A cute and colourful introduction to a character who is anything but. It is a very concise and ephemeral dossier of Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff, listing her role as a superspy (though what we actually get out of her as a "master of disguise" here is when she wears a big cloak on a park bench, apparently as a pigeon lady...how clever and original), as a great mercenary and fighter (but not specifically an assassin, oh no! And let's not bring attention to her shady and horrifically dark past. Red Room? What's that?! Nor mention her time as a morally grey villain, brainwashed or not!), and then as an Avenger (who is such a team player and cares so much for her friends the big buff male Avengers! Always has and always will! Didn't you know that!? Look at her riding the Hulk (but not in that way, this is a picture book for babies, after all!)).
But it's all in good, lighthearted fun, like my joking above. Yelena Belova is in this, as the main villain. Captain Marvel is present as part of the Avengers, too, so at least Black Widow isn't too much of the typical only "tough" girl in the sausage fest roster of male superheroes.There is entertainment value to be had in the Little Golden Book of Black Widow, despite how short it is.
I'll be keeping it, alongside the Little Golden Books about Marvel's other superheroines, Captain Marvel and Kamala Khan's Ms. Marvel.
Final Score: 3/5
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