Black Widow: what might’ve been

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If there’s one thing Black Widow (2021) proved beyond a doubt, it’s that the fewer superpowers the protagonists in these movies have, the harder it is for me to suspend my disbelief.

I’ll buy that a giant purple dude from space conquered entire planets in search of some magic rocks that would wipe out half the universe at the snap of his fingers. I’ll even pretend Bruce Banner owns incredibly elastic pants…