Hawkeye #1 is my pick of the week! This surprised me a little because I was only curious about the title because Matt Fraction was writing it. I'm not a huge Hawkeye fan, but after the first issue I am already sold on this book, and if it continues on like this it'll be a mainstay of my hold slot, and probably one of my favorite books of the year.
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| Cover of Hawkeye #1 |
I can't stress to you how GOOD this book is. Probably the best comic book I have read all year. I only say probably because I read a ton of books every week, which means I read more than a ton of books every year and sometimes it can be hard to keep track of them all. Every once in a while though a book will come along and change everything and I feel Hawkeye is one of those books. Matt Fraction has done a beautiful job of blending a sorta dark, and gritty setting with a fun and upbeat atmosphere. I mean it, Hawkeye is so many things in one; funny, exciting, entertaining, dark, gritty, smart, you name it. Accompanied by David Aja's art the book has a certain feel to it that no other book out there has right now.
Hawkeye #1 isn't your typical first issue either. By deciding to start the series with what appears to be; at the moment at least, a one shot instead of the opening to a larger story arc they give everybody an issue to really get to know what this character is going to be about. In fact, if I'm not mistaken you only see Hawkeye on the first page which is a large splash page. The rest of the book focuses on Clint Barton. You might say, 'Well Hawkeye IS Clint Barton', and you would be correct but what I'm saying is that we really spends some time with the man beneath the mask. In this first issue he even talks about being one of the only Avengers that doesn't have a single super power. He was selected because he trained himself to be the best marksman in the world, and can turn anything into a weapon. We don't actually see him in his Hawkeye costume more than once.
I officially have high hopes for this book, and look forward to it being my pick of the week for many months to come. If you haven't bought yourself a copy already, or you have but just haven't read it yet go do that immediately.
Honorable Mention:
This week AvX #9 receives my honorable mention award. This issue is written by Jason Aaron, with art by Kubert, and is very focused on Spider-Man. The dialogue is well written, and the action scenes are very subtle, but exciting and interesting. Spider-Man finally gets his chance to shine in the Avengers Vs X-Men story line, and in my opinion he's finally really getting a chance to shine as an Avenger in general. If you're already reading AvX you are most likely going to pick up this issue. If you aren't currently reading Avengers vs X-Men go pick up the series it's been very interesting, albeit a little slow in some parts.
Hawkeye #1 isn't your typical first issue either. By deciding to start the series with what appears to be; at the moment at least, a one shot instead of the opening to a larger story arc they give everybody an issue to really get to know what this character is going to be about. In fact, if I'm not mistaken you only see Hawkeye on the first page which is a large splash page. The rest of the book focuses on Clint Barton. You might say, 'Well Hawkeye IS Clint Barton', and you would be correct but what I'm saying is that we really spends some time with the man beneath the mask. In this first issue he even talks about being one of the only Avengers that doesn't have a single super power. He was selected because he trained himself to be the best marksman in the world, and can turn anything into a weapon. We don't actually see him in his Hawkeye costume more than once.
I officially have high hopes for this book, and look forward to it being my pick of the week for many months to come. If you haven't bought yourself a copy already, or you have but just haven't read it yet go do that immediately.
Honorable Mention:
This week AvX #9 receives my honorable mention award. This issue is written by Jason Aaron, with art by Kubert, and is very focused on Spider-Man. The dialogue is well written, and the action scenes are very subtle, but exciting and interesting. Spider-Man finally gets his chance to shine in the Avengers Vs X-Men story line, and in my opinion he's finally really getting a chance to shine as an Avenger in general. If you're already reading AvX you are most likely going to pick up this issue. If you aren't currently reading Avengers vs X-Men go pick up the series it's been very interesting, albeit a little slow in some parts.
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| Cover to Avengers Vs X-Men #9 |
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