Hawkeye #4 Review

Writer: Kelly Thompson / Artist: Leonardo Romero / Marvel Comics Listen, Kelly Thompson out here making muh fuckas love them some Kate Bishop on their pull list. Bishop is at the end of her first major case as she is captured and goes up against the leader of this whole “first rule about hate club, don’t talk about hate club” society. It turns out to be someone she recognized before (commenting on her terrible taste in men) from earlier. What I love about this issue is from the start of the series Kate Bishop is tied up, at a disadvantage, and yet still talking that shit. Kate’s snark in the face of danger is what makes her really stand out to me, Thompson writes her as such a natural smart ass that none of the lines seem forced and there’s always an angle towards an advantage Bishop is reaching for through her intentionally antagonizing opponents.

We know Bishop is a street level hero but we get to see her go up against some non-street level threats this issue. Introducing a more large scale threat or villain isn’t easy and takes some finesse which Thompson does miraculously. Thompson has Kate making light of the situation as well as taking some real ass damage. Where the previous Hawkeye series kept it street level the expansion into giant hate-roided up muh fuckas trying to get their Hulk on and Kate having to survive it, solidifies a major difference in between Barton’s previous series and Bishop’s current series. Thompson is letting the fandom know that they shouldn’t …