The Origins of Hawkeye (Or What Some Guys Will Do for Sex…)

As many of you have probably heard, Jim McCann and David Lopez (the creative team behind New Avengers: The Reunion) will soon be giving us an ongoing Hawkeye and Mockingbird series. As this was previously something I thought would be confined to my happiest daydreams (seriously I have sat around and thought about how awesome this very series would be), this is easily the best news I’ve heard all week (ever). In honor of this wondrous event, I’m bringing it back to the beginning: The Origins of Hawkeye.

Hawkeye’s first appearance comes in September 1964, in Tales of Suspense #57, by Stan Lee and Don Heck. (Yes, it’s yet another Iron Man comic, but this time it’s for Hawkeye, okay?) Hold on to your pointy facemasks, kids, because here we go…

Wednesday Aftermath: 1/13/2010

After a month-long hiatus, I am back, People of the Internet, to share with you what I read this week. As always, there are SPOILERS, so don’t read if you’re sensitive about that.

Pull list for this week: Invincible Iron Man #22, Nation X #2, The Marvels Project #5, Strange #3, Black Widow:Deadly Origin #3, X-Men Origins: Cyclops, and S.W.O.R.D. #3.

A Beginner’s Guide to Villain Monologuing

For this entry, I’ve chosen not to do an entire issue, but one scene. Why only one scene? Because it is so full of crazy awesome (or awesome crazy) that it deserves it.

The scene comes from the fourth issue of the 1983 Hawkeye limited series. Full disclosure: I absolutely love this series and declare it the second best thing to come out of 1983. (The first best is me.) It was written by the late Mark Gruenwald, whom I have a great deal of respect for as a writer. I have chosen it not because it’s badly written or insanely stupid. On the contrary. I have a feeling Gruenwald actually knew exactly what he was doing when he wrote this, which, for me, only adds to the hilarious. The entire limited series is full of snark and little tongue-in-cheek bits, and this part is no exception.

So which scene am I talking about? Why, the villain’s grand reveal, of course.