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Hot Toys reveals a Black Widow Artisan Edition Figure

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A master spy, a deadly martial artist, and a core member of the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Natasha Romanoff, known as Black Widow, faced one of her greatest global threats during the Ultron offensive – and Hot Toys‘ newest ultra-deluxe, limited-edition Artisan figure pays homage to the character’s exciting arc in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

The exclusive Black Widow 1/6 Scale Collectible Figure (Artisan Edition) features a meticulously crafted and hyper-realistic headsculpt with a breathtaking likeness of Scarlett Johansson in Avengers: Age of Ultron. The portrait is equipped with Hot Toys’ separate rolling eyeball feature enabling collectors to adjust the figure’s gaze to create nuanced and more expressive poses. Furthermore, as part of this deluxe Artisan release, Natasha’s signature hairstyle is intricately implanted using premium wool material, and captures every strand and wave with stunning realism.

Black Widow’s tactical suit has been painstakingly recreated to reflect the upgraded battle gear worn in Age of Ultron, featuring USB-powered LED light-up stripes that emit a vibrant blue glow. The costume is completed with a pair of Black Widow’s Bite gauntlets, a tactical belt with Black Widow’s emblem on the buckle, a thigh strap with pistol holster, a pair of knee pads, and soft vinyl material  boots.

Black Widow comes fully equipped for high-stakes combat, including her signature electroshock batons in both extended and retracted states, a compact tactical dagger that slots into her utility belt, a pistol, a rifle, and transparent blue electroshock effects attachable to her gauntlets. A specially designed magnetic figure display base with the Avengers logo and character nameplate completes the display.

The Black Widow 1/6 Scale Collectible Figure (Artisan Edition) is available in an ultra-limited quantity of only 3,000 units, and only in selected markets. Pre-orders are coming soon! RSVP now via Sideshow.com, and don’t miss your chance to recruit the Avengers’ premier covert operative to your Marvel collection!

  • A detailed collectible figure of Black Widow from Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron, showcasing her in a tactical suit, holding a weapon.
  • A highly detailed collectible figure of Black Widow from Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron, dressed in a sleek black suit with blue accents, holding two weapons, displayed on a themed base.
  • A highly detailed collectible figure of Black Widow from Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron, featuring her in a sleek black outfit with blue accents, holding a weapon.
  • Highly detailed collectible figure of Black Widow from Avengers: Age of Ultron, showcasing her in a sleek, black and blue costume with a serious expression.
  • Highly detailed collectible figure of Black Widow from Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron, featuring her signature black suit with blue accents and realistic facial features.

Black Widow: Venomous is a training montage that leads into Venom War

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Black Widow: Venomous

Natasha Romanoff, the infamous spy known as the Black Widow, didn’t go looking to bond with an alien symbiote. But a good spy works with all the tools available to her, and when one of the most powerful and versatile weapons in the universe lands in your lap…you take it. Now she just needs to figure out how to work with a weapon with its own drives and desires. Redefining Widow’s relationship with her symbiote. Black Widow: Venomous is an interesting one-shot, setting the stage for her appearance in Venom War!

I’ll admit, I haven’t been paying too much attention to Black Widow lately nor Venom, so Natasha Romanoff bonding with a symbiote is something that’s new to me. I know it happened, but can’t think of any comic I’ve read that has featured this new take on the classic character(s). So, I wanted to check it out as I plan on seeing what “Venom War” is about.

Written by Erica Schultz, Black Widow: Venomous features Black Widow attempting to infiltrate an Alchemax facility that’s experimenting on symbiotes. What’s interesting is this isn’t the classic bond I was expecting, Black Widow but now with the tools of a symbiote at her disposal. Instead, this “venom” is more independent, coming off more like a sidekick than a super-suit. It definitely caught me off guard in a good way.

Things go wrong and Natasha decides she needs to train her new companion. Red Room training. From there, it’s Natasha diving into her memories and taking her new friend through some rough training so it can react as she does and become as every bit as deadly and experienced as Black Widow.

The art by Luciano Vecchio is solid. With color by David Curiel and Rachelle Rosenberg and lettering by Ariana Maher, the comic looks cool. The training montage is visually striking with fantastic use of color. The symbiote’s use of spiders in its attacks and to aid Natasha will leave those with a fear of arachnids with an unease. The panel layouts play to the action well and overall, Schultz and Vecchio are a great team for this character.

