Once again, why is Matt Fraction even writing Clint Barton issues of Hawkeye when he’s got the opportunity to write these Kate issues.
It’s a done-in-one, “Rockford” style detective issue. Kate comes across a guy walking down the freeway, discovers he’s got a story (sixties rock legend turned burnout) and tries to help him. Things do not go particularly well, but they go badly in very amusing ways. Plus, Kate develops as a character throughout, between her neighbors, the angry police chief and her supermarket P.I. mentor. It’s all so awesome, one would think Fraction wouldn’t want to write Clint anymore either.
I won’t even get into how movie-ready a nineteen year-old, female superhero would be for Disney.
Nice art from Annie Wu, who gets in some nice psychedelic poster art influences–doing a flashback with a guy’s face as the guide, for example.
Excellent stuff.
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CREDITS
Recording Tape; writer, Matt Fraction; artist, Annie Wu; colorist, Matt Hollingsworth; letterer, Chris Eliopoulos; editors, Devin Lewis, Sana Amanat and Stephen Wacker; publisher, Marvel Comics.
I feel the same . Why are we still wasting time with Clint? Shit, I’m fifty two and I’d watch either a movie or TV show that had a lead as sharp and cool as Kate . It’s amazing they can’t see what a winner they already have in their hands. Why they don’t promote this book better as one of their best is completely bizarre.