Black Widow (2014 series) #12

Newscaster Anderson Cooper presents an episode of his television series on an expose of Black Widow, who works with the Avengers and SHIELD but is responsible for numerous killings and a great deal of property damage yet who seems to be unaccountable. Natasha’s friends and teammates are fixated on the show. Maria Hill is fielding calls from the President. Witnesses are interviewed about terror caused by Natasha on city streets and rumors that she engineered a prison break in Latin America (see issue #3). A battered Isaiah Ross watches on television then receives a call from Maria Hill. Hill contacts all of the superheroes connected to SHIELD advising them to keep silent about Black Widow. Tony Stark points out that Cooper’s report wasn’t unfair. Hill responds that that’s why it’s a real problem….

While the world is watching Cooper’s show, the Black Widow herself is on a secret mission in Somalia with the Howling Commandos. They enter a war zone, use a drone to take down various enemy soldiers and rescue their target, a kidnapped journalist named Uri. Word comes that two enemy copters are one the way. Nat and a Howler banter while shooting them down. On her way back to the USA, still unaware of what’s been going on, she receives a call from Isaiah Ross, warning her of the show and offering to go to her apartment and prepare for her to go into hiding….