Book: Hawkeye Volume #1: My Life as a Weapon (issues #1-5 and Young Avengers Presents issue #6) by Matt Fraction with Illustrations by David Aja (issues #1-3) and Javier Pulido (issues 4 and 5) and color by Matt Hollingsworth
Young Avengers Presents #6 by Matt Fraction with illustration by Alan Davis and color by Paul Mounts
Source: Library
Edition: Trade
Rating: 5 stars
Review:
Clint Barton should just stay at home because no matter where he goes, he some how finds himself right in the middle of trouble. On second thought, trouble would just follow him home as well.
After getting out of the hospital in the first issue, Clint was trying to help his fellow tenants after the owner was trying to push the residents out by raising the rent an astronomical amount. And the owner is not the type of person who wants to negotiate. Clint offered to pay the rent for everyone but it didn't help matters either. I like that Hawkeye was not going to sit back and just let his neighbors get pushed out of their homes as well as he was willing to help an injured dog and gained a new friend.
In issue #2, both Hawkeyes (Clint and Kate Bishop) decided to go undercover to stop a group of thieves from a traveling circus who were actually robbing other thieves and villains. Clint's connection with the thieves made him want to stop what was going on despite the fact that they were stealing from other thieves.
Issue #3 had Clint and Kate being chased by a weird group of car thieves who had tried to abduct a woman who Clint had just met. However, the woman wasn't squeaky clean, she had stole a car from the group that was chasing them. The car in which she just sold to Clint. The only thing that kind of annoyed me about this story was the two heroes let her go at the end and that they never found out she was a crook too.
Issues #4 and 5, has S.H.I.E.L.D. telling Clint to retrieve a tape that is being auctioned off in Madripoor by the underworld. If not he's going to be one of the most wanted guys in the world. But he can't even get out of the airport without getting into trouble.
This was a funny group of high flying stories that was filled with action. Clint is just a trouble magnet but he does try to do the right thing even if he makes a complete mess of things. Kate is just as much a trouble magnet as Clint but that's mainly due to her association with Mr. Barton. These issues (along with the Young Avengers Present #6) showed that Kate is not just a great sidekick but also a great archer.
This was great. I'm definitely looking forward to reading the second volume.
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