Black Widow: Venomous delivers a different dynamic for Black Widow, giving her a partner and sidekick who she has to train. It’s a situation she’s been in, but not quite like this. In the comics I’ve read, Natasha has dealt with less experienced killers and Widows, here she has someone completely green and new in so many ways. But, it’s a powerful fighter who brings tools of its own to the fight, so the combo creates a lot of potential. Overall, an interesting one-shot that leads into “Venom War,” and intrigued me enough to want to check out more.

Story: Erica Schultz Art: Luciano Vecchio
Color: David Curiel, Rachelle Rosenberg Letterer: Ariana Maher
Story: 7.75 Art: 8.15 Overall: 7.75 Recommendation: Read

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Exclusive Preview: Black Widow: Venomous #1

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Black Widow: Venomous #1

(W) Erica Schultz (A) Luciano Vecchio
(C) David Curiel, Rachelle Rosenberg (L) Ariana Maher
(VCA) Luciano Vecchio, Derrick Chew, InHyuk Lee (CA) Lesley Li
Rated T+
In Shops: Jul 31, 2024
SRP: $4.99

THE WIDOW’S BITE IS VENOMOUS!
Natasha Romanoff, the infamous spy known as the Black Widow, didn’t go looking to bond with an alien symbiote. But a good spy works with all the tools available to her, and when one of the most powerful and versatile weapons in the universe lands in your lap…you take it. Now she just needs to figure out how to work with a weapon with its own drives and desires. Redefining Widow’s relationship with her symbiote, and setting the stage for her appearance in Venom War!

Black Widow: Venomous #1

Preview: Black Widow and Hawkeye #3

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Black Widow and Hawkeye #3

(W) Stephanie Phillips (A) Paolo Villanelli (CA) Stephen Segovia
Rated T+
In Shops: May 22, 2024
SRP: $3.99

HAWKEYE HAS BEEN POISONED!
And his only chance at survival is the Black Widow’s unpredictable and vindictive symbiote – what could go wrong? A lot, as it turns out – because the fugitive pair has landed in the crosshairs of Black Widow’s old enemy, Damon Dran!

Black Widow and Hawkeye #3

Marvel’s deadliest Avenger evolves in Black Widow: Venomous!

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Last year in the pages of Al Ewing and Torunn Gronbekk’s hit run of Venom, Black Widow became host to a symbiote of her own, and the results have been deadly! This July, dive into this startling development as Natasha fully embraces her new place in the symbiote hivemind in Black Widow: Venomous #1!

The one-shot will be written by rising star Erica Schultz, known for her work on Daredevil: Gang War and Hallows’ Eve, and drawn by superstar artist Luciano Vecchio. Together, they’ll unleash Natasha Romanoff’s full potential as a symbiote warrior, just ahead of Venom War, an upcoming symbiote event launching later this year that will see every symbiote star choose a side in an explosive conflict between Venom father and son duo, Eddie and Dylan Brock!

THE WIDOW’S BITE IS VENOMOUS! Natasha Romanoff, the infamous spy known as the Black Widow, didn’t go looking to bond with an alien symbiote. But a good spy works with all the tools available to her, and when one of the most powerful and versatile weapons in the universe lands in your lap…you take it. Now she just needs to figure out how to work with a weapon with its own drives and desires. Redefining Widow’s relationship with her symbiote, and setting the stage for her appearance in Venom War!

Check out Leirix’s cover now and stay tuned for more news about Black Widow: Venomous #1 and Venom War in the months ahead! 

Black Widow: Venomous #1

Preview: Black Widow and Hawkeye #1

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Black Widow and Hawkeye #1

(W) Stephanie Phillips (A) Paolo Villanelli (CA) Stephen Segovia
Rated T+
In Shops: Mar 13, 2024
SRP: $4.99

THE EYES OF A HAWK AND THE VENOM OF A WIDOW!
Even when Black Widow and Hawkeye had no one to trust, they still had each other – even though their paths sometimes diverged. So when Clint Barton is accused of a rogue assassination attempt that puts the U.S. and Madripoor at odds, a symbiote-equipped Natasha Romanoff thinks nothing of coming to his aid. But as echoes of their past ripple into the present, it will take all their faith in each other – and the lessons learned along the way – to protect their futures.
Join fan-favorite creators Stephanie Phillips (ROGUE & GAMBIT, CAPWOLF & THE HOWLING COMMANDOS) and Paolo Villanelli (CAPTAIN MARVEL: DARK TEMPEST, STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS) as they celebrate sixty years of Black Widow and Hawkeye with this new chapter IN the pair’s storied legacy!

