Black Widow's First Kill Has Been Revealed, and It's Messed Up

The history behind Natasha Romanoff's road to becoming Black Widow is a dark one. There are a lot of mysteries surrounding it, but Marvel has been revealing bits and pieces of it here and there in the movies and the comics. 

Before Natasha was Black Widow and fighting with The Avengers, she was a deadly assassin who killed lots of people. In the latest issue of the Black Widow comic, we learn the story of her very first kill, and it's kinda messed up. 

The comic is a thriller that centers on Natasha coming to terms with her dark past. It's being written by artist Chris Samnee and scribe Mark Waid. Below you'll find the panels from Black Widow #7 that tells the story. They come from io9, who also offers a breakdown of the story.

This is enough to make want to start reading this comic. It looks great and intriguing. Check it out!

The first story arc had Natasha in thrall to the Weeping Lion, a urban-legend operative who had access to her biggest secrets. After a flubbed mission, her involvement with the abduction of scientist Ho Yinsen—who helped Tony Stark build the first Iron Man armor while held captive by an evil warlord—became public knowledge.
A confrontation with Stark gave her the means to discover psychic Ilya Knezevic as the Weeping Lion’s true identity, but she still didn’t know why he’s determined to destroy her.
Knezevic’s motivation is revealed in this week’s Black Widow #7, as Natasha’s forces the psychic to help her infiltrate the new Dark Room training facility so she can stop her old mentor from raising a new generation of child assassins. Knezevic knows all too well how lethal a kid killer can be, because he watched a young Natasha brutally murder his uncle and slit his cousin’s throat.
Unbeknownst to her, Natasha left a pair of eyes alive during her first kill. They belong to Ilija, who grows up to see Natasha being called a hero. Natasha Romanoff had done good things, saving the world with the Avengers. But she’s also done bad things and the world’s understanding of her currently stands in an intriguingly ambiguous place.

Damn. I hope I never get taken out by a child assassin! Kids can be brutal!

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