Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Graphic Novel: Hawkeye (collected issues: Hawkeye #1-11, Young Avengers Presents #6)

Hawkeye
Writer: Matt Fraction
Artists: David Aja, Javier Pulido, Steve Lieber, Jesse Hamm, Francesco Francavilla
Cover Artists: David Aja, Annie Wu, Francesco Francavilla
Color: Matt Hollingsworth, Francesco Francavilla
Letterer: Chris Eliopolos
ISBN: 9780785184874
Graphic Novel: Hawkeye issues #1-11, Young Avengers Presents #6

These are so much fun!

Poor Barton has such bad instincts.  He gets himself into all sorts of scrapes that he really ought to know better than to get into, and only his truly astounding durability - and sometimes a little help from his friends - gets him back out in (mostly) one piece.

If you've ever wondered what the Avengers do when they're not on duty, here's the answer for Hawkeye at least - gets the piss beaten out of him by the tracksuited "Bro" gang, as well as other bad guys that he just happens to piss off in passing.  He's good at that, almost as good as Spiderman, really.  Unfortunately, he doesn't show Spidey's acrobatic prowess in avoiding getting hit, and he literally spends the entire comic collection acquiring and working off various injuries (sometimes serious ones) due to his extracurricular activities.  Makes me wonder if perhaps he isn't safer ON the job than off it!

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