Fraction Takes Aim At Urban Adventure in "Hawkeye"

[CBR News]

Matt Fraction explains what readers can expect from "Hawkeye," his and artist David Aja's urban adventure series following the exploits of Clint Barton when he's not battling world-threatening evil with the Avengers.


Full article here.

[Hockstatter]

Mockingbird and Spider-Woman in Issue 6. Hmmm

[celticguy]

The book looks promising I still think the proof will be in the bad guys he faces. He does not have a lot of his own at this point so they get to create a bunch of their own.

[Vic Vega]

Keep it simple.

Gun weilding thugs of various sorts will work just fine.

A man with a bow and arrow can't realistically outdraw anybody so if Fraction takes that into account, Clint will have to be really smart to win out agaist his foes.

[motteditor]

Still not sure what to think of this title. For everything Fraction says that I like -- that Hawkeye will face real villains and be in his costume -- he says something I don't like -- that he's going to keep focusing on weaponizing everything (which to me is far more Bullseye than Hawkeye). Great that guest stars are going to show up, but I don't want to see Bobbi only to see how that affects Hawkeye's Bendis-relationship with Jessica Drew, which can end any issue now. The idea that these Tracksuit Draculas are going to keep coming back just seems silly -- it's a street gang. Call Daredevil or Spider-Man or Luke Cage, since that's up their alley (pun not intended). Hawkeye's got things like the Grandmaster and the TBolts to deal with.

I get the feeling for me this book will always be on the edge of keeping/dropping, in spite of being a Hawkeye title, with me absolutely hating as much stuff as I really love.

[Vic Vega]

Still not sure what to think of this title. For everything Fraction says that I like -- that Hawkeye will face real villains and be in his costume -- he says something I don't like -- that he's going to keep focusing on weaponizing everything (which to me is far more Bullseye than Hawkeye). Great that guest stars are going to show up, but I don't want to see Bobbi only to see how that affects Hawkeye's Bendis-relationship with Jessica Drew, which can end any issue now. The idea that these Tracksuit Draculas are going to keep coming back just seems silly -- it's a street gang. Call Daredevil or Spider-Man or Luke Cage, since that's up their alley (pun not intended). Hawkeye's got things like the Grandmaster and the TBolts to deal with.


I get the feeling for me this book will always be on the edge of keeping/dropping, in spite of being a Hawkeye title, with me absolutely hating as much stuff as I really love.

You do know that on his own, Hawkeye stands very little chance against guys like the Grandmaster or T-Bolts, right?

What makes him a great Avenger is that he is the perfect compliment to the team's heavy hitters.

The bad guys focus on the Thors and Iron Mans so that Hawkeye has a chance to get his shots off.

As a solo act he is reduced to either ducking and running until he can chuck an arrow at somebody or using his bow as a club.

[the goddamn batman]

Man, it's like you miss the entire point of the book when you say he's got things like the ThunderBolts to deal with. This is what he does when he's not doing that.

I'm super excited to see what they do with this book. I wish they'd just take a couple months off and let Aja do the whole book, than have fill in artists on some arcs, but oh well.

[Blind pugh]

Haven't had a chance to pick up issue one yet, but I might have to do it digitally, as I'm loving everything I'm reading about this & I really trust the creative team after their Iron Fist run.

[celticguy]

You do know that on his own, Hawkeye stands very little chance against guys like the Grandmaster or T-Bolts, right?

What makes him a great Avenger is that he is the perfect compliment to the team's heavy hitters.

The bad guys focus on the Thors and Iron Mans so that Hawkeye has a chance to get his shots off.

As a solo act he is reduced to either ducking and running until he can chuck an arrow at somebody or using his bow as a club.

exactly he is a piece in the machine. A distraction at times even. On his own there are very few avengers foes he could handle on his own.

Hawkeye vs. The enforcers make it happen.

Boomarang could morph into a foe for him and a few others.

[dialzforzac]

I think the problem we've seen with previous attempts to make a Hawkeye book work was that they have always attempted to transplant the same exact persona and character from the Avengers to solo adventures. I think the Hawkeye books we've seen up to this point have primarily catered to a small niche audience leading to a lack in longevity for Hawkeye in his own book. I applaud this attempt to try something different with Clint Barton. I've always thought that the interesting aspect is how normal he really is compared to the super-soldier, the armored billionaire and the god he runs with. I look forward to a chance to dive into the psyche of a normal human who has to work constantly to be able to roll with the heavy-hitters on the Avengers. I think fresh takes on beloved characters like this and Waid's current run on Daredevil is what will keep me being primarily a Marvel guy for the foreseeable future.

Now, let's hope they don't screw it all up with the entire Marvel Now! deal.

[Disco_Magic]

Being a pretty big Hawkeye fan, I think it's safe to say I'll never bother with this book. Whenever the word "underworld" is used in describing villains is when I stop listening. There's nothing exciting, unique or even interesting in gangsters as antagonists. Might as well just produce a comic with a guy shooting arrows at practice dummies. I just don't care about throw-away villains that have no thought put into them, no hook or angle that separates them from others and makes the hero have to out think or out maneuver them. The whole reason I like Hawkeye is that he is the guy who has the balls to go up against villains like the Collector, Graviton, Demonicus, etc. If I wanted a "street level" book, I'd go buy Punisher - which I never will. Same for this iteration of my favorite hero.

[StrongGuy]

never mind.

[Blind pugh]

exactly he is a piece in the machine. A distraction at times even. On his own there are very few avengers foes he could handle on his own.

Hawkeye vs. The enforcers make it happen.

Great idea, they'd be awesome Hawkeye foes.

For myself I'd also like to see him fight Bushwacker.

Boomerang could morph into a foe for him and a few others.

Seconded. I'd really love to see Boomerang in a book where he can be taken seriously.

I'd also like to see Clint take on Spymaster, if only for an arc.

[Liam_67]

Always liked Hawkeye. He's basically an ordinary guy with an extraordinary skill set among people with abilities and powers well beyond him ~ always admired the fact that he holds his own in this company. It'll be nice to get a sense of the man outside of THE AVENGERS ~ he's been an AVENGER so long that the man has come to be overshadowed by the Archer and that has become his identity. Do acknowledge his superhero connections but don't make the story dependent on them.
Nice to hear that there's a plan to show his carnival background and the skills he picked up along the way. Chief among them should be that he's picked up on how "to read a person" - that he knows a thing or two about running a con on someone. Demonstrate his skills with weapons other than bow/arrow after all, the Swordsman was a mentor of his growing up . Just don't make him too similar to Bullseye - although he could make a comment about how Bullseye's skills ~ while deadly ~ aren't all that much since, he can pretty much do the same just that he chooses to use them with skill and precision not with brute lethal force which he calls "lazy."

[edge007]

exactly he is a piece in the machine. A distraction at times even. On his own there are very few avengers foes he could handle on his own.

Hawkeye vs. The enforcers make it happen.

Dude, I would love to see this. This would be awesome.