Yeah, see I knew she was Clint's ex-wife, but then I went and read Hawkeye and Mockingbird (mostly because it feeds into Widowmaker and I was on a quest to read more Natasha (I know you're so surprised by that!)) and while comic book writers generally can't write a romance to save their souls, they did manage to write a good *character* for her. Clint was handled pretty well, too, and had more shades to his character than just the wise-cracking archer (they pulled in his history as team leader for the West Coast Avengers, so they were clashing a little in how their leadership styles differed, not just with their complicated romantic history.)

Anyway. It turns out that was a good place to start and the recent one-shot was good, too. I'm less than enthused about the artwork for the new ongoing--I think it makes her look too young. Even her cameos in Fraction/Aja's Hawkeye gave her the appearance of a grown woman (with some style beyond the usual 'badass female'.)

I guess we'll see, and I can always ignore canon. I'm pretty good at that. :D