written by Chris Samnee and Mark Waid
drawn by Samnee
colored by Matthew Wilson
Having confronted the mistress of the new Red Room (called the "Dark Room") Natasha Romanoff, aka the Black Widow, and her new partner the psychic half of the 'Weeping Lion' duo that she confronted and conquered in the first story arc set out to take down the child assassins that were trained in the new facility, and track one of them down to a tour of the White House. As they engage her, a mysterious entity watches the entire thing from the moon.
While this marks a natural continuation from the events of the last issue, this particular effort was, to me, one of the weaker issues since this team relaunched this title. There's no shortage of action, but while Samnee and Waid have successfully staged an issue as an extended action sequence, here the story feels a little thin. The real story twists, it seems, are being saved for the next issue, which promises an appearance by the Winter Soldier and at least one more major character who has been out of circulation for a while now. Also, the characterization of Natasha as somewhat sloppy in her undercover work comes across as a bit out-of-character, even if it's suggested that her abilities are impaired by her emotional connection to the Dark Room's predecessor.
Samnee does well, as always, but this isn't one of his better issues.
This issue isn't what I'd call a turkey, but it is a bit of a creative misstep. It does set up some pretty interesting things for the future, though.
6.5/10
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