Marvel Officially Cancels Black Widow Comic Series
WARNING: Spoilers for Black Widow (2020) ahead!
In a move that surprised fans Marvel Comics has cancelled the popular Black Widow series after only 15 issues, wrapping up its latest arc but not continuing Natasha's story at this time. Kelly Thompson, the writer behind the Black Widow series, clearly had longer term plans for the stories she was building upon, and has made it clear she is hopeful she will get to tell them at some point.
Thompson's Black Widow has had several arcs in its short 15 issue run, but the most recent one became incredibly popular because of the truly brutal fights it made Natasha go through. The arc, «Die By The Blade,» introduced a new character created by Thompson called The Living Blade, a terrifying and skilled swordsman who has a long history with Black Widow that started years ago in Madripoor. By the end of Black Widow #14 an absolutely vicious fight between the two left Natasha defeated, with the Living Blade fully slicing off her arm below the shoulder… although in the final issue she was quickly saved by Hawkeye and had her limb regrown by a metahuman.
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The news that Marvel had cancelled the Black Widow series came as a big surprise to fans. Thompson announced it on her Substack, where she reported that she can't talk about details, but is optimistic that her and the Black Widowcreative team will be able to continue Natasha's story at some point. Black Widow was drawn by Elena Casagrande, inked by Elisabetta D'Amico, and colored by Jordie Bellaire, with editing by Sarah Brunstad, making the series have an almost entirely female creative team, something incredibly rare to find in comics. Read below for Thompson's
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