Marvel's Black Widow Prelude (2020 series) #1

At SHIELD headquarters, Alexander Pierce springs his plot to assassinate the World Council but Councilwoman Hawley takes him down before revealing she is the Black Widow in disguise….

General Thunderbolt Ross goes to the real Councilwoman Hawley, wanting the Council’s help in finding Black Widow. Hawley considers her a hero but Ross denies that she works for them. Hawley points out that the Widow was certainly working for him during the superhero Civil War, wherein she fought Hawkeye, a longtime friend and ally. Ross suspects her of helping Captain America escape but Hawley demands proof, so Ross gives her the full info….

Natasha Romanova, the Black Widow, was the star pupil of the Russian Red Room where she rose quickly in the ranks up to her tragic “ceremony” where she had a tubal ligation, preventing her from ever having children. Soon after, she defected to America and joined SHIELD, though no one really knows why. An early assignment went wrong when she was caught by the Winter Soldier and shot. After that, she was assigned to monitor Tony Stark. Using the alias Natalie Rushman from Stark’s legal department, she surprised Stark and Pepper Potts by easily clobbering Happy Hogan in a friendly boxing match. Things soon went off the rails….