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Where would you recommend starting to get into Hawkeye comics?

whoistorule:

ahhh okay so I am going to give you the advice that Emily gave to me!

if you’re interested in the modern era I would start with the Blindspot limited run (you can buy it in trade here) and then go into Fraction’s Hawkeye book (there are two trades out so far ‘My Life as a Weapon’ and ’Little Hits’ and the third ’L.A. Woman’ will be out in August or if you want to get the individual issues they’re up to 18 now and there’s an annual that comes between 11 and 12).

If you love it, which you should, I highly recommend you read the Ronin arc (which was way too short) which is the arc after Clint comes back to life (basically Wanda accidentally kills him then he’s brought back for House of M and then after House of M ends up alive again because comics but he’s not comfortable being Hawkeye anymore).  

That consists of in order (and sorry I don’t have links to where you can buy individual issues though I’m sure you can find stuff online if you google around): 

  • Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America
  • The New Avengers (26)
  • The New Avengers (30)
  • Secret Invasion (02)
  • New Avengers: The Reunion (Suspicion) from the Dark Reign book
  • New Avengers: The Reunion (01-03)
  • Dark Reign: The List Avengers (01)
  • New Avengers Annual (03)

And also Young Avengers Presents: Hawkeye but I’ll get to that in a second

I also recommend the two shortlived series ‘Hawkeye & Mockingbird: Ghosts’ and ’Widowmaker’ which is Hawkeye, Mockingbird and Black Widow. Those are all set in between the Ronin arc and Blindspot and are super great.

Finally, if you read Hawkeye and love Kate Bishop, which you will because she’s perfect, you should read the Young Avengers series.  That is, in order:

I know that’s a lot of information but I think that’s a pretty good start. Clint’s in some other books as well. He was in quite a few issues of Kelly Sue’s Avengers Assemble, and I know he’s in Secret Avengers though I’ve heard some messed up shit about the old book, the new one’s okay so far. I can give you Emily’s recs for all the important times he interacts with Bucky as well because Clint/Bucky is great.  Comics are inconsistent at times because so much of the character depends on who’s writing them, but most of the list I’ve given you I really enjoyed, so.

I hope that was helpful and not scary!

loveholic198:

CLINTASHA AU – After the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D., Natasha finds Clint in a small town on the countryside. She soon begins to notice he is much more quiet and somber than his usual self. Something had happened to him while he was gone. 

“Clint, are you alright?”