{"id":22793,"date":"2010-07-01T08:09:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T08:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/apparently-black-widow-knows-me-and-maybe-nick-fury-does-too-bad-astronomy\/"},"modified":"2010-07-01T08:09:52","modified_gmt":"2010-07-01T08:09:52","slug":"apparently-black-widow-knows-me-and-maybe-nick-fury-does-too-bad-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/apparently-black-widow-knows-me-and-maybe-nick-fury-does-too-bad-astronomy.php","title":{"rendered":"Apparently, Black Widow knows me. And maybe Nick Fury, does, too. | Bad Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Warning: comic book nerdiness ensues. Be ye fairly warned, says I.]<\/em><\/p>

I received an odd message from my friend Deric Hughes (who is totally cool and writes for \"Warehouse 13\" and is not a nerd at all, nossir) on Twitter. It said<\/a>:<\/p>

THIS was inside the latest issue of Ultimate Avengers2. I think Nick Fury paid you a special visit.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>

\"THIS\" was a blurry picture, but clear enough to show me that I had to immediately go to my local comic book store (Time Warp<\/a>, cool place) and buy myself a copy of issue 4 of Avengers 2. Why? Here’s why:<\/p>

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HOLY FRAK MY NAME IS IN BLACK WIDOW’S PHONE BOOK!!<\/strong> <\/p>

OK, backing up a bit:
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In this part of the story, Black Widow (translation for the non-comic-book nerds*<\/a><\/sup>: she was played by Scarlett Johansson<\/a> in Iron Man 2) is recounting how she and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson<\/a> in Iron Man 2) used to be a couple. She noticed something odd in her phone book one day: some of her friends and family had red dots next to their names. That last panel shows her phone book, with, for some reason, my name in it.<\/p>

OK? OK. Now, there are several avenues my thinking is taking here.<\/p>

\"blackwidow_johansson\"1) Perhaps the writer, Mark Millar, is familiar with my writing. However, as cool as that is, it is perhaps eclipsed by the idea that…<\/p>

2) I’m in Black Widow’s phone book<\/em>. Now why would that be? I don’t know; perhaps she has a history of sudden astronomical emergencies and has me in speed dial as a lifeline. Or perhaps there are um, other<\/em> reasons. I don’t feel a lengthy explanation is necessary here. However, I’ll note that while I don’t know if this book will in any way lead to this story getting up on the Big Screen, you never know. <\/p>

3) I noticed there are no red dots by my name. [SPOILER ALERT!] In the story, people with dots by their name had been paid a visit by Fury. And the adjective generally associated with such a visit is conjugal<\/em>. <\/p>

4) … and it’s perhaps more relevant to say that there’s no red dot by my name yet<\/em>. And there are two more issues in this story’s series. <\/p>

Hmmmm.<\/p>

Happily, I have a potential pathway to enlightenment here: Comic Con. I’ll be attending in late July, and perhaps someone there will be able to clear this up. I’ll seek out Mark Millar, of course, since that’s a good path to an explanation.<\/p>

But maybe there’s a more direct route. <\/p>

Black Widow, hon, if you’re reading this: you obviously have my number. Let’s work this out.<\/p>

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*<\/sup> I urge you to buy and read the entire series of the comic, which is to help you understand the context here, and is in no way a supplication to Marvel or whomever is the responsible party.<\/em>

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