THE HUMOR WAS ABSOLUTELY PEAK IN THIS!! Hawkeye—a character who can’t take anything seriously—and the Winter Soldier—a character who takes everything seriously—reluctantly team up to search for Natasha Romanov who they both believe (one reluctantly and one not) to be alive after she dies (which is due to the fuckery that was Secret Empire). Clint is so fucking funny, and it was so nice to have that kind of humor on page with Bucky, who I love, but he’s such a broody character that it’s more so a gritty mystery than fun.


I loved Bucky and Clint’s relationship. It was very much blonde best friend, brunette best friend 2012 Tumblr era to me. I really enjoyed the plot, and I surprisingly was sated without the appearance of (spoiler???) Nat until later in comic. Clint’s humor and the Bucky/Clint relationship was easily the best parts of this. I’m a little disappointed though, because I didn’t love the overall plot with Red Room. It felt very surface level, and not explained very well. I’m still a bit confused about the whole thing. Granted there isn’t much you can do with A mini series, especially one that’s 4 issues. But I still didn’t love it.


But overall, I really enjoyed reading this. Not my favorite Black Widow story ever, but it definitely something I would recommend!