• California's supposed sunshine and smiles, right? Well, apparently the "City of Angels" missed the memo...
• Just when Kate Bishop thought she'd cracked this campus stalker case wide open, the crap hit the proverbial fan and now EVERYONE at Venice Beach has it out for her.
• Can Hawkeye stop the hate before it consumes everyone around her?
Rated T+
Y'all gonna bow down to greatness, man. Thompson and Romero are putting in all the paperwork to get through customs so you can't deny how hard this series goes. Read Full Review
Even if you’re upset with the direction that Marvel is going with its steady stream of big events and replacement characters, this is an excellent series to pounce on. It has a charismatic main character who is written well from a female perspective and has a strong supporting cast (even if they’re thinly developed thus far). It’s excellent. Read Full Review
Kate Bishop deserves a strong creative team, and thus far Thompson, Romero and Bellaire are delivering. Read Full Review
Hawkeye is a special kind of book that feels like a hangout with your best friend. It's fun, well paced, and good comics. The character might be too chipper, but I'll take it. Read Full Review
The stakes feel a little low, but they're telling a good story, and that's always got to be a team's first priority. Read Full Review
The new Hawkeye comic is a lot of fun to read, both for the character work and the actual mystery being built. It feels like a low key comic, but that is clearly part of its charm. Read Full Review
Kelly Thompson and Leonardo Romero are hitting their stride with Hawkeye #3. The writing continues to be sharp as Thompson establishes Kate Bishop's supporting cast alongside with the growing conflict with TBC. It all comes together with Romero's strong artwork that is a perfect fit for this series as he makes the street-level world come to life. This all creates greater interest for where the series goes in the future as it is quickly becoming one of Marvel's best ongoing comic books. Read Full Review
As a fan of the Fraction Hawkeye, I am happy to relate that this book, while different in tone and intent, keeps a lot of the "barely functional, yet kind of brilliant indy ploy" nature of that book intact, even with a different, and kind of more competent Hawkeye as our lead. Hawkeye #3 is a well-done mystery story that even works with modern technology in play, with lovely art and some truly excellent dialogue and writing. Read Full Review
Effectively resolving last issues cliffhanger, Hawkeye #3 is well-paced, well-plotted, and perfectly builds upon the interesting mystery. Thanks to the focus on Kates character via her thought captions, everything really pays off, putting Kates abilities to the forefront in an effective way to tell an interesting story that you wont be able to put down. Everything about this book has been excellent so far and if you're not reading Kelly Thompson's Hawkeye then you really should be, because based on the strength of this issue as well as the previous three, things are only going to get even better from here. Read Full Review
Prelude:
Hawkeye has been really good under Thompson so far. Now that we've reached Issue 3, let's see how it goes.
The Good:
I'm getting some Madame Mask vibes from this group and sticker.
The P.I aspect is still the best part of the series.
Romero's art, like the last two issues, is great.
Really liked Kate this issue.
The Bad:
Still nothing.
Conclusion:
Thompson has really been proving herself on Hawkeye. It's fun and entertaining from all angles.
Hawkeye and her new Scooby gang find Mikka in the belly of the still-mysterious TBC cult. The pacing is a bit slow here and the art is still not my favorite, but Kate's lovable sass keeps this soft-boiled detective story chugging. I do like how much effort is lavished on the settings, but I wish the actual characters got a little more artistic attention too.
Some of the POV narration was palatable -more of that please- but overall the story so far has been too pedestrian. The bullseye vision F/X has lots of potential.