Hawkeye #15 – Review

By: Matt Fraction (story), David Aja (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors)

The Story: Get morning coffee.  Check.  Do crossword.  Check.  Defeat hitman…?

The Review: Much as I’ve enjoyed this series, I’ve always felt one of its biggest failings was the lack of an overarching plot.  Fraction definitely seems like he knows where he’s going, but his narrative has been distractible and meandering, making sudden jumps in time and perspective, giving you information in such a fractured way that it took months for us to learn what would ordinarily take a few issues.

And for what?  Mostly for Fraction to experiment with his storytelling and kill time with witty, random asides.  Indeed, the Kate-centric issues have been about almost nothing else.  Fruitful and entertaining as many of these experiments and asides have been, you would have preferred a speedier resolution to this whole deal with the Bro Gang, or Tracksuits, or Titushki, or whatever they actually call themselves.