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WARNING : This article contains SPOILERS forSecret Empire#7
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Marvel ’s villainousCaptain Americajust keep on kill , with his latest dupe now corroborate to be Natasha Romanoff , the Black Widow . It ’s not the first famous face from Marvel ’s Cinematic Universe that Steve Rogers has killed in the rise of hisSecret Empire , after revealing that the submarine sandwich known asCaptain America was a Hydra spyall along . As the rest of Marvel ’s Hero endeavor to unmake the cosmic turn that turn Steve evilness , the body reckoning continues to grow - as it turn out , Agent Phil Coulson was just the first MCU fan favourite to die .
But where Coulson was killed because he knew too much , and kill indirectly by Deadpool , Steve Rogers has done the in style deed with his own two hand . Well , to be more specific , he took the life with his signatureshield . It was n’t the Avenger he set out to kill , but with killing puff left small doubtfulness about the dupe ’s survival . There was a chance that it was simply a twist - one of the now - mandatory bombshells in eachSecret Empireissue - but with the story marching on , it seems certain . Black Widow is dead , and Steve Rogers just ca n’t end drink down .
Spider-Man & Captain America Finally Meet
As we cite above , the hero that Cap pour down is n’t the one he thought he would have to . Marvel fan will in all likelihood recall the bombshell imaginativeness of the future that helped ratchet the recentCivil War IIevent to new altitude , when an Inhuman prophesy that theSpider - Man Miles Morales would kill Captain America . The vision left rooter stunned , unable to imagine how the heroic teen could give slaying - and obliterate a hero who was n’t even at the center of the fight . But whenCaptain America ’s Hydra loyalty was revealed , it made a LOT more sentience - to both readers and the Cuban sandwich of the Marvel Universe .
In the days since , Steve Rogers has keep his campaign against the state of the world . And with every new missionary post or demand - thatcountries accede to Hydra control , and his memorableresurrection of the Hulkto enactment as his hatchet man - Miles Morales has felt the pressure of what seems to be , now more than ever , his reliable fate . It ’s the reason he and his protagonist link up with the Black Widow to pick up what skills they will need to do what ’s necessary . ( They in reality seem unwilling to murder even as they discipline to mutilate Cap , but that ’s a reasonably vulgar contradiction in the event so far . )
And inSecret Empire#7 the mission was last launched to down Captain America before he could confide more atrocity .
For all her tough talk and finding to wipe out Captain America while her colleagues were still looking for ways to ' save him , ' Black Widow still does everything she can to keep Miles Morales from doing something he ’ll never be able to take back . Again , that raise some questions about her decisiveness to put him and his fellow young Cuban sandwich through the ' Red Room ' training that made her a trained killer whale . But take that Natasha was merely trying to cultivate them up to ferment as a social unit - particularly once she was hold out - the patch is n’t a major job .
The job comes when her seek to keep Miles locked up so thatshecan kill Steve Rogers ( belike equal section sacrifice and personal revenge there ) fall apart , since fortune has already statedMiles will kill Cap . And when he arrives to face Steve Rogers himself , Widow has no option but to put down the high - powered rifle aimed at Cap as he slowly stroll up to front off against Miles . Leaping to dry land degree and rushing to stop Miles from curse his life , Nat almost make it in sentence -almost .
But Cap has launched a shoot down blow at Miles before she can quit it . Meaning all Widow can do … is take it for him .
The Death of Black Widow
Yes , as Black Widow manages to shove air mile back from the combat , Steve slams the head of his carapace squarely into the side of her neck . Thanks to the X - irradiation details from artist Andrea Sorrentino , fans can see that the blast shatters Nat ’s jaw , part of her skull , and comes to a stop buried in the vertebrae of her neck . It stops the exchange of setback as her blank face falls to the priming coat , in what we now recognise are her terminal moments . And just that quickly , Captain America has - accidentally , it might seem - killed another colleague he used to call a friend .
Secret Empire#8 make no mention of Natasha having survived , being given medical treatment , meaning fan are left to accept this as her rightful , good to goodness death . Miles soon unleashes his full persuasiveness and anger on Cap , bloody him and bear him to the spot he should kill him … but decline , prefer to honour Widow ’s wishes for him to live on by bide his hand . Some might argue that Nat really would have wantedsomeoneto pour down Steve for sustain killer her , too , but fans are given a reason to hold out promise .
In his feat to rock people to his side , Steve has apparently suggested that when Hydra has assumed total ascendance , he will apply the power of the Cosmic Cube to resurrect those who cash in one’s chips in his putsch . Whether that ’s lawful or another Trygve Lie is n’t clear . But if that ’s how Marvel suggests that this fascistCaptain America can still be the heroof the story , there is cause to doubt . We can ideate thatsomeof Marvel ’s all in will be understanding about the need to shoot down them … but Black Widow ? Not so much .
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Secret Empire#7 & # 8are available now .
