HAWKEYE is back and things are looking good for Clint or his neighbors. Matt Fraction, David Aja, and Matt Hollingsworth are wrapping up the series and the suspense and heartbreak is building. With where this issue is headed, there is a feeling of reluctance in finding out what the next issue might have in store for us. Things get pretty heavy. It's been a long journey. There's been unfortunate delays. But the quality and storytelling is exactly what we love and expect. Read Full Review

My emotional response to Hawkeye #21 was intense. From the anxiety at the start to the excitement of the battle and finally the dread and pain of the end" It all feels real, and that's because it is. Aja, Fraction, and Hollingsworth are all musicians. They are making perfect use of the comics form to create emotion. No matter how loose or organic the experience may be, their choices are exacting and precise. They are masters of their art and the result is enthralling, pulling you in and refusing to let go until the final page is turned. Read Full Review

Clint Barton has known loss and heartache; sometimes he's directly responsible for the fallout, but Hawkeye #21 shows just how good of a man Clint can be and the how dearly that can cost him. Matt Fraction, David Aja, and Matt Hollingsworth tapped into something special with the debut of Hawkeye and as the series barrels toward its conclusion, the title has become less about the lovable loser that pals around with Avengers, despite his normalcy, and more about a man desperate to do the right thing in the face of a cruel world. Hawkeye #21 is one of those rare comics that makes a reader feel a myriad of emotions from start to finish. It will make you laugh, it will thrill you, and leave you feeling breathless as you take in the final pages, but even rarer still, it will show you a character that has become something more than what he began as - a man worthy of his place among earth's mightiest heroes. Read Full Review

Clint and Jessica Drew's interaction here is sweeter and more intimate than the overt romance you'll see in most comics. Matt Fraction is masterful at telling a moving character story. Barney is a critical figure because he bridges our understanding between Clint's past and his present. I can't wait to see next issue how Fraction concludes this masterpiece of a story. Read Full Review

Hawkeye #21 is everything that weve all come to love about this series. Heartbreaking storytelling thats achieved not just with dialogue but also with brilliantly crafted art. The thought that this run with this team is coming to an end so soon is genuinely painfulbut I am breathless with the thought of the next issue. Read Full Review

"Hawkeye #21" is the best issue of the sereis in a long while, and it's sad to know that such a great issue is coming right at the end. Despite all of the delays damaging the momentum of the series, this is still one of Marvel's best, and I will be sad to see it go next month. As long as the final issue delivers as much as this one, this will be known as one of Marvel's greatest and most beloved runs ever. Make sure you check this one out, it's definitely a buy. Read Full Review

Hawkeye has changed the way I look at comics, has changed the way I want to write my own comics. Hawkeye is masterpiece-quality. Read Full Review

As always, Fraction's timed beats and engaging quirks live and die with artist David Aja. He hasn't disappointed yet and he sure as heck doesn't now, his pages at once brilliant and immersive. The artist has such a keen understanding of what is happening and what needs to happen, his panels numerous but never wasted. He combines with colorist Matt Hollingsworth for some incredible imagery, mixing detailed lines with beautifully simplistic design. The initial arrival of the Tracksuit Draculas is punctuated by the vanishing of a bike and the growing dots of headlights, Aja using little to convey much. And that final page...good luck making it out of that one unscathed. Read Full Review

This issue had everything that has made the series so excellent " tension throughout, great action sequences, emotional depth, comedy, heartbreak. Read Full Review

Oh, for crying out loud, we're still not through with this arc yet? I started covering Hawkeye with #5 at the tail end of 2012. Two years later, and the series still doesn't have two dozen issues to its name, which says a lot about its pacing. It wasn't all time well spent, either; for every brilliant page of character development, there was also a page of Clint scratching his head as to what's going on, a lot of brain-farting, or a bunch of guys saying "Bro" a thousand and one times.* Read Full Review

But Hawkeye is and always has been a comic about heart and keepingit in the right place (even if our hero still tends to lousethings up more often than not). Though we only have one more issue to enjoy from this Eisner Award-winning team, Fraction, Aja, Hollingsworth and Eliopoulos are at least giving our favorite archer a send-off worthy of all that's come before. All good things must come to an end " which is doubly true in comics " but every once in a while, that end is truly worth the wait. Read Full Review

"Hawkeye" #21 is a dark issue, one that puts its characters through the wringer. Yet, even as tragedy strikes Hawkeye as the attempt to stop the Tracksuit Draculas crumbles all around him, there's a moment of hope on the last page that is so perfectly timed that I suspect a lot of readers will give a little gasp; I know I did. It's the perfect cliffhanger, that moment that makes you desperately want to see the conclusion. I'm sad to see Fraction, Aja and Hollingsworth on their way out, but they're giving us one hell of a ride in doing so. Read Full Review

You feel Hawkeye #21 in every fiber of your being. The final pages are a rollercoaster of heart pounding action and the culmination of so many emotions built up throughout the series. It is hard to imagine a reader not welling up over the penultimate issue of Hawkeye. Whether it is from the heartbreak of loss, the joyful anticipation for an impending reunion, or simply mourning the near end of one of the best series in recent comic book history. Read Full Review

Hawkeye #21 is a bitter-sweet beginning to the end of Clint Barton's most stylish solo run. Read Full Review

It will be a damn shame when this volume of Hawkeye wraps. However, it will be nice to have a completely self-contained short and sweet run. It started out fairly opened-ended but wound up telling one long story. Read Full Review

The whole issue is a whirlwind of a read, delivering a lot of story in a standard length comic. Aja's gifts as a storyteller extend it, as he uses unique and rapid fire paneling to make these 20 pages worth 40 of an ordinary book. It reads fast, it reads breathlessly, but it's dense at the same time. It's a cleverly made book, and one with a hellaciously impactful ending. Read Full Review

The penultimate issue ratchets the tension and looks great doing it… Read Full Review

Best comic book of the week.

Another cool issue. This entire series should be binge read from start to finish because of the big delays between issues. With that said it's hard to score individual ones. As a whole this was one of the greatest series of the last 2 decades. Everything just came together. I'm looking forward to the final issue, although bitter sweet.