In our ongoing efforts to bring squee to the community, behold our inaugural Monthly Comics Discussion Post!
The way it works: At the end of each month, we will interrupt our regular MCU-centric programming to talk about all things related to Clint and Natasha in the comics. Comics that were released during the month, comics you're currently
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Oh, and I'm excited about Natasha's upcoming comic series...
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I'm glad you put Name of the Rose first! It's my favorite comic of all time, for so many reasons. It's the version of Natasha I turn to when I ask "What Would Natasha Do?"
What I've seen of Fraction's Hawkeye looks amazing, but I'm waiting for my residual bitterness about Natasha not getting a solo-comic until 2014 (!) to die down before I start reading it, 'cause I want to give it a fair go.
And I haven't read Widow's Ledger before, so I will definitely check it out. Kelly Sue Deconnick is pretty amazing :)
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About this, have you tried Jessica Jones's Alias comic series?
Thanks to Michael Gaydos's art, Jessica has a refreshingly common appearance (here's some pics), plus the story is sooo good. It's one of my favorite series... ;)
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I have a Hawkeye Ultimates book (hardcover!) that I started reading and then buried somewhere so I haven't finished it, but that looks and feels much like MCU Clint (in fact Renner said so in an interview, that this is what the MCU draws on). One of these days I will find it again!
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If you are really interested in 616!Hawkeye, I also recommend New Avengers: Reunion, which is a spin off short and not part of the main New Avengers title. I didn't rec it before because it is all about Mockingbird(his ex-wife) and him. Not exactly in the interests of the com. Until I read this I actually didn't like Mocking Bird. Mostly because of my Natasha/Clint bias I think. Which is amusing because most the time I don't let things like that color my opinion.
There is a lot of character building for both of them in the book. It is set during Dark Reign so he's Ronin at the time and really delves into Clint and Bobbi's relationship. The part I found really interesting is that it really looks at how he interacts with someone he loves. Comparison between the Clint in the flashbacks and the him in the present really shows how he's developed over the years. [spoiler]The book has really two plots. The obvious one is the two of them finding and stopping AIM form setting off ( ... )
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Thanks for the additional rec -- I may actually look for that. I know nothing about Bobbi or the Ronin period and while I'm inclined to ignore the latter in my personal fic 'verse, I have mentioned Bobbi a couple of times and really should do her the honour of meeting her, so that maybe I can give her a voice at some point.
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Fraction Hawkeye is fabulous, in a total Hawkeye-as-car-wreck way. You just want to go and pummel him, followed by a long hug and ... well. I look forward to the Black Widow Comics, too! See what they make of her.
And thanks for the recs! :-)
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My sister had only come in for the comics once or twice. It was a little spooky.
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I've been going there for over a year now, I really should get around to setting up a pull list... I'll do it when I can pre-order Natasha's book.
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I also have heard great things about Lazarus but I need to figure out where to get my hands on a copy of the first two, as my comic book store only has #3 and #4. Anybody reading that?
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