Marvel’s Black Widow Bonded with a young symbiote, and together, the duo became SHIELD’s strongest secret agent. Combining the alien powers of the symbiote and Black Widow’s decades of training, the Widow is a deadly force of symbiosis and subterfuge. The tasks to unravel the ongoing illegal experimentation of Alchemaxx, Natasha and her symbiote effectively became SHIELD’s latest incarnation of “Agent Venom.”
Black Widow: Venomous #1 – written by Erica Schulz, with art by Luciano Vecchio – sets the stage for what’s to come poison war Crossover event. Continuing their investigation into Alchemax, Natasha and her symbiote, Sliver, realize that the young alien needs training if it wants to keep up with Natasha in the field. In the same way, Natasha has to learn what it means to take care of and use the young life, something she could never do thanks to the red room. With the help of SHIELD’s best, the unified being known as Widow will soon be ready for the approaching war.
Black Widow could assume the mantle of Marvel’s latest Agent Venom
Black Widow: Venomous #1 – Written by Erica Schulz; Art by Luciano Vecchio; Color by David Curiel & Rachelle Rosenberg; Lettering by Ariana Maher
Unlike Flash Thompson’s symbiote, a trill of the Venom symbiote with no independent will, Black Widow must discover what it means to truly bond with another sentient life. She has already taken to her new partnership, noting that Sliver is the first being who empathetically understands the pain in Natasha’s life. Sliver has the unique ability to absorb the memories of his partner and his victims, enhancing it with an instant empathic bond with Natasha that most symbiotic pairs take years to develop. For Natasha, training Sliver is more than just about preparedness, it’s about love.
During their initial training, Black Widow forces Sliver to experience the brutal Red Room training she endured, but quickly comes to the same dread of fear in her partner that she once felt. Instead, Natasha calls in her colleagues, or rather her family, the Agents of SHIELD, to help support Sliver’s expedited training. Where Agent Venom is the product of years of war, Widowmaker becomes a culmination of SHIELD’s best hero skills. Although they may not be chief soldiers, They can become SHIELD’s greatest secret agent.
VENOM WAR offers Widow a chance at a new role in the Marvel Universe
poison war #1 – Written by Al Ewing, Art by Iban Coello; Available August 7, 2024
Marvel has an opportunity to highlight a character often overshadowed by her super-powered counterparts, while setting the stage for further collaboration between the symbiotic soldier and super-spy.
Widow’s training does not end with these Black Widow: Venomous One-shot, because the pair will soon join forces with the original agent Venom in the upcoming poison war Series. Flash Thompson has served as the only Agent Venom, now Agent Anti-Venom, for years, so It’s time to get an ally with the same experience with symbiotes and war as he does. Trained in espionage over direct warfare, Widow could easily become a balanced opponent to Agent Anti-Venom As the two become international operatives for SHIELD’s more covert efforts.
Hopefully, after the events of poison warNatasha and Sliver will be able to remain a team. The two already have a heartwarming dynamic with the potential to develop into further comics. Marvel has an opportunity to highlight a character often overshadowed by her super-powered counterparts, while setting the stage for further collaboration between the symbiotic soldier and super-spy. For now, fans will have to wait until Poison War #1 To see if Black Widow Has what it takes to become a new Agent Venom.
Black Widow: Venomous #1 is available now from Marvel Comics.