I do not think that there can ever be enough books about anything and I say that knowing that some of them are going to be about Pilates.The more knowledge the better seems like a solid rule of thumb, even though I have watched enough science fiction films to accept that humanity’s unchecked pursuit of learning will end with robots taking over the world.-Sarah Vowell

Friday, May 1, 2020

Hawkeye Vol 1: My Life As a Weapon by Matt Fraction (Writer). David Aja (Artist). Matt Hollingsworth (Colorist). Chris Eliopoulos (Letterer), Alan Davis (Penciler), Mark Farmer (Inker), Paul Mounts (Colorist), VC's Cory Petit (Letterer)


Kate Bishop, also Hawkeye is working with Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye on a case where Clint has seen signs around town that he recognizes from his carnie days that warned others that if you can't stand the heat stay away because criminals were coming in to work and soon the cops would sweep down and terrorize the city.  They go to a high-class circus at the Luxury and with Kate's social glasses they can see that the swordsman, whom Clint recognizes as having trained under the same man as he did, he is taking the jewelry and belongings of the crowd by hypnotizing them. Clint and Kate go after them and Clint gets caught.  Will they make it out alive?

S..H.I.E.L.D. "kidnaps' Clint in order to tell him that the tape of  Operation Eucritta is out there and about to be auctioned off to the highest bidder at Madiripor.  S.H.I.E.L.D. has given him a black card with no limit on it so he can bid for it and get it back.  All the bad guys know is that it has an Avenger on it killing someone.  Kate wants to come with him but he insists that she stay.  Clint will run into trouble immediately and get kidnapped by Madame Masque,  one of the bidders.  She uses his black card to buy the tape.  What will become of Clint and the tape?

This was a fabulous comic. I always liked Hawkeye from the movies but I've never read one of the comics before and I find him cool and fun to read.  That second story I wrote about has a real twist of an ending. There are three other stories in the book and they are also great.  The last one is the Young Avengers #6 and it's pretty interesting though not as good as the other stories.  Clint Barton is a great character and so is Kate Bishop his kind of part-time side sick.  I really loved the art in this book too  There' s a page where Clint is shooting arrows over several blocks and there are these fourteen squares with Kate's face on them in black and white going across the page in two strips between the pictures of Clint shooting arrows. Underneath the picture s of her face is a letter spelling out That's Cool with her face making the movement of showing that she thought that was cool.   This was a great book and I give it five out of five stars.

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