Fear Itself: Black Widow #1

Part of Marvel's 2011 Fear Itself event, this one-shot puts Natasha Romanoff front and center — black-suited, red-haired, and firing her Widow's Bite cables with fierce precision as she leaps above a smoke-shrouded Paris, the Eiffel Tower looming dramatically behind her. The cover by Michael Ryan captures her in full motion, gold belt and gauntlets glinting, every line radiating the controlled lethality that makes Black Widow such a compelling solo character. Writer Cullen Bunn and artist Peter Nguyen bring their talents to bear on what promises to be a taut, espionage-charged chapter set against a world gripped by fear.