With some small regret, I bid farewell to Tatiana. She's outlived her usefulness. If she were real... she'd be dead. It's nice though, to pretend while it lasts... that I was ever as innocent as her. 
Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Mikhail Fjodorov (First appearance; dies)
- Eaglestar (First appearance)
- Sofia (First appearance)
- Unnamed employer (Mentioned)
Other Characters:
- Nikolay Baskov (First appearance)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Thor Odinson (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Destroyer (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Stark Industries (Mentioned)
- Hammer Industries (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Asgardians (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
Locations:
Items:
- Captain America's Uniform (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Vibranium (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Captain America's Shield (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Mjolnir (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Hawkeye's Bow (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Trick Arrows (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Iron Man Armor MK VI (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for 1st story
Disguised as Tatiana Sokolova, Black Widow works at a night club in Moscow, pursuing the trail of missing Starktech. While she tries to interrogate Mikhail Fjodorov, one of the world's most successful illegal arms dealers, Fjodorov is killed by an unknown woman and Black Widow is forced to leave the club via the roof, fighting several security men. After she gets to a hotel and is waiting for extraction, she is attacked by masked people working for Eaglestar, but overwhelms them and receives a SIM card to reach the mysterious woman she has seen in the night club. Later, Black Widow talks to the woman, who calls herself "Sofia", and learns that she is a "fan" and wants to take over the name "Black Widow".
Solicit Synopsis
• A brand-new Black Widow solo adventure from the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
• Before Natasha assembles with the Avengers Initiative, see her in this hard-hitting espionage adventure set between the events of IRON MAN 2 and MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS!Notes
- Takes place between Iron Man 2 and Marvel's The Avengers.
See Also
- 3 image(s) from Marvel's The Avengers: Black Widow Strikes Vol 1 1
- 1 reprint(s) of Marvel's The Avengers: Black Widow Strikes Vol 1 1