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Three covers, minimal inspiration.
A look at the first issue of Black Widow: Deadly Origin, and its three covers.
BLACK WIDOW: DEADLY ORIGIN #1 (of 4)
Written by PAUL CORNELL
Penciled by TOM RANEY & JOHN PAUL LEON
Cover by ADI GRANOV
Cover by TOM RANEY
Variant Cover by GREG LAND
Before she steals the world's heart in Iron Man II, get caught in the wicked web of Marvel's sexiest and deadliest super-spy! She's been everything from a Russian espionage agent to a Champion to an Avenger, now a skeleton from Natalia Romanova's past is reaching out for those she's loved and lost...and the Black Widow has many victims to choose from! From the frozen streets of Moscow to the upper stratosphere, writer Paul Cornell (CAPTAIN BRITAIN & MI3) and artists Tom Raney (DARK REIGN: HAWKEYE) and John Paul Leon (The Winter Men) deliver a globe-hopping, bone-breaking, high-tech thriller that reveals how Natalia's shadowy past threatens all she now holds dear. Guest-starring the Winter Soldier and Wolverine!
Every so often people will debate whether the use of variant covers is a bad thing or not. I say no; anybody who still believes variants are going to be worth anything is a moron who deserves what's coming. For me, variant covers just mean you get two or more choices of cover, which is frequently a good thing. These, though, are none of them brilliant.
First, getting it out of the way, the Land cover:
Blah blah blah hack blah blah Land...
Next up, an updated version of the Raney cover that I already posted:
They've made some fairly substantial additions to the background, which is good; this is the best of them, but it's still nothing special.
Finally, Adi Granov:
The idea here is fine, but, as I said in the earlier thread about the Agents of Atlas cover, Adi Granov really shouldn't draw people. They all look like they're made of plastic.
Looking forward to the actual story, since Cornell rarely disappoints, but they could have done better for the covers.
Written by PAUL CORNELL
Penciled by TOM RANEY & JOHN PAUL LEON
Cover by ADI GRANOV
Cover by TOM RANEY
Variant Cover by GREG LAND
Before she steals the world's heart in Iron Man II, get caught in the wicked web of Marvel's sexiest and deadliest super-spy! She's been everything from a Russian espionage agent to a Champion to an Avenger, now a skeleton from Natalia Romanova's past is reaching out for those she's loved and lost...and the Black Widow has many victims to choose from! From the frozen streets of Moscow to the upper stratosphere, writer Paul Cornell (CAPTAIN BRITAIN & MI3) and artists Tom Raney (DARK REIGN: HAWKEYE) and John Paul Leon (The Winter Men) deliver a globe-hopping, bone-breaking, high-tech thriller that reveals how Natalia's shadowy past threatens all she now holds dear. Guest-starring the Winter Soldier and Wolverine!
Every so often people will debate whether the use of variant covers is a bad thing or not. I say no; anybody who still believes variants are going to be worth anything is a moron who deserves what's coming. For me, variant covers just mean you get two or more choices of cover, which is frequently a good thing. These, though, are none of them brilliant.
First, getting it out of the way, the Land cover:
Blah blah blah hack blah blah Land...
Next up, an updated version of the Raney cover that I already posted:
They've made some fairly substantial additions to the background, which is good; this is the best of them, but it's still nothing special.
Finally, Adi Granov:
The idea here is fine, but, as I said in the earlier thread about the Agents of Atlas cover, Adi Granov really shouldn't draw people. They all look like they're made of plastic.
Looking forward to the actual story, since Cornell rarely disappoints, but they could have done better for the covers.