10 Perfect Marvel Comics Stories Phase 4 Must Adapt
9. The Finely Woven Thread
Marvel Comics
There've been no shortage of exemplary Black Widow comics throughout the years, what with blockbuster duo Mark Waid and Chris Samnee having just concluded a two year long run on the character (they're now turning their attention to de-Nazifying Captain America), but there's another creative team that fans should take note of: Nathan Edmonson and Phil Noto.
The opening arc of the pair's run on the character was slightly dour, but it was also filled with plenty of political intrigue and, more importantly, a really captivating story about Black Widow's past. Scarlett Johansson's character has made reference to the amount of red in her ledger, and, seeing as how the character has been dying for a solo feature for sometime now, Phase 4 is as good a time as any to make it happen.
The Finely Woven Thread dealt a lot with Nat's past as a KGB assassin, and saw the character go undercover in Russia to atone for the murders she had previously committed. It's an interesting enough tale, and one that could form the basis for a great solo feature if Marvel finally get off their laurels and give Nat the film she should've had two years ago.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
