Black Widow (2014 series) #4

Former monk Molot Boga is commanded by his unseen superior to punish some dangerous sinners….

Black Widow has been hired by SHIELD to infiltrate the Ukrainian Embassy in Paris to plant bugs to learn who there is in danger. As she checks in with the guard at the gate she spots someone on the roof and then the building explodes. Recovering quickly, she climbs to the roof and pursues the fleeing villain. On a church roof, a huge bearded man swings at her and the roof gives way, dropping her to the floor….

Her arm in a cast, Natasha reports to SHIELD Director Maria Hill who asks her to get some answers without asking questions. She goes to Kiev where she employs a listening device that looks like a fly to spy on a cabinet meeting. She learns that the killer is named Molot Boga and his next target is the Croatian ambassador in Cape Town. The bug disintegrates as Nat fills in Maria Hill….

In Cape Town, South Africa, the Croatian Ambassador’s car is stuck in traffic. The huge brutish Molot Boga appears in the street holding a large machine gun. Quoting a farrago of Scripture, he opens fire on the Ambassador’s car. Natasha appears, firing a small missile at him as he turns his gun on her. When he runs out of ammo, she fires at him with her pistols while he draws a pair of smaller guns firing explosive shells. Nat is thrown through a shop window as Molot Boga calmly rips the door off the car and shoots the Ambassador at close range and rides off on a motorcycle….

Maria Hill suggests calling in the Avengers, but Nat points out that SHIELD needs a spy to find the bad guys. The only lead they have is that Boga was picked up by an unidentified helicopter. Nat plans to question some Ukrainians. She gives Hill a list of equipment she needs while thinking of an informant….

Molot Boga reports back to his superior, who asks him to stop confusing him with God. There is one more target, arriving by plane, and he is told to destroy the plane before it lands and to kill the Black Widow if necessary….