Hawkeye #1 Review

Writer: Kelly Thompson / Artists: Leonardo Romero, Jordie Bellaire / Marvel Comics

“Roll in it, music bumpin’, windows tinted Through the good neighborhoods and all of the woes in it.” -Lupe Fiasco

Listen, there is no better song to relate to Hawkeye than “The Emperor’s Soundtrack” from Lupe. I was reading this shit feeling like Kelly Thompson penned this whole issue to that song while saying, “I told ’em it’s show business / meanin’ there’s no business ‘less *Kate Bishop’s* in it.” Thompson did not come to play with any of you fanboys or fangirls up in the Hawkeye fandom. We’re off to a great start for this series right off from page one, man. We know that Kate Bishop is now out carving her own way in the Marvel universe with her life being kinda messy, but not like Clint Barton spilled drink sloppy messy. Kate’s working on a few things that she’s gotta deal with down the line, but for now she’s got her own lil’ private eye biz to get jumping in Los Angeles.

Kate is a character with so much personality, lemme run that back. Kate Bishop is a character with so much snark, wit, and ability to read the room and Thompson lets us know that from jump. Look above at that picture of her filed out application and there’s doodles and “What the fuck” exclamations at the fees. That’s a great welcome to the reader that lets us know that hey, creative teams have come and gone but your girl Kate N’ Barrel ain’t changed. She’s still razor-sharp with quips and out here getting her private …