What Is The Widow's Veil & Who Else Has Used It In The MCU?
By Christopher Ramos
Interestingly enough, the Widow's Veil isn't the first Black Widow reference in "Secret Invasion." Varra (Charlayne Woodard) name-drops "Black Widow" villain General Dreykov (Ray Winstone) during a conversation with Fury, and of course, Episode 5 also features a cameo by Rick Mason (O-T Fagbenle), the contractor who supplies Natasha in her solo movie.
When the MCU drops so many Easter eggs that revolve around a certain character, it's easy to start assuming that said character will make an appearance before long ... either in the show in question or in an upcoming project. Of course, Natasha isn't alive in the main timeline, and while no one is truly dead in the comics, it's pretty difficult to imagine Scarlett Johanson making her grand MCU return in a "Secret Invasion" cameo. As such, it's possible that all these allusions tease an upcoming appearance by the current reigning Black Widow, Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh). Yelena is still very active in the MCU and is set to lead the Thunderbolts — a team that operates on a similar government black ops level as Fury does. She's also appeared in Marvel's Disney+ shows before, being one of the most prominent characters in "Hawkeye." Are all these references teasing a Yelena cameo in the final episode of "Secret Invasion," or are they just the MCU's ways to honor its original Black Widow?
