acidicorchid's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0
An interesting story and a darker aspect of Clint that was interesting to see! As a new Hawkeye/Marvel reader it left me with a lot of questions, but was enjoyable nonetheless.
buj's review against another edition
4.0
There's a lot to love in Hawkeye: Freefall from Rosenberg's obvious knowledge and love for the Marvel universe to Schmidt's art--literally everything about Schmidt's art from the style to the bold and saturated colors...I will now read anything he illustrates, and I mean anything. The story is a little convoluted (comics...what you gonna do?), the ending feels like we're walking out of a movie before the final scene finishes, and there are questionable narrative choices (why create a neat character that other comic writers could utilize later only to kill them off like that when the injury on its own served the purpose for the plot progression??), but it's simply a fun time. Hawkeye fans will love the little nods to other Marvel characters and how Clint interacts with each as well as the way Clint is self-deprecating, a big doofus, and notably kind-hearted. Rosenberg doesn't dumb Clint down in the way he did in Tales of Suspense (picking his nose?? Come on...), and this refreshed me this time around.
I don't think I'll ever be fully happy with a comic that forgets to draw Clint's hearing aid at times or one that casually forgets he needs one when it would impair the narrative or require an extra panel or page to nod to it, but I genuinely enjoyed the occasional small bits about his hearing impairment (like the snide recording from Bullseye). Overall, it was money worth spent. Maybe I'm just too harsh because I'll be on a Matt Fraction/David Aja high until the day they lay me in a cold, damp grave, but who can say?
I don't think I'll ever be fully happy with a comic that forgets to draw Clint's hearing aid at times or one that casually forgets he needs one when it would impair the narrative or require an extra panel or page to nod to it, but I genuinely enjoyed the occasional small bits about his hearing impairment (like the snide recording from Bullseye). Overall, it was money worth spent. Maybe I'm just too harsh because I'll be on a Matt Fraction/David Aja high until the day they lay me in a cold, damp grave, but who can say?
astateadance's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
kaylo_ash's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
cerberusx's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I’ll always love a good Hawkeye story especially since we get few and far between. Only complaint is Clint is canonically 6’3 and that seemed to be forgotten here. Other than that I’ve always enjoyed watching Clint juggle through his decisions. Something about Hawkeye is that whomever is working on him they never seem to be afraid to show him truly struggle with a choice and show his flaws. It’s refreshing
yuri_neri's review against another edition
5.0
a fantastic mini-series, it's very entertaining and funny seeing Hawkey ruin his life own life and progressively dig a bigger hole for himself, but at the same time it's very sad, his bad life choices culminate in a very choking ending where his actions have serious consequences, talking about more technical aspects, the art is great and does a fantastic job conveying motion which really helps make hawkeye look badass (because don't get me wrong, even tho he suffers a lot in this series he is still a fricking badass), oh, and I can't forget to mention that the comedy is also top-notch, I caught my self laughing out loud various times during the book, something I rarely do.
mariafuhl's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
fabilous_books's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
Clint is a mess and a half, continues to do the right thing the wrong way or the Clint way if you will.
Clint is a mess and a half, continues to do the right thing the wrong way or the Clint way if you will.