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Title: Black Widow by J.G. Jones, Greg Rucka, J. G. Jones, Scott Hampton, Devin K. Grayson ISBN: 0-7851-0784-3 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the Best Comics Trade Paperbacks Ever! Get This!
Comment: This is one of my all-time favorite comics stories. It was originally a mini-series of three monthly issues, collected here, all together, for one price.
The writing by Devin Grayson, with artwork by J.G. Jones are career high points for both creators, in this book. This is also my favorite story concerning both of the Black Widow characters in this book; who have never looked so good, never in a smarter, more intelligent tale than in this book.
This book is about two different, Soviet trained secret agents. The original, old school Black Widow, (who left the Soviet Union a generation ago), is competing with the self-proclaimed new "Black Widow," who just happens to have a chip on her shoulder towards upstaging and outdoing the original Black Widow.
The way that each Black Widow takes care of business is also an analogy of the different viewpoints between comic book stories from the 1960 & 1970's (when heroes were goody-good, and won with little bloodshed, few casualties), versus the comic book story styles of the last decade of the 1990's and later, (when heroes are borderline homicidal maniacs, shooting everything in sight, and get the job done at any cost). With that in mind, we see that each approach has its pros and cons.
The old style Black Widow shows more experience, patience, and is harder to outsmart; while the new style Black Widow gets to the point faster, and is more unpredictable, but often realizes that she may have bit off more than she can chew in various situations.
The story is fast-paced, with lots of surprising twists, and intriguing developments, and the artwork is realistic and beautifully rendered, almost "photo-quality" at times. You can't go wrong with getting this book!
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful
Comment: Not only is the artwork great, the women gorgeous, the action non-stop and the plot compelling, what distinguished this graphic novel was its human story. It would have been easy for the authors to create a good girl/bad girl scenario. But by making it a good girl/good girl situation, they've doubled the suspense. You want Natasha to win, but you can't help but worry about naive young Yelena. A terrific read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Sexy...
Comment: I always looked at the Black Widow as one of the sexiest comic heroes out there. There's a hiddent mystery in her that just seems to mesmerize. That long red hair, that skin-tight, S&M leather costume of hers and that amazing perfect figure. The name, Black Widow, truly gives her justice. You fall in love with her and she kills you with every look.
In this book, written by the team of Devin Grayson and Greg Rucka (on loan from the Batman books, it would seem), weave an intricate web of story, where epsionage and betrayals are key and we're taken back to the days of the cold war. Natasha Romanoff is pitted against someone who might be her better who claims to be the Black Widow herself. We have a fiery cat fight between two beauties. I don't think anyone would mind that this lasts for eternity.
The character is true to her origins, being very cold and inanimate at times of great danger, but you just can't let go of the way she looks or the way her body moves. The person to thank for this would be JG Jones. Jones's Widow is sexy, anything else is just not an adjective to describe the character. Hampton's work, on the other hand, though appealing doesn't do the Widow justice when it comes to beauty. There's no detail that you get to see in Jones's rendition, especially the folds of leather on skin.
If this team is out to make another Black Widow story, then it's going to be a definitive winner. Girls can go head over heels for James Bond, we, guys, have the Black Widow to satiate out appetite.
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Title: New X-Men Vol. 5: Assault on Weapon Plus by Grant Morrison, Chris Bachalo, Phil Jimenez ISBN: 0785111190 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: New X-Men Vol. 6: Planet X by Grant Morrison, Jeff Youngquist, Phil Jimenez ISBN: 0785112014 Publisher: MARVEL COMICS Pub. Date: April, 2004 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Batgirl: Year One by Scott Beatty, Chuck Dixon ISBN: 140120080X Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Elektra: The Scorpion Key (Marvel Knights) by Brian Michael Bendis, Chuck Austen ISBN: 0785108432 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Ultimate X-Men: Return of the King (Ultimate X-Men) by Mark Millar, David Finch, Adam Kubert ISBN: 0785110917 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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