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Widowmaker #3

on-sale: Jan 12, 2011
Jim McCann | David Lopez

Widowmaker #3 cover

Story Name:

Widowmaker, [Part Three]


Synopsis

Widowmaker #3 synopsis by Peter Silvestro
Rating: 4 stars

Black Widow and Hawkeye are in Sapporo, Japan; she picks the pocket of a client leaving a brothel, taking is ID, and gives it to Clint so he can enter the place, which Natasha thinks may be run by the Dark Ocean Society….

On Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, Mockingbird and Dominic Fortune are observing troop movements which look like preparation for an invasion of the Kuril Islands, disputed land between Japan and Russia. They are caught by some guards….

Hawkeye enters the brothel to chat up the girls, makes an ass of himself, and a fight breaks out as the girls are all ninjas. Natasha enters, slides him the case with his bow and arrows and the fight begins in earnest, with multiple ninja weapons in play. Then Nat’s goal is achieved: the Madame of the place enters and she tangles with Nat, an old enemy. Madame reveals that her Ronin plans to destroy both Russia and Japan to build a new empire and Madame will be his queen. Then all the ninja ladies vanish. But Nat now knows who and where the new Ronin is….

Bobbi and Fortune easily take down the guards, then don their uniforms so they can sneak onto the military base. They hijack a speedboat and head for the islands where they meet up with Natasha and Clint. They bring each other up to date and then they are greeted by the new Ronin. Nat attacks and overpowers him, unmasking him as her one-time husband Alexei Shostakov, the Red Guardian. He reveals his scheme to create a new empire to replace the current Russia and shows off his army: a multitude of Crimson Dynamos and Peruns and ninjas of the Dark Ocean Society. Hawkeye believes it is an illusion created by Fantasma but it isn’t. Hawkeye wants to know why they had to be involved. Shostakov explains that resurrecting Ronin meant eliminating the earlier people who had the identity; Echo is too hard to find but Hawkeye isn’t; Mockingbird was used as bait for Clint, and Natasha so Alexei can gloat over his accomplishments before he kills her. And then the next part of his plan comes to fruition: his Dynamos and Peruns fire into Kambalny volcano to cause it to erupt and destroy the Kuril Islands….



Characters
Good (or All)
BLACKWIDOW
HAWKEYE
MOCKINGBIRD
Plus: Dominic Fortune, Fantasma.

Enemies
Ronin (Alexei Shostakov).

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Main/1st Story Full Credits

David Lopez
Alvaro Lopez
Nathan Fairbairn
Phil Noto (Cover Penciler)
Phil Noto (Cover Inker)
Phil Noto (Cover Colorist)
Additional Credits
Letterer: Cory Petit.



Review / Commentaries


Widowmaker #3 Review by (March 4, 2025)

Review: See complete review at issue #1.

Comments: Issue includes a six-page preview of the Death of Spider-Man event in ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN.






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