Hawkeye #10

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Comments

[thanekos]

Gotta love those Francavilla character history montages.

And man, new Swordsman, this Clown- Tracksuit Dracula gangs and established New York criminal presence aside, it's kinda like Fraction's trying to give Clint a rogues gallery of circus folk.

Which, of course, works..

Name

[blue_bolt]

Does the bad guy actually call himself "Clown"?

Because if so he gets a big minus for originality.

Re: Name

[ensiform]

Clearly, he should be called The Jokey Clownster.

Re: Name

[cainofdreaming]

Well, he's the second one to use that moniker so he wasn't exactly nominated for originality Oscar anyway.

[thezmage]

Not to be a prude, but isn't Kate a little young for a 34 year old love interest?

Other than that, I love this.

[flash_fan]

Maybe I'm reading this wrong but I think she's using her "feminine wiles" for the sake of further investigation. I don't think she has any genuine interest in him.

[icon_uk]

But I suspect he has genuine interest in her, which is where the squicky part comes in.

[flash_fan]

He's the bad guy though, for some reason all things I find offensive don't bother me when done by the villain.

I.E: Usage of derogatory words by thugs in Arkham City

[rainspirit]

Because you can beat the crap out of them and feel good about yourself after?

[chrisdv]

Yeah, but you're Batman.

You can just Batman in, Batman the thugs, and then Batman out.

Also, I'm using Batman as a verb now.

[mrstatham]

He Batmanned, they Batman together, she went out last weekend Batmanning.

Works for me.

[cainofdreaming]

If it works for Smurfs...

[goattoucher]

Ha!

[turtlefu]

Man, I really hope Kate is playing because she is NOT supposed to play coy.

[damar148]

I thought Kate wasn't supposed to be a love interest?

[chrisdv]

That's not Clint she's kissing.

[damar148]

My mistake.

[ensiform]

Reading the dialogue would have prevented that.

[kaileighblue]

I read the dialog and I still wasn't sure if Clint had a backstory I didn't know about or something. What do I know about Hawkeye? Uh.. he's blond and occasionally shoots arrows.

[icon_uk]

I don't think there's any need for snark like that over a simple oversight.

[chrisdv]

I know the whole point of these scans is that 17 year old (At most) Kate is sticking her tongue down the throat of some creepy guy twice her age, but all I keep thinking is "Man, what a boneheaded move to loudly shout "Hawkeye out!" when you're supposed to be keeping a secret identity."

It's like she's forgotten the entire Hawkingbird/"If you had a codename, people asking who you are wouldn't be a problem" fiasco from the Young Avengers arc where they recruited Tommy.

[stolisomancer]

Fraction has gone on record as saying that Kate is written as if she's between 18 and 20. She's an adult, she can make that decision if she wants.

It has been a bit of an ongoing debate in certain quarters.

[darkknightjrk]

Honestly, I felt like this issue was the first dud of this series. The Francavilla art is gorgeous, but I could give two shits about the shitty clown's super-sad origin. I just want to see Clint put an arrow in the shitty clown's face.

[funbox]

I'm kinda sad you didn't put in the page where the guy as a teen finally snaps. That page is almost artful with how friggin' psychopathic it comes off as...