What’s more, it might have made a certain amount of sense to try and match the excitement and spectacle of Hawkeye’s cinematic counterpart, and maybe even load the book up with a few of his more high-profile teammates and their foes.
Given the runaway success of the Avengers movie, a new title starring Hawkeye probably would have sold fairly well out of the gate regardless of the creative team. Timing, as they say, is everything, and Clint Barton’s prominent role in last summer’s Avengers flick certainly felt timely with him getting his own book and all. Haven’t we all been guilty (sometimes every Wednesday), of trusting a fictional character more than the flesh-and-blood creators who make the book? It’s a darn good thing that the assembled roster of talent in Hawkeye Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon (which reprints the first five issues of the current Hawkeye ongoing, as well as Young Avengers Presents #6) is simply impossible to ignore. Far too many of us, even though we don’t want to admit it, are loyal to the characters more than the creator. My inability to process this seemingly self-evident truth helps to expose one of the quirks about the comic fan/collector mentality. It’s sometimes hard for me to accept that Hawkeye is one of the best superhero books on the market.
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