For the first time in a while I’m glad to be reading a Hawkeye book. That’s not meant to be a slight against Jim McCann’s Hawkeye and Mockingbird series, but this book was such an enjoyable read that it made me reassess why I hadn’t loved that series completely. It’s because I like just seeing Hawkeye and Mockingbird taking on unimaginable odds and coming out on top; and for the first time ever I’m interested in the Ronin persona of Hawkeye’s life and the origins of it. Yes, this was meant to be the next issue of Hawkeye and Mockingbird, and yes it probably would have still been fantastic as that comic book, but as its own series it’s the perfect jumping on point for anyone who’s wanted a Hawkeye series that focuses on the things that make him such an enduring character.