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Black Widow #12 will debut CNN newsman Anderson Cooper in the Marvel Universe, as he questions the shadowy Avenger’s long clouded past as a KGB agent.
This November, CNN’s own Anderson Cooper makes his Marvel Universe debut for a special, Marvel Comics only, investigativereport that begs the question – is the Black Widow truly the Avenger we want? It all happens in BLACK WIDOW #12, as the world renowned journalist and news anchor exposes the tangled web of the Widow’s past discretions, courtesy of critically acclaimed creators Nathan Edmondson and Phil Noto.
Though she now walks a righteous path in her quest for atonement, her past is paved with bloody memories. Though allegedly reformed, is a former KGB operative and assassin the right Avenger to protect the American people? Where do her allegiances truly lie? Those questions and more will be answered in November’s issue!
“It’s Anderson doing what he does best: looking for the truth and reporting on events,” says series writer Nathan Edmondson in an interview with Marvel.com. “We imagine that in Black Widow’s world, as would be the case with many other Avengers, things she does can’t be ignored by the media and all it takes is somebody who knows how to ask the right questions to make her world very uncomfortable for her but in a way that is perhaps not unjust.”
Currently the anchor on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360°, the Emmy Award winning Cooper has spent many years broadcasting from around the world, reporting on up-to-the-minute news and current events.
“I found that he was a comic book fan and reader and shared some of my work with him over a year ago,” adds Edmondson on his inclusion of Cooper in BLACK WIDOW #12. “Then as we were strategizing upcoming issues of Black Widow I had this idea for an opportunity to involve him directly in the book. He was thrilled with the idea.”
Once a resident of the shadows, the Black Widow’s operations have been brought into the light like never before. With the investigation into her actions underway, what will the Avengers do when they learn how she’s been spending her days off? Find out when Anderson Cooper makes his Marvel Universe debut in BLACK WIDOW #12 this November!
Never would have pegged AC as a comic fan. Anyway, I happen to love this kind of stuff. Real-world events and people bleeding into the comic-verse is something that is pretty much always enjoyable, even that tie Jay Leno crossed over with Spider-Man. Well, maybe not that time.
Cooper brings something else to Black Widow too, and that’s a look into her past. There’s just, flat-out, no way that a person like Tasha could operate as an Avenger and not be questioned heavily by the press (pretty much anytime she showed up) as to her past. This is just the kind of stuff that catches big time ratings and people tend to dig in the real world, so it makes perfect sense that it would happen in the Marvel U as well.
As to what the fallout of a press inquiry might be for the Widow, that remains to be seen, but it all starts in Black Widow #12 this November, from the team of Nathan Edmondson and Phil Noto.
