Hawkeye #13 Review

Writer: Kelly Thompson / Artist: Leonardo Romero / Marvel Comics Kelly Thompson ain’t slick, man. We’ve gotten a good amount of team-ups in Hawkeye. They’ve come at just the right time and never felt half-assed. All those team-ups were leading up to Clint Barton finally coming in for the tag. Kelly got team Bows N ‘Rows back together again. I mean, isn’t this what we’ve all been waiting for? In the through the path she set for Kate Bishop, Thompson proved she’s the true successor to Fraction’s niche writing of Kate and Clint. Seeing her take on Clint Barton’s character feels as natural as the Nature Boy Ric Flair (cause he’s a Nature Boy? Get it? Whatever). Barton arrives needing Bishop’s immediate help. However, Bishop needs his help in finding her mother. Barton says his issue is more urgent, which seems selfish, yeah. Until…

They got someone trying to 86’em and this guy didn’t put it in layman’s terms cause, “I didn’t wanna to be dramatic!”. It’s like Kate and Clint never got separate series, ain’t it? Thompson is masterful with her dialogue and nails every character under her wing/pen. I won’t reveal who is trying to kill them but it’s a full circle to a specific one-shot that they debuted in. Thompson ain’t wasting any loose ends, she even makes reference to Civil War II (“That thing in Nevada.” Nice). It ain’t a Hawkeye book unless someone is falling off a roof while dumping (arrows) out the roof

Now obviously, since Kelly ran with the baton from Fraction, then the …