Warning: This article contains spoilers for Black Widow: Widow’s Sting #1

In the past few months, fans have gotten to see Black Widow return to her own line of comics in fine form. In her latsest book, retired Marvel editor and writer Ralph Macchio (not The Karate Kid... if only) and artist Simone Buonfantino team up for Black Widow: Widow's Sting #1. The story reads like a nostalgic romp through the comics of the late 60s and early 70s and pits Black Widow’s wits and fists against some throwback villains from the early days of Marvel Comics, specifically crime boss Silvio Manfredi (aka Silvermane) and his hulking goon Man-Mountain Marko. Ever since his first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #73 - from Stan Lee, John Buscema, and artist Jim Mooney - Silvermane has been obsessed with extending his life, which has now apparently led him to undertake a major cybernetic overhaul.

Granted, even with his deadly cyborg body, Silvermane isn’t going to get a membership invite from the Sinister Six or anything. Although he’s crossed paths with Marvel’s wall-crawler, and tussled with Daredevil and Kingpin, so he's got some clout. Not only that, but over the course of his long tenure in comics, he’s been everything from a mob boss, to a Hydra agent - even becoming the Supreme Hydra - to a disembodied cybernetic head. Now that’s a resumé.

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Black Widow: Widow’s Sting #1 opens on the Long Island estate of Maggia (Marvel’s mafia) crime boss Silvio Manfredi, where he’s hosting a gathering of the city’s crime families. It’s a very sleek affair with cocktails, tuxedos, gowns, and armed guards that look like they've been lifted straight from a classic Bond film. Unbeknownst to the guests, Manfredi has stolen Dr. Strange’s Wand of Watoomb from the Metropolitan Museum and, after months of study, learned to unlock its power. He uses his newly acquired magical abilities to strong-arm the rest of the syndicate to fork over half of their profits to him and further entrench his supremacy over the Maggia. Luckily, Natasha Romanoff is on the scene; her mission: take back the purloined Wand of Watoomb.

The comic goes full Mission Impossible at this point, with sophisticated security systems and traps Black Widow must safely navigate to reach the underground vault where the artifact is kept. After making quick work of Man-Mountain Marko, in comes Silvermane in his full cybernetic form. Despite being on home turf and overpowering Black Widow, Manfredi is no match for SHIELD’s top agent. All it takes is a moment of distraction for Black Widow to shoot a “widow’s sting” into Silvermane’s inner-structure to short-circuit his cybernetic body, leaving him broken and speechless in the basement of his own house like a cheap toy.

Not exactly a confrontation worthy of a master spy and SHIELD enforcer, but it’s yet another example as to why, regardless of how powerful a villain is, they should never turn their back on the Black Widow.

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