Thunderbolts #135 - Marvel

I picked up this one for the heck of it. The story comes directly from Secret Warriors #7 to here. I didn't want to miss anything. However . . at the end, we find out that we're going to see the other side of this story in Secret Warriors #8. So it'll probably be retold, and I wouldn't have missed anything. Oh well. Live and learn. Anyways, we find out that Russian Agent Yelena Belova, of the Thunderbolts, has actually been Natasha Romanova the whole time. She's been working under the direction of Nick Fury, trying to work the inside of Norman's operation, while trying to keep her squad of mercenaries from actually killing anyone. Anyways, they find Songbird and are ordered to kill her. So Natasha has to break cover to try to save her. Long story short, they get chased through the woods of Oregon and end up leading the Thunderbolts back to one of Nick's secret bases under Yankee Stadium. It turns out Natasha wasn't working for Nick at all. Norman had just set it up for her to think that. So now Norman has all 3 of them. He wants Natasha to lead him to Captain America, while he's ordered the deaths of the other 2. The issue ends with it looking like Norman puts 3 bullets into Nick's head. But then it says . . 'For another perspective, check out Secret Warriors #8'. That stinks. So I would've found out what I needed to know there. Anyways, this issue was brought to us by Andy Diggle and Miguel Sepulveda. I thought the art was pretty good. But the cover by Francesco Mattina was amazing. I won't buy another issue of this title, just because I have enough to read about Norman Osborn. But it was an interesting departure.