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REVIEW: New Avengers - The Reunion #’s 1-4
Reviewer: Don ChiavonWebsite: MarvelComicBooks.orgDate: June 24, 2009I’ve always been a HUGE Avengers guy, and Hawkeye’s always been one of my favorite Avengers. So, I was thrilled back in the 80’swhen Hawkeye, aka Clint Barton, was given his own mini-series, inwhich he met super-spy Bobbi Morse, aka Mockingbird. That miniwas written and penciled by the late great Mark Gruenwald, and wasfull of fun banter, beautiful artwork, and ridiculous villains, endingwith Hawkeye and Mockingbird’s having been married after awhirlwind courtship. That mini led to Hawkeye and his new bride being founders of the West Coast Avengers, with Hawkeye being theChairman of this new group. Alas, during a battle with the Devil of the Marvel Universehimself, Mephisto, Mockingbird was struck down, making Hawk a widower in AvengersWest Coast #100.Or was she? Turns out the Mockingbird that was killed was just a Skrull in disguise, asrevealed during the Secret Invasion. The REAL Mockingbird was held captive, alongwith other kidnapees of the Marvel U, on the Skrull Homeworld. But now she’s back, andstruggling to come to terms with not only her ordeal during her captivity, but also her marriage to Hawkeye, which had been on the rocks when she was abducted. Wow,complicated, huh? New Avengers: The Reunion details her reactions to a world shedoesn’t recognize anymore, and her relationship with Hawk, aman she’s no longer sure she wants to be with, not to mention aman who’s no longer Hawkeye anymore. He’s taken the identityof Ronin, though he’ll always be Hawkeye to me. I thought thewriting on this series was done well, as I appreciated the banter  between the two of them as they fell easily into making fun of each other and flirting, much as she wanted to resist. Thecharacterizations were spot on, especially Clint’s struggle togive Mockingbird her time to work out what she was keepingfrom him. There were also some great one-liners in this series,(Mockingbird to female villain: “This isn’t a catfight. This is me kicking your ass!”). Iliked the spy-slant to the story, and Clint and Bobbie’s bickering took on a Mr. And Mrs.Smith style of one-upmanship. The villain, along with the plot she was trying to carryout, was TOO much of an afterthought, in my opinion. I know that this is more a storyabout Hawkeye and Mockingbird, but still…I didn’t appreciate the artwork as much, finding it a bit too Manga-influenced and reallyhating the washed-out looking colors. Clint looked SO baby-faced when out of costumeto the point of distraction, but I did like the redesign of Mockingbird’s costume. I don’t
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