Black Widow and Hawkeye #1

Venomous and even deadlier, Black Widow teams up with Hawkeye for a new series

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Two of Marvel’s most iconic heroes will share the spotlight next year in Black Widow & Hawkeye! Celebrating 60 action-packed years of Black Widow and Hawkeye, this new chapter in the pair’s storied legacy will be told by writer Stephanie Phillips, known for her work on Contest of Chaos and Cosmic Ghost Rider, and Paolo Villanelli, currently delivering cosmic brilliance in Captain Marvel: Dark Tempest. The four-issue limited series will both dive into the duo’s history of secrets and espionage while playing off recent developments including Natasha Romanoff’s recent bonding with a symbiote!

THE EYES OF A HAWK AND THE VENOM OF A WIDOW! Even when Black Widow and Hawkeye had no one to trust, they still had each other – even though their paths sometimes diverged. So when Clint Barton is accused of a rogue assassination attempt that puts the U.S. and Madripoor at odds, a symbiote-equipped Natasha Romanoff thinks nothing of coming to his aid. But as echoes of their past ripple into the present, it will take all their faith in each other – and the lessons learned along the way – to protect their futures.

Check out Stephen Segovia’s explosive cover below and celebrate Black Widow and Hawkeye’s milestone with this epic series this March! 

Black Widow & Hawkeye #1

Black Widow embraces her Symbiote Powers in Derrick Chews’ Thunderbolts #1 variant cover

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Bucky Barnes has a hit list of the world’s most corrupt villains, and this December, he’ll assemble the deadliest assassins, spies, and black ops agents in the Marvel Universe to take them down in Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Geraldo Borges’ new Thunderbolts series. Part of Bucky’s new squad is his longtime confidant, Black Widow, but Natasha Romanoff has been changed dramatically! In recent issues of Venom, Natasha has bonded with an all-new symbiote, and now she’ll unleash her new symbiote abilities to deliver justice—like lightning!

Superstar artist Derrick Chew reflects Natasha’s bold new look in his all-new variant cover for Thunderbolts #1. Chew has brought some of Marvel’s greatest stars to life in his best-selling covers and now captures Black Widow’s shocking symbiote transformation!

Chew’s cover will also be available as a virgin variant cover. 

Thunderbolts #1 Derrick Chew variant cover

Yelena Belova defects to Hot Toys’ figures

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Marvel fans will want to get the Yelena 1/6 Scale Figure by Hot Toys, just ahead of the worldwide release.

Trained in the Red Room to be a master assassin, Yelena Belova defects after discovering that she has been put through a mind controlling program. She seeks help from her adoptive sister, Natasha Romanoff (AKA Black Widow), who is now a member of the Avengers. Despite their difficult past, they must team up to fight Taskmaster and bring down the Red Room once and for all.

Inspired by Marvel Studios’ Black Widow (2021), the Yelena 1/6 Scale figure features a hand-painted headsculpt with an authentic likeness of Florence Pugh as Yelena. The figure is dressed in a detailed, tailored fabric snow suit with shoulder and elbow guards, black wrist guards, and a belt with holsters for her pistol and knives. Yelena also comes with her beloved green vest which has lots of pockets! She is also armed with three daggers, a pistol, and a variety of tactical batons.

Escape the Red Room with the Yelena 1/6 Scale Figure by Hot Toys.

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Get a look at Hot Toy’s Black Widow in Snow Suit figure

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Get a first look at the Black Widow 1/6 Scale Figure by Hot Toys. It’s time for Natasha Romanoff, AKA Black Widow, to face her past. Without the help of her Avengers teammates, she must turn to her sister Yelena in the hopes of bringing down the spy network that trained them.

Based on the screen appearance of Scarlett Johansson in Marvel Studios’ Black Widow, the beautifully crafted Black Widow 1/6 Scale Figure is presented in her white snow suit. In sharp contrast to her iconic black outfit, this finely tailored white tactical outfit comes with shoulder armor, pistol holders, and wrist guards. The figure features a newly developed, hand-painted head and hair sculpt with screen-accurate expression and makeup. Always ready to fight, the Black Widow 1/6 Scale Figure comes with a range of highly detailed weapons including a pair of standard batons and a pair of articulated batons with 3 types of interchangeable tips for different fighting poses, as well as 3 pistols. 

Do something good and add the Black Widow 1/6 Scale Figure by Hot Toys to your collection. Available to pre-order now!

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