Black Widowe

A comic I created for the Sentinel, a mooted magazine about British comics that never came off. Oh well, here's all three badly-lettered pages which were made! Also an info page about the story.

Don't ask where the plot was supposed to go after this, I have no idea!

Black Widowe

General Info

Jim Black, a 21^st-century "gentleman adventurer" starts his own private detective agency. He recruits Gabrielle Widowe, a French woman who grew up in a rough area of Paris and had to battle for survival every moment of her life. He also collects up Micky Webb, a young but brilliant hacker who got caught trying to help Gabrielle out of some trouble in London. The "Black Widow" agency is independent of, but works for, British intelligence.

Credits

Writer

Artist

Michael Martin

Michael Martin

Universe

Main Characters

Jim Black, Gabrielle Widowe, Micky Webb

Other stuff

Trawler No. 870 ("Yasue"). Ford Transit.

Appearances

The Sentinel Issue 01 - XX - Black Widowe.

Mini-timeline

1970 - Jim Black born

1988 - Gabrielle Widowe born

1989 - Micky Webb born

2002 - Gabrielle has to escape her family and live rough around Paris

2004 - Gabrielle crosses to London

2008 - Micky helps Gabrielle get out of a charge of clumsily hacking a cash machine. But he is caught himself. Jim Black, ever on the lookout for skilled recruits, takes an interest.

2012 - First story. A fishing trawler runs aground with a dead crew, killed by what…?

It's a bit like

CHERUB, Spy Kids without kids

It's more like

The Sonic The Comic version of Streets of Rage (which probably has nothing to do with the 'actual' storyline in the videogames).

…but you've never heard of that.

		Black Widowe
General Info	Jim Black, a 21^st-century "gentleman adventurer" starts his own private detective agency. He recruits Gabrielle Widowe, a French woman who grew up in a rough area of Paris and had to battle for survival every moment of her life. He also collects up Micky Webb, a young but brilliant hacker who got caught trying to help Gabrielle out of some trouble in London. The "Black Widow" agency is independent of, but works for, British intelligence.
Credits	Writer		Artist
	Michael Martin		Michael Martin
Universe
Main Characters	Jim Black, Gabrielle Widowe, Micky Webb
Other stuff	Trawler No. 870 ("Yasue"). Ford Transit.
Appearances	The Sentinel Issue 01 - XX - Black Widowe.
Mini-timeline	1970 - Jim Black born 1988 - Gabrielle Widowe born 1989 - Micky Webb born 2002 - Gabrielle has to escape her family and live rough around Paris 2004 - Gabrielle crosses to London 2008 - Micky helps Gabrielle get out of a charge of clumsily hacking a cash machine. But he is caught himself. Jim Black, ever on the lookout for skilled recruits, takes an interest. 2012 - First story. A fishing trawler runs aground with a dead crew, killed by what…?
It's a bit like	CHERUB, Spy Kids without kids
It's more like	The Sonic The Comic version of Streets of Rage (which probably has nothing to do with the 'actual' storyline in the videogames).			…but you've never heard of that.