Hawkeye 2 Review – Matt Fraction hits the bullseye
Hawkeye 2 Review (2012) Short Version: I’m not sure how many comics I find more consistently entertaining on the market right now that Matt Fraction’s Hawkeye. There may be comics that are deeper or more action-packed or whatever, but Fraction’s turn on Marvel’s powerless Avenger just oozes quality. The second issue is less dramatic than the first one, but it’s got more action and leads us into what looks like the plot proper as Hawkeye looks like he bites off more than he can chew.
Hawkeye 2 Writer: Matt Fraction
Hawkeye Artist: David Aja
Hawkeye 2 Review (2012)
Hawkeye 2 finds our fearless protagonist talking to Kate Bishop who, he quickly reminds you, was also Hawkeye at one point. Kate gives Clint Barton someone to banter with and Hawkeye 2 is all the stronger for the addition. She and Hawkeye play off each other very well and Fraction does a great job of conveying the depth of their friendship. Hawkeye 2 is a little more action-heavy than the first issue in the series, but it’s also a lot heavier on the humor, which Fraction really nails down. Hawkeye finds himself faced with a den of thieves masquerading as a a traveling circus and makes some problems for himself on his way to trying to bring them down. Fraction’s Hawkeye is a rogue with a heart of gold, charismatic but not afraid to do what needs to be done to win, even if it is underhanded or not technically legal. Hawkeye 2 is extremely easy to read and I find it endlessly entertaining. You never know what mess Hawkeye will find himself in next, although we get a look at precisely what kind of mess he may have found himself in at the end of Hawkeye 2 and – spoilers – it’s a big one.
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Great review. The only thing that gave me pause with this issue was the lax attitude both Hawkeyes had with the innocent bystanders at the pool becoming collateral damage. One of them could’ve at least acknowledged the carnage. Other than that,this is the most excited I’ve been with comics in many a moon.
Huh. I missed that entirely on my read-through. They are all shadowed out, so I think my brain just edited them out of the story. Now that you say, it, though it does appear to be a little out of character to not at least say something, as you said.
Perhaps an assumption was made they were not exactly good people to begin with? Still, though. Slightly disturbing. As great as it is, hopefully this will pressure DC to get their archer back on track.
That thought popped in my head: I think I assumed they were part of the bad guy convention and, as such, unworthy of our sympathy. Perhaps that was the idea. I really love the idea of, essentially, letting creators do their own versions of well-known characters (haven’t checked out Gambit, yet), and really think several of DC’s characters (Green Arrow, Martian Manhunter) could do great under a similar system. There are interesting stories to tell with a lot of these characters, but they just have trouble finding a place in their respective ‘main’ universes, which is pity.