Natasha Romanova: Black Widow Appreciation 2022

[Timber Wolf-By-Night]

Natasha should be considered as Ghost in a Shell. I so want to see her in the pages of ASM in a major story arc where she and Peter Parker are working together on a case that's tied to The Abomination.

Just pitch to Marvel already. You can't honestly think the writers they already have are going to independently come up with ideas similar to yours, let alone read your posts.

[chicago_bastard]

Looks like we'll get an early days Elektra vs Nat in next week's Elektra: Black White and Blood

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/03/18/ma...white-blood-3/

Thanks for the heads up.

Guess these stories aren't canon given that Elektra shouldn't even be born when Natasha was still part of the Red Room.

[Digifiend]

They're clearly not - one of the previous issues had two stories which ended with Elektra deceased.

Back when Elektra debuted, she would've been alive when Nat was in the Red Room, the retcon that Natasha is decades older than she looks was done due to the demise of the Soviet Union. Back then, Natasha could've only been out of the USSR for under a decade. Now of course, her time in the Red Room must be at least 35 years ago. Yeah, the Red Room still exists (Nadia Van Dyne was in it before she defected to the US to find her father and became the new Wasp), but we know it was in the Soviet era when Nat was there.

[chicago_bastard]

They're clearly not - one of the previous issues had two stories which ended with Elektra deceased.

Back when Elektra debuted, she would've been alive when Nat was in the Red Room, the retcon that Natasha is decades older than she looks was done due to the demise of the Soviet Union. Back then, Natasha could've only been out of the USSR for under a decade. Now of course, her time in the Red Room must be at least 35 years ago. Yeah, the Red Room still exists (Nadia Van Dyne was in it before she defected to the US to find her father and became the new Wasp), but we know it was in the Soviet era when Nat was there.

Just read it, even if we ignore the retcon they got it completely wrong. Natasha is depicted as a young Red Room student here while Elektra is referring to her death and resurrection by the Hand. Problem is that Natasha was in that story in which Elektra was resurrected, meaning she already had defected from the Red Room at that point, so Red Room Nat facing a resurrected Elektra doesn't make any sense.

The story is pretty bad fanfic anyway.

[Matternativ]

Some sneak peeks for Black Widow #15 in Thompson's new Newsletter

spoilers:

Well so much for me convincing myself that she might have tricked Mr living blade

end of spoilers

[Galerion]

Just read it, even if we ignore the retcon they got it completely wrong. Natasha is depicted as a young Red Room student here while Elektra is referring to her death and resurrection by the Hand. Problem is that Natasha was in that story in which Elektra was resurrected, meaning she already had defected from the Red Room at that point, so Red Room Nat facing a resurrected Elektra doesn't make any sense.

The story is pretty bad fanfic anyway.

I can see where you are coming from. I won't get into continuity stuff since you probably know that better than me but I do really dislike this kind of fan wank writing even if I like the character in question.

[chicago_bastard]

Some sneak peeks for Black Widow #15 in Thompson's new Newsletter

spoilers:

Well so much for me convincing myself that she might have tricked Mr living blade

end of spoilers

Your other theory is still possible though.

I can see where you are coming from. I won't get into continuity stuff since you probably know that better than me but I do really dislike this kind of fan wank writing even if I like the character in question.

They could have used Yelena and it would have been a perfect fit continuity wise. But I guess making the second best Red Room graduate job to Elektra in pathetic fashion would have defeated the main purpose of the story that you described so accurately.

[Matternativ]

Your other theory is still possible though.

It was probably always the more likely of the two

[Phoenixx9]

Thanks for the heads up.

Guess these stories aren't canon given that Elektra shouldn't even be born when Natasha was still part of the Red Room.

I always wondered how Elektra would fare against Natasha.

[chicago_bastard]

I always wondered how Elektra would fare against Natasha.

Oh that already happened in an actual 616 story and ended in a draw.

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[Digifiend]

Some sneak peeks for Black Widow #15 in Thompson's new Newsletter

spoilers:

Well so much for me convincing myself that she might have tricked Mr living blade

end of spoilers

Wordle, Dordle, Quordle, OCTORDLE!?! So there's an eight grid Wordle variant, wow.

They could have used Yelena and it would have been a perfect fit continuity wise. But I guess making the second best Red Room graduate job to Elektra in pathetic fashion would have defeated the main purpose of the story that you described so accurately.

Yeah, because Yelena defected much later. In the 2000s in our time, probably about two years ago in-universe?

[Phoenixx9]

Oh that already happened in an actual 616 story and ended in a draw.

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Hey thanks! Also for the scenes!

[chicago_bastard]

Hey thanks! Also for the scenes!

There was also this (non-canonical) one:

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They had a catfight over Matt here

[Phoenixx9]

There was also this (non-canonical) one:

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They had a catfight over Matt here

Hahahaha, yes, it appears they did!

[Darthfury78]

Just pitch to Marvel already. You can't honestly think the writers they already have are going to independently come up with ideas similar to yours, let alone read your posts.

It's all about the sales figures. A real shame that no writer has bothered to have Natasha as a reoccurring guest in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man. This is free advertisement to the Spider-readers because they would branch out to support the Black Widow solo series. Especially of some if some of Spider-Man's rogues and allies are part of the Black Widow's rogue galleries as well, such as Norman Osborn and The Chameleon respectively.

What would be interesting is to see The Taskmaster, Black Widow, and Spider-Man working together against Omega Red.