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After two subsequent sequels (which are better than conventional wisdom in the early 00s held them to be) the series seemed to be done, with The Wachowski Sisters moving on to other projects.

1: I Can Explain – You can’t understand Clint Barton without also understanding Bobbi Morse, so pick up Chelsea Cain’s excellent Mockingbird solo book while you’re at it.ġ999’s The Matrix was, of course, a massive success and a groundbreaking shift in the idea of what science fiction on film could look like and, even more importantly, *be* like. Hawkeye by Fraction & Aja: The Saga of Barton and Bishop – This edition collects the whole of that series, which sets up much of what comes later and heavily influenced the style of the show.1: Best Coast – Kelly Thompson’s 2018 WCA series is lots of fun, paying homage to the original while featuring the Kate/Clint dynamic that’s introduced by Fraction/Aja. Avengers: Hawkeye – This edition collects Hawkeye’s first solo series, a mini from 1983, that includes the story of how he met the SHIELD agent known as Mockingbird and how he lost partial hearing, something that’s finally integrated into the on-screen character.

Roger Stern and Steve Engleheart write some fantastic comics here. Avengers West Coast Epic Collection: How The West Was Won – Get the original mini-series, the start of the ongoing and more in a collection of stories that are as much about overcoming self-doubt and imposter syndrome as they are about super heroics.Comics Clint is not only a bit of a hothead but also kind of a flim-flam man, scamming himself out of as many situations as he shoots himself out of. The lack of backstory is one of the reasons I’ve never been fully on board with MCU Clint Barton. Why did he join SHIELD? Where did he hone his skills? And without it we don’t know what his motivations are.

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Now you can say that watching someone learn how to shoot an arrow really well isn’t that interesting, but in the comics his story is much more complex than that (and involves a character from the show). But we still don’t know how Clint got to the point where we meet him in Thor or The Avengers. Even Natasha’s beginnings have been shown via flashback in a handful of movies. Every other Avenger has had one, often in their own standalone movie. We still haven’t seen Clint’s MCU origin story. Give me a six-part series of her and Steinfeld just talking about places to visit in New York City. The underuse of Cardellini to date has been criminally negligent, and if she is who I (and many others online) think she is, I couldn’t be happier.įlorence Pugh for the win in all of her scenes.

On the other end of the spectrum, thank the maker Linda Cardellini’s Laura Barton finally got some backstory and character development.

As the series went on I imagined two or three different ways that could go but it just kind of fizzled out.

Knowing the comics history, I’m surprised we didn’t get a bigger payoff for Tony Dalton’s Jack Duquesne.

On the topic of some supporting characters: If the show had doubled down on putting Clint and Kate into something even more Running Scared-esque it would have been even better. In the movies to date he’s usually relegated to group scenes, which means he gets lost in the clutter because he’s not as dynamic a personality as some of his costars. Renner finally has someone to play off, which improves things dramatically. My main issue with the show is that it is premised around Avengers: Endgame existing, which isn’t a great place to start. And hey, we get to see Pizza Dog on screen, so it can’t be all bad. There are plenty of surprises, lots of action and some great dialogue. It’s a nice mash-up of elements from the Matt Fraction/David Aja Hawkeye comics series that essentially rebooted the character as well as the previous MCU films. But Steinfeld’s exuberance, Florence Pugh’s return as Yelena Belova and more make up for it in a lot of ways. I still have my issues with Renner’s performance, especially since he spends half the show apologizing to someone, largely for things that were outside of his control. Spoilers after the all-time great cover art. And I was even more excited when it came out Hailee Steinfeld would play Kate Bishop, who in the comics adopted the Hawkeye name when Clint Barton was killed during the “Avengers Disassembled” storyline.Īs such I have a number of thoughts now that the series finale has aired. So, despite never really loving Jeremy Renner’s take on the character in the MCU (outside of a handful of small moments), I was still excited when Marvel Studios announced Hawkeye would get a streaming series on Disney+.

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