Pretty confusing. I could never keep track of which character was which and why they were there. Plus two plot lines, each with different characters, going on at the same time and I wasn't very familiar with the academy team so that was a little more confusing.

Hey! This is my FIRST Marvel read EVER. That's weird, I know. Anyway.I liked this story a lot. A mystery, conspiracy, who-do-you-trust story. Everyday people getting messed with, and Hawkeye's promise to help them without the other Avengers involved. As often happens, the beginning confused me. Also, a hero named Trace (good) and a hero named Chance (bad) confused me too. The art was dark enough that I often couldn't tell who was who, but I'll blame myself for that instead of the artists. Speaki...

I've been loving Matt Fraction's Hawkeye, so I thought I'd read up on some classic Hawkeye. Unfortunately, this "solo" collection was intermixed with an Avengers Academy storyline that had nothing to do with Hawkeye. The Hawkeye storyline itself wasn't that interesting, and had Hawkeye agreeing to keep secrets from the other Avengers, which just made me sad. All in all, I'd rather stick to Fraction's version.

Well. IDK what the plot was. Bad scientists were creating Steve knock-offs, maybe by impregnating women? Someone comes to Hawkeye for help. And ONLY Hawkeye. No explanation as to why him, although his struggle to keep the other Avengers out of it is the most interesting part of the story. (He doesn't want Steve to have to deal with his image being manipulated by Evil Scientists or to come up against the victims of said Evil Scientists because of Steve's Feelings. Also the victims are Stark Suspi...

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The Hawkeye story was terrible, the Avengers Academy story was OK, but nothing special.

This was not a good book. No idea if it was always meant to be five issues or if it was cancelled, but I reiterate: this was not a good book. The original series had a Hawkeye main story with an an additional 5-page Avengers Academy story in the back. For the collected edition I think it would have made more sense to sort the material so one could read each story consecutively...Anyways, the Hawkeye story was coloured so dark that it was at times difficult to follow, especially with the story it...

Story was okay but it was slow going. I appreciate the narrative of Hawkeye having his own story, but I would prefer a decent story with better villains.

I read about 1/2 of it and just gave up. The story was slow moving and not all that exciting. Coupled with the story from the Avengers Academy, the book was a such strange hodgepodge.

Wow, this was bad.In a nutshell it was a dumb plot mixed with confusing art.In one panel, Hawkeye was totally subdued by his enemy, and in they very next panel he was leaping in to save someone else.??????Sooooo, how did he escape?No idea.And who cares?The entire story was like that. The plot itself was full of holes.These women (now sporting superpowers) were convinced Captain America set them up to be experimented on. Why? Cause the people who experimented on them had a giant poster of Steve R...

I quite like this story. It showed Hawkeye as being competent and fiercely loyal to separate parties (the Avengers and the victims). He really went solo and made full use of his resources, experience and knowledge. He relied heavily on his street smart skills and he has doubts about himself but still he wanted to do it with his own efforts instead of actively seeking help from the other Avengers. The mystery behind the conspiracy was pretty good though it could’ve been better handled. Sometimes,...

This is a dual adventures offer. In the first one we have Hawkeye doing his solo thing, investigating a rogue super soldier serum outfit and the second, a Young Avengers story is inserted in between every chapter of the Hawkeye story. Which was kinda of annoying. The Hawkeye story is a good one, the Young Avengers, not so much since I have no idea how they are, etc.

A pretty solid superhero read, with the slightest air of noir about both the art and story. Guest appearances from other Avengers lighten the mood, and keep the plot ticking over.

I might be a little spoiled by Matt Fraction's Hawkeye, but I found Van Meter's Hawkeye to be flat and overly aggressive. He didn't seem to sit well with the other iterations of Hawkeye that I knew and at times seemed to try and be both the smart-ass who can out-snark Iron Man as well as the angry soldier. It was not a well-wrought combination and left me feeling like the writer didn't really know Hawkeye at all and was, instead, trying to blend together Captain America and Tony Stark. I might c...

Really not a good book. Messy plot, art wasn't as nice as normal (and changed every double page spread, at some parts), side-story didn't relate... just a whole mess that needed a lot more finesse.

This was incredibly bad. The plot is beyond lame and frankly, amateurish. Clint acts like he's never been a hero before or ever been in a difficult situation. Its embarrassing. The art is overly sketchy and doesn't fit the story very well. There is also a completely misplaced Avengers Academy back-up story that was good but hidden here for no reason. Overall, a disaster.

Clint is stubborn, determined, smart, and maybe takes on a bit too much. Basically, Jen Van Meter writes a great Hawkeye. The story is as follows: Clint discovers there's a group of people who have been used for experiments, and he works with them to help them find justice and to give them to chance to stop running. He does this without the Avengers, and even specifically requests to work alone because he was specifically trusted to take on the case.There's a lot of good character moments for Cl...

Frankly, I was bored reading this volume. The story was not clear, with multiple moments of confusion, and while the art was not bad, there was nothing in it that could elevate this volume. With the amount of material that Marvel produces, a few duds are not entirely unexpected yet it was disappointing that I had the misfortunate of reading one of those duds.