Black Widow (2004) Comic Books in Order
Part ofRichard K Morgan Books in OrderFocus on the 2004 Black Widow comic series by Richard K Morgan, with the issues in order, plot summaries, series background and guidance on how this run fits into Natasha Romanova's larger Marvel history.
Last updated: January 13, 2026
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Publication Order
6 books
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Black Widow #6
by Richard K Morgan
2005
In the conclusion of the arc, Natasha has to decide what justice looks like for those who abused her and countless others. The choice she makes will echo through her relationships with allies and enemies across the Marvel universe.
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Black Widow #5
by Richard K Morgan
2005
Armed with new knowledge about the Red Room program, Natasha goes looking for the people who built her into a weapon. Her search leads to the birthplace of the Black Widow project and a reckoning with the architects who still see young girls as expendable assets.
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Black Widow #4
by Richard K Morgan
2005
Returning to Moscow for the first time in years, Natasha walks streets that feel familiar and foreign at once. What she finds of the old Red Room forces her to question which parts of her past were memories and which were carefully planted lies.
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Black Widow #3
by Richard K Morgan
2005
Natasha turns a sting operation on its head by volunteering as the target, drawing out hidden players inside the US security apparatus. Guest star Nick Fury steps in, but even he may not be able to shield her from the fallout.
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Black Widow #2
by Richard K Morgan
2005
Still hunting those behind the hit, Natasha follows a bloody trail through corporate front companies and political back rooms. Using herself as bait, she tests how far she can push the people now trying to pull her strings.
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Black Widow #1
by Richard K Morgan
2005
Natasha Romanova is trying to live quietly when the outside world abruptly reminds her who she used to be. An attempt on her life drags her back into espionage and forces her to decide whether she can ever really retire from the killing business.
Series background & context
The Black Widow (2004) comics are the six individual issues that make up the first half of Morgan’s run on Natasha Romanova, later collected as Homecoming. Read on their own they have the rhythm of a tight spy miniseries, each chapter pushing her further from the quiet life she hoped to build.
It opens with Natasha living under the radar and trying to cut ties with her past. When an attempt on her life shatters that fragile calm, she starts tracing the hit back through shell companies, dirty officials and ex KGB contacts. The early issues show her using herself as bait, staging elaborate traps and keeping one step ahead of the intelligence agencies now unsure whether she is an asset or a liability.
Midway through the arc she returns to Moscow for the first time in years. The city and the country have changed, but the old networks of power remain, just with different logos on the doors. Her investigation leads her to what is left of the Red Room, the covert program that trained her as a child, and to evidence that its methods are still being used on a new generation.
By the later issues Natasha is faced with a blunt question, can you ever really walk away from an organisation that built you from the ground up. The story puts her in conflict not just with villains but with former allies who would rather preserve a useful program than reckon with what it has done.
If you are interested in Black Widow as a spy shaped by the Cold War and its aftermath, rather than only as an Avenger, this short run is a strong, self contained read.
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