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give her lack of a standalone projection in the MCU ’s first three phases , there ’s been a hatful of mystery surroundingBlack Widowwithin that catamenia of time . Fans have it off precisely what Iron Man , Thor , and Captain America were up to between the events of their own film and theAvengersmovies , but have no idea what Black Widow was doing during those time . Sure , she was feature in two out of the threeCaptain Americafilms as well as inIron Man 2 , but that still does n’t calculate for her whereabouts in between the events ofIron Man 2and the firstAvengers . At least , until now , as it was discover in a canonical MCU tie - in comic precisely what Black Widow was doing : campaign Shang - Chi ’s Father-God .
In the MCU filmShang - Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings , it ’s bring out thatthe father of Shang - Chi- Xu Wenwu - was the drawing card of the international criminal offense crime syndicate bonk as the Ten Rings . The Ten Rings hightail it a small chunk of the world - not too unlike from Hydra - with Wenwu at the very top of the concatenation of command .
Since Wenwun was a crime lord on a orbicular graduated table , and has been for coevals ( as his life was extended due to his use of the mysterious Ten Rings ) , it only makes sense thatBlack Widow would suit upfor a mission on behalf of SHIELD to enquire and/or upset the social system of the Ten Rings . This was the same organization that abduct Tony Stark in Iron Man , after all , mean they were definitely on SHIELD ’s radar at this percentage point in fourth dimension . And now , it ’s revealed exactly what happened when Black Widow got the call to gainsay Shang - Chi ’s dad .
Black Widow Toppled A Ten Rings Plot Before The Avengers
In the three - part comedian seriesThe Avengers Prelude : Black Widow Strikes(by Fred Van Lente , Neil Edwards , Steve Kurth , Rick Magyar , Andrew Hennessy , Nick Filardi , and Felix Serrano ) , Black Widow is on a mission to go after down and obtain critical entropy regarding weapons system transaction in Russia . While on the guinea pig , Natasha learns that the illegal arms being embark was actually the software of Tony Stark ’s Jericho missile from the firstIron Manfilm , along with the necessary parts for the projectile itself .
While the software and parts were technically pull off by Justin Hammer before they were stolen and sold , the layout was on the dot the same , mean whoever received this payload had the means for global destabilization . And the group that was receive the means to make this weapon was none other than the Ten Rings .
The Ten Rings Nearly Completed Its Failed Mission From Iron Man
It ’s interesting that the Ten Rings was still obsessed with getting its work force on the Jericho missile , specially when Tony Stark ’s Iron Man technical school was effectively replicated by Justin Hammer ( with the help of Ivan Vanko ) . Since they make the software and hardware from Hammer Industries anyway , it seems like the Ten Rings would want their very own ‘ Fe Man’-like gear as well . However , now that fans know Wenwu was the head of the Ten Rings all along , it have way more sense that he ’d still just need the missile . With the Jericho , Wenwu was project to attack North Korea , which would have break up the full globe . He does n’t take Iron Man suits to do that , and he ’s already enough brawny with his Ten Rings . Wenwu ’s target was far grander than that of an middling supervillain , and if it was n’t for Black Widow , he could have successfully confound man into World War III before Loki or Thanos even get a crack at Planet Earth .
While Natasha never face Wenwu straightaway , merely foiling the design of his worldwide organization , it ’s still interesting to consider that in the clock time betweenIron Man 2and theAvengers , Black Widowwas efficaciously fighting Shang - Chi ’s father - and until this risible miniseries , no MCU rooter would have ever known .
