10 Mistakes Marvel Need To Avoid With Black Widow

9. The Origin Story

The Mistake: Marvel has struggled with how to handle their origin stories in the past. While they wisely avoided retreading familiar grounds with heroes like Hulk and Spider-Man, with lesser known characters, they've felt the need to go the obvious route. Certain heroes like Doctor Strange certainly benefit from this approach, but giving us Black Widow: The Early Years would be a waste of a solo film.

That's not to say that Widow doesn't have an interesting origin; she has perhaps the darkest past of any Marvel hero with plenty of rich material to delve into. The problem is that we've been fed so much of her backstory over the course of her film appearances that giving a more in-depth telling of it would ultimately be redundant.

The Solution: There are still plenty of secrets about Natasha's past, but the best way to explore it would be with a new story. With The Avengers disbanded, have Natasha go rogue and return to her homeland of Russia on a personal mission to unpick more of the Winter Soldier story (since it's so close to her own).

There we could learn more about the Black Widow Program and the friends and enemies she left behind.