White Widow

White Widow #1

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White Widow #1

Yelena Belova gets a new series set in the not-so-sleepy suburbs where her attempt to settle down and find herself, while working as a assassin mentor via the Internet, is interrupted by her noticing the movements of a company known as Armament taking interest in her new home, buying out her favorite corner coffee shop, and sending assassins after her neighbor (assassins who include one of Yelena’s old mentees).

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Black Widow #14

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After discovering the auction is for meta-humans, and that Lucy and Anya have been captured and are not part of the menu, Black Widow orders Yelena to finish the mission and get everyone out safely while she deals with the Living Blade. The parts of the issue not focused on Lucy and Anya making use of the twins to find their own escape, and Yelena scaring the shit out of all the guests to force them to leave, has Nat on the run learning what she can about the situation. 

In a somewhat surprising turn, after it appears everyone is on their way to safety and the Living Blade poses no current threat, Black Widow reengages the assassin when she could flee to fight another day (with back-up, like say the Avengers) rather than pick a fight she knows she can’t win. The early results in their latest encounter don’t look good for our girl.

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Hawkeye – So This Is Christmas?

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  • Title: Hawkeye – So This Is Christmas?
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Hawkeye doesn’t skimp on action in the finale was we get Kate (Hailee Steinfeld) vs. Yelena (Florence Pugh), Echo (Alaqua Cox) taking some vengeance, and our two archers struggling to stay alive against wave after wave of baddies thrown their way by the Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio). There’s trick arrows, characters jumping off a buildings, and the Kingpin shrugging off everyone’s best shots. Hell, even the ridiculous swordsman gets into the action, albeit not on the side you would expect given events of previous episodes.

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Hawkeye – Ronin

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  • Title: Hawkeye – Ronin
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“Ronin” is notable for people telling Kate (Hailee Steinfeld) to stay away from Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner). This includes her mother (Vera Farmiga), Clint himself, and Yelena (Florence Pugh) who shows up in Kate’s apartment for a little chat about her new best friend. Starting here, and continuing through the series finale, the scenes between Kate and Yelena prove to be some of the best of the series (although we don’t get nearly as much interaction between Yelena and Clint as I expected).

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