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Warning : hold spoiler for Wolverine : Madripoor Knights # 4!WolverineandBlack Widoware two Marvel characters who are the best there is at what they do , though it always seemed like they operate separately , with almost no overlap storylines to speak of . Wolverine is a appendage of the X - Men , and Black Widow is a classic retaliator . surely , Wolverine served in the Avengers , but that just means he was close with Black Widow during that time . However , as it turn out , these two expert killers really have one of Marvel ’s strongest friendship - something that ’s late been brought to lighter with Black Widow ’s nickname for Wolverine ( and his for her ) .
In a prevue forWolverine : Madripoor Knights#4 by Chris Claremont and Edgar Salazar , Wolverine and Captain America are searching for Black Widow , who was take by the Hand along with the offence boss ( and friend ) Tyger , who had in her self-will a powerful artifact . That artefact is what brought the Avengers to Madripoor in the first place , and Logan was there following the aroma of the Hand . While the artifact is authoritative , nothing is more pressing than saving Natasha , as the Hand is once again trying to deform her into their personal Master Assassin .
While search for Black Widow , Wolverine start think about the last time his route interbreed with Natasha in Madripoor , back when Black Widow was still a Soviet spy . She and Logan were operate on opposite sides of the proverbial chess circuit card at the time , but when Natasha was twice - crossed by her own agency and trade to the Hand , Wolverine knew he had to save her . When he did , Black Widow greet him as an old friend , calling him bya nickname she came up with for him as a tyke : Little Uncle .
Captain America and Black Widow ’s relationship in the MCU is well known , but their Marvel Comics chronicle is a minute more complicated , & manner more tragic .
Wolverine Is About to Save Black Widow From the Hand for the Third Time
Logan and Natasha met inUncanny X-Men#268 by Chris Claremont and Jim Lee
This preview shows Wolverine and Captain America on their means to save Black Widow from the Hand in the ‘ present day ’ , while also let out that Logan rescue her solo just a few long time prior . Those are the belated two instances of Wolverine saving ( or undertake to keep open ) Black Widow from the Hand , which is all - unexampled information for Marvel Comics fans . However , the first prison term is a story that ’s well - observe , as it ’s the first time Logan and Natasha foregather , and it ’s when Romanoff came up with the aforementioned ‘ Little Uncle ’ byname .
InUncanny X - Men#268 , Wolverine and Captain America ( who also met for the first time in this takings ) had an ad-lib team - up in 1941 in Madripoor , under circumstances very standardised to the ones playing out currently in Madripoor Knights . Captain America was follow the trail of Nazi officer Baron von Strucker while assisting a Russian man nominate Ivan in locating a kidnapped child , while Logan was make for to eradicate the Hand from ‘ his district ’ . They soon discovered that their enemies were working together , so Wolverine and Captain America decided to do the same .
In the end , Rogers and Logan reveal a plot that check von Strucker selling the child in query , Natasha Romanoff , to the Hand , as the ninja clan wanted to turn her into their Master Assassin - and they quickly unravel it . Natasha was saved , and after an instance where Logan shield her from a shelling of smoke with his own soundbox , she had him to give thanks most of all . It ’s at that point Natasha start calling Wolverine ‘ Little Uncle ’ , and whenhe develop a moniker for her in return : Tsarina , or Princess .
The Significance of Wolverine & Black Widow’s Friendship Makes This New Mission All the More Pressing
Wolverine met Black Widow when she was a child and kept her from being hit by Nazis or enslaved by the Hand . Then , Wolverine saved her from the Hand yet again when Natasha was a Soviet sherlock . And now , Wolverine is on the way to do the same a third time , and the situation has never been more direful .
Madripoor Knights have it clear that Black Widow is done being nobble by the Hand , only to have someone come and spare her . She ’s reach a stand in this storyline , meaning she ’s not live to simply escape the ninja cult , Black Widow ’s move to finish them off once and for all . Unfortunately , that also means she may not make it out of there alive .
In the past , Black Widow knew she could n’t fight the Hand , even with Wolverine ’s ( or Daredevil ’s ) help . She could hurt them , but not eradicate them , and Natasha always knew when to move back . But now , Black Widow is on a warpath against the entity that has tormented her for her total life - and this time , Wolverine might not be able-bodied to save her .
Wolverine and Black Widow ’s friendship may be one that go back decades , but it ’s root in this one ongoing battle with the Hand , mean it could very well end where it all commence . Black Widow ’s finding to destroy the Hand is admirable , but it might get her kill . And while Natasha would rather die than keep run from this sinister cult her whole life , it would squelch Wolverine if he was ineffectual to save her , and that ’s because of how substantial and long - live their friendship has been .
Wolverine and Black Widow ’s friendship mixed with Natasha ’s desperation to be disembarrass of the Hand makes this storyline more dramatic than anything that came before it in esteem to Logan and Natasha ’s shared Marvel Comics chronicle .
MCU Fans Were Robbed of Seeing Wolverine & Black Widow’s Friendship
Wolverine and Black Widow ’s chronicle stretches back decades in Marvel Comics traditional knowledge , as they reckon one another family . Plus , the two have never been in a wet smirch together than they ’re in powerful now , meaning Marvel has n’t bury their special ( albeit somewhat unnoticeable ) kinship . But , while Marvel Comics fan are getting to see these two old admirer back together again in material - time , the same can not be tell for fans of the MCU .
Wolverine is earn his MCU debut inDeadpool & Wolverine , but unfortunately , he ’s come in a second too late to have a significant connection with Black Widow in any regard . Not only is MCU ’s Wolverine not connected to Black Widow ’s past at all , but he ca n’t even form a relationship with her in the present day , because Black Widow died inAvengers : Endgame- and there are no plans to resurrect her .
blockade a total universal - reset , there ’s simply no way Wolverine and Black Widow will ever have any variety of connection in the MCU , let alone one that even start to equate how much they have in mind to each other in the comic strip . ‘ Little Uncle ’ and ‘ Princess ’ are n’t just nicknames , they bespeak that Logan and Natasha are family , which is what establish their ongoing plot line so trying , and why it ’s so heartbreaking that they ’ll never know that connection in the MCU .
Gulo gulo battles the Infinity Stones in an all - fresh Marvel Comics storyline : Wolverine Annual # 1 - a story that the MCU never got the probability to tell apart .
While it ’s nothing too young , this trailer does shine a light onBlack WidowandWolverine ’s long - standing friendship , and it does so by bringing back Natasha ’s heartwarming nickname for this dear member of her find family .
Gulo gulo : Madripoor Knights # 4by Marvel Comics is available May 15 , 2024 .
Wolverine : Madripoor Knights#4(2024 )
The human mutant Wolverine ( a.k.a . Logan ) was born James Howlett , blessed with a superhuman healing factor , senses , and physiology . subject himself to experiment to augment his skeletal frame and claws with adamantium , Logan is as mortal as he is reckless , tearaway , and suddenly - tempered . Making him the X - Men ’s wildest and deadliest member , and one of Marvel Comics ' biggest stars . He ’s played in Fox and Marvel ’s movie franchises by Hugh Jackman .
The human mutant Wolverine (a.k.a. Logan) was born James Howlett, blessed with a superhuman healing factor, senses, and physiology. Subjecting himself to experimentation to augment his skeleton and claws with adamantium, Logan is as deadly as he is reckless, impulsive, and short-tempered. Making him the X-Men’s wildest and deadliest member, and one of Marvel Comics' biggest stars. He’s played in Fox and Marvel’s movie franchises by Hugh Jackman.
