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18 Days To Go: Hawkeye Graphic Novels
One of the most consistently brilliant books in the Marvel NOW! canon, Matt Fraction‘s Hawkeye takes a very different slant on the superhero comic. Revolving around the day-to-day, down-to-earth aspects of Clint Barton‘s life involving friends, family, neighbours, crooks and hitmen, Hawkeye reads more like an indie title, chock full of snappy and humorous dialogue and magnificently gritty art.
Sadly, this big favourite at ACE Comics is coming to the end of it’s cruelly brief run, but you can read the stories again and again through the great collected editions. For fans of Hawkeye, Avengers, indie comics and those who want something refreshingly different in their superhero books…
Fraction. Aja. Hawkeye. Kate Bishop. Cars. Guns. And videotape. The breakout star of this summer’s blockbuster Avengers film, Clint Barton – a.k.a. the self-made hero Hawkeye – fights for justice…and good rooftop BBQs! And with ex-Young Avenger Kate Bishop by his side, he’s out to get some downtime from being one of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes! (Immortal Iron Fist) reunite to tell the ongoing tales of the Arrow-Avenger. Barton and Bishop mean double the Hawkeye and double the trouble! Plus: Relive Kate’s first meeting with Clint, as she learns wanting something can be miles away from actually earning it.
Collecting Hawkeye (2012) #1-5 and Young Avengers Presents #6.
The year’s most critically acclaimed comic! Ace archer Clint Barton battles Superstorm Sandy, digital doomsday, dog detectives, lady problems, murder for money and more as Matt Fraction and David Aja continuetheir exciting, adventurous reinvention of the arrowed Avenger! Plus: The tracksuits are back, and they’re aiming to kill!
Collecting Hawkeye (2012) #6-11.
Kate Bishop heads to Los Angeles to get away from New York, life and Clint Barton – but she can’t escape trouble! Because Madame Masque is hanging out poolside with the rich and famous, as well! As Kate helps a reclusive and sixties-damaged pop-music genius find his lost masterpiece, Madame Masque finds Kate. By which we mean starts trying to kill her again. This one has it all! Characters! Plot! Story! Dialogue! Theme! Meaning! Message! Action! A little exposition! Fire! Arrows! Criminals! Neighbors! Large bodies of water! Clients! Cops who don’t care! A system that victimizes the victims! The dog! In a broken town where cynicism and apathy has its claws around the throat of the good and decent, Lady Hawkguy is the only hero you can trust!
Collecting Hawkeye (2012) #14, #16, 18, #20 and Annual #1.