Strangers on a Train

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Four scans from Black Widow #4.

 

Natasha is on the run from various groups, while trying to track down the mysterious man attacking her.  She knows he hired Lady Bullseye, so she and Lady B meet and talk (they call each other "Natasha" and "Maki", which seems to suggest they've known each other for a while, which was an interesing touch).  They bicker a bit about whether they're going to have a fight in the middle of the train, and Natasha eventually reveals that she poisoned Lady B.



"Nice try, but I'm in that crossover coming up."



As funny as Prince of Power was this week, that last panel made me laugh the most.




Natasha heads off to finish the case. At issue's end, she's locked naked in a chair in a meat freezer full of slaughtered cows, but apparently this is all according to plan, or something.

The plot of this arc can be a bit overly vague in places, but I really like the characterization, and Acuna's art works a lot better than I thought it would.
 

Comments

[jaybee3]

I really like this, I had hoped Marjorie Liu would keep writing. She really gets the character and her relationship (with Bucky, Wolverine, etc.) in the MU really well. Acuna's art seems to fit the title as well.

[stolisomancer]

She has a pretty nifty website at marjoriemliu.com that tracks what she's working on.

[chipsnopotatoes]

I really this too. I've been following this series except I missed issue 3. Am still trying to track that down. Could someone kindly post scans?

i see ms. liu is off starting with issue 6 so i dont know if i'll continue. any case, i hope DC picks her up to write Catwoman. I think she'd write a better Selina than the one we're seeing in Sirens.

[terra]

I can post some scans of issue 3! And the new writer is very excited about the character, so I'm at least giving him the intro arc to sell me.