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matt4hire's review against another edition
3.0
It's mostly a 4-star book, but the last mini collected here, Blindspot, is overly long (at 4 issues, no less!), and filled with boring pontificating about Hawkeye being Hawkeye.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
Absolutely okay collection. Which considering I'm not particularly a Hawkeye fan, was a little better than I expected. The bits between Bobbi and Clint were definitely the highpoints. But mostly this book was all surface, albeit with good enough writing and art. Nothing was done wrong, the characters basically made sense. But the book dragged and at the end I still didn't care about Hawkeye. Bobbi's story on the otherhand was somewhat enhanced. But not bad, just not great.
witchofthemountains's review against another edition
4.0
This was a great collection of Barton comics and it gave a really great look into what makes Barton tick the way he does.
thecommonswings's review against another edition
4.0
Because Hawkeye and Mockingbird are two of the few Marvel heroes to not actually have super powers, this steers closer to the spy caper end of Marvel (albeit one brushing up against undead ghost cowboys and the like). As such it’s good campy fun, but never feels remotely revelatory like the Matt Fraction stories which manage to find untold new stories to tell through grounded reality and adventurous story telling. The art is very variable too, which is horrifying when you consider the sheer wealth of artists who Marvel could employ. There’s a particularly egregious issue of the arc involving Black Widow and her ex husband where none of the anatomy works and the artist’s desire to draw the heroines in increasingly impossible
buxom poses become more and more redolent of Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant strips
buxom poses become more and more redolent of Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant strips
forbearance's review against another edition
3.0
This started out really, really strong. As I was reading, the quality of the storylines dropped slowly. They never got bad, but by the time I reached Blindspot, it was not as enjoyable to read. The art in the aforementioned was really bad too. Everything felt dis-proportioned, and that storyline as a whole felt out of place compared to the others. I understand it was wrapping up and a continuation, but it was better as a standalone limited series than a part of this collection. I didn't see much Mockingbird, who was at Hawkeye's side throughout the entire run.
All that aside, Jim McCann can still write a damn good Hawkeye. I would recommend the limited series this collected to my friends.
Oh! Also! While I love Fraction's aesthetic, it made no sense for his stylized bullseye to act as page dividers between series, and his stylized logo on the front doesn't match with the rest of the art styles
All that aside, Jim McCann can still write a damn good Hawkeye. I would recommend the limited series this collected to my friends.
Oh! Also! While I love Fraction's aesthetic, it made no sense for his stylized bullseye to act as page dividers between series, and his stylized logo on the front doesn't match with the rest of the art styles
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