This was a title I really swithered on Picking up. See, I'm a big hawkeye fan, but not so much a fan of Clint Barton: Ronin. That and I'm really trying to cut down my buying. Still I eventually cracked and decided to take a look at this mini focusing on Ronin and his previously thought dead wife Bobbi Morse, aka Mockingbird.The plot focuses mainly on Mockingbird, suffering Post traumatic stress from her long capture by the skrulls and now running a covert group of ex-SHIELD agents hunting down AIM. Clint Barton decides to tag along.
Overall it was a good series, well written and with some nice action/character pieces. Centre was Mockingbirds uneasiness of restarting a relationship with Barton, mainly because just before she was snatched she was going to divorce hawkeye, but her Skrull replacement continued the marriage.
Overall there is some sharp dialogue and the art is nice, if nothing else the artist has a ball drawing Bobbi Morse in a variety of different Mockingbird costumes, from a full bodysuit update to an evening dress version. Similarly Barton tends to use a bow and arrow and wear blue and purple more than use nunchucks and wear black and yellow.
Overall a good wee read, and sets up how Clint and Bobbi are now in New avengers.
This is one of the Dark Reign titles I decided to skip although I was quite curious about how they would address Mockingbird's extended captivity by the Skrulls. Glad to hear it was picked up.
ReplyDeleteYup, actualy done remarkably well, particularly liked how they set the timeframe, and that the skrull mockingbird got back together with hawkeye when the real one was going to finalise the divorce was a good twist.
ReplyDeleteAlso just nice to see Clint using a bow again, in fact the lack of costume reminded me a bit of the excellent "High Hard Shaft" hawkeye limited series