Black Widow Continues Marvel’s Recent Mistake Of Whiffing On An Important Character

Black Widow is Thaddeus Ross’ fifth MCU appearance, following The Incredible Hulk, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. His pop-ins during the latter two movies weren’t anything more than cameos, so with Black Widow, I was hoping that he’d have a substantial presence in the story. Yes, Taskmaster, Dreykov and their brainwashed Black Widows served as the main antagonists, but it would have been great to see Ross serve as a side threat, specifically that his efforts to apprehend Natasha Romanoff for violating the Sokovia Accords would interfere with her mission.