Broken Frontier

Marvel is pleased to announce that Black Widow: Deadly Origin #1 has sold out at Diamond (though copies may still be available at the retail level) and will return with Black Widow: Deadly Origin #1 Second Printing Variant!

Red hot writer Paul Cornell, teaming with artists Tom Raney and John Paul Leon, reveal the secret origin of one the Avengers’ finest super-spy as Natalia Romanova’s past comes back to haunt her! But what do Wolverine and the current Captain America, Bucky Barnes, have to do with the powerful revelations about her history? Black Widow: Deadly Origin #1 Second Printing Variant features the interior art of Tom Raney on the Cover!
 
“Black Widow: Deadly Origin starts strong and looks to be a really entertaining series.” – Kevin Fuller, IGN.com
 
“Raney provides marvelously detailed action set in the present day.” – Doug Zawisza, ComicBookResources.com
 
“Leon’s bold, thick lines and heavy inks capture the roughness and harshness of World War II-era Russia well, and his faces are subtly expressive--by which I mean that they capture the emotions of his characters realistically, without resorting to exaggeration or caricature.” -  David Wallace, ComicsBulletin.com
 
Marvel urges retailers to check their orders on Black Widow: Deadly Origin as the series continues to sell out and garner praise from all corners! Is the Black Widow cunning enough to stop the “Icepick Protocol”, a mysterious plan decades in the making that may have dire consequences for Natasha and her loved ones? Find out in Black Widow: Deadly Origin #1 Second Printing Variant!
 
BLACK WIDOW: DEADLY ORIGIN #1 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (OCT098023)
Written by PAUL CORNELL
Penciled by TOM RANEY & JOHN PAUL LEON
Cover by TOM RANEY
Rated T+ …$3.99
FOC – 12/03/09, On-Sale – 12/23/09