME THREE FAILURES, DIDNT IT? SONE KiND. (OF REPRESENTATIVE OF SHIELD. I'VE BEEN TODAY. THE PASSENGER ‘REFUSES TO TALK. HE'S ‘ONLY ASKED FOR PROTECTION. IVE GOTTEN CALLS FROM A DOZEN DIPLOMATS ALREADY. WELL HAVE TO LET HIM GO IN AN HOUR OR SO. BEFORE THAT, WE NEED SOME INFORMATION FROM HIN, WE'RE ‘DRIFTING NOW, WELL, AS SUCH, Sit, NEEDS YOUR SERVICES FOR JUST A MOMENT LONGER. AND You THINK T CAN. SUCCEED WHERE YOU FAILED? LAM NOT PAID FOR UNCERTAINTY, AGENT. DO YOUR’ THING.1S SOMEONE COMING TO-- ‘STRONG, BUT A 737 TURBINE..IKES. THIS PLACE 1 NOT. SAFE FROM HIM HE'S INDESTRUCTIBLE!Brera Ano Less every moment Bane Baits iat at as > Beier ers Wee essHOW CAN WE NOW NOTHING? WE HAVE THIS PASSENGER'S NAME... “BUT NOT A ‘SINGLE DETAIL ABOUT WHO PAID FOR HIS. FLIGHT-EVERY SEAT (OF HIS FLIGHT. NO IDEA, WHO HE'S STILL, RUNNING FROM. SO, NOTHING.BUSINESS 1N LOKDON? OR HERE TO GLOAT? GLOMT? BY NO MEANS, T WANTED. H THE MONK. Til SORRY ‘YOU WERE LATE. WOW COULD YOU KNOW THAT ALREADY? YOULL WANT 10 GO TOWARD MONTENEGRO NEXT, DEAR FRIEND. 1'D FLY YOU RECOGNIZE YOUR MYSTERIOUS, STEALTH HELO, OUI? WELL. VOILA. TM Nor ‘THE WONDERFUL. WIZARD, NATASHA. JUST A MERCHANT, "TRADING IN INFORMATION, waar’s 1 MONTENEGRO?, GAMBLING, NATASHA. BUT T'S ALL HIGH DOLLAR, NOT YOUR THING. NEVERTHELESS, I DIDNT SAY Ii MONTENEGRO. YOULL WANT TO GO NEAR IT, THE COAST.12 HOURS LATER. aL eer MONTENEGRIN COAST. a SHIELD. Quick RESPONSE FORCE 1S, ‘STANDING BY... Do WOT SEND THEM UNTIL YOU HAVE mY SIGNAL. WE SPARE ‘AS MANY LIVES AS POSSIBLE. «. Paarl * eC oa £ vere N LD) eropeo a ana Rtas ev rel BLIND INTELLIGENCE ira a Let Pena Taal SOL. COME ‘ON. THE Boss WILL'DECIDE WHAT TO DO Witt YOU. IF YOUTRY TO MOVE, YOu WILL DIE,POs a Ca PMDe as Poke sows ust Wiss NATASHA, YOU COME HERE, THOPE, WITH SOME J NEWS FOR ME. eae ard or) Say ta a NATALIA ROMANOVA, Ist? 4 NOW SOMETHING See season) Poa tana cetera AND You. HAVE ENDANGERED My LIFE COMING HERE, BLACK WIDOW.DONT LET HER DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE AT LEAST 1 FEW ANSWERS. FOR ME! THE RAVAGES: (OF THE WORLD, NATASHA. THE FORCE OF CHAOS. EVEN INDESTRUCTIBILITY MEETS Ts Cun AND READY ‘THE DEFENSES. LOOK TO THE SEA AND THE SKY, PEOPLE CHAOS WiLL FALL UPON US LIKE ‘ACID RAIN! Coats Mesto MAN SHAKING IN athe oadDeen itary rd De canis