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Apparently, Black Widow knows me. And maybe Nick Fury, does, too.

Discover how the Black Widow phone book reveals surprising connections in Avengers 2 issue 4. An intriguing twist awaits!

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[Warning: comic book nerdiness ensues. Be ye fairly warned, says I.] 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:

THIS was inside the latest issue of Ultimate Avengers2. I think Nick Fury paid you a special visit.

"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, cool place) and buy myself a copy of issue 4 of Avengers 2. Why? Here's why:

HOLY FRAK MY NAME IS IN BLACK WIDOW'S PHONE BOOK!! OK, backing up a bit: In this part of the story, Black Widow (translation for the non-comic-book nerds*: she was played by Scarlett Johansson in Iron Man 2) is recounting how she and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson in ...

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