You can tell the Black Widows apart by their belts. I hadn’t realized that detail. My bad.
Once again the Francavilla art is good. He’s stronger on the distance shots than he is during the close ups. Not to knock him–he’s good all the time but there are a couple fantastic long shot panels this issue.
It’s another all action issue. It takes place over twenty or so minutes, approximately five times longer than it takes to read the comic.
There’s a tiny bit with the bad lady and her duplicates. The scene features Bunn’s best writing. He’s not good for the existing character stuff. He needs to be generative, not repackaging Steve and Natasha exposition. The other best writing bit, for example, is the two Black Widows talking. The bad one’s much more compelling.
It’s a technically competent issue; it’s a waste of time in the important ways.
CREDITS
Writer, Cullen Bunn; artist and colorist, Francesco Francavilla; letterer, Cort Petit; editors, Jake Thomas and Lauren Sankovitch; publisher, Marvel Comics.
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