To say that Black Widow #2 does not match the series' first issues is by no means meant as a criticism. It was just so phenomenal in its simplicity, sturdiness and pacing, that it would have been foolish to expect the same again.
But fortunately, Black Widow #2 does not try to just duplicate what it so skilfully mastered the first time around. It is slightly more traditional in its storytelling, but never conventional about it, heavily drawing from classic spy tales (the funeral, a betrayal, the lion, the torture chair) with an art style that is retro without feeling old. Samnee and Waid pay an aesthetically fascinating tribute to the 60's and 70's and thus create an environment that probably fits Natasha Romanova more than any other could.
Black Widow is on its way to become one of the defining comics of 2016, and I can't wait for #3.
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