Old Man Hawkeye, Vol. 1: An Eye for an Eye

Old Man Hawkeye (Collected Editions)

by Ethan Sacks (Writer), Marco Checchetto

The super heroes have fallen. The country has been divided into territories controlled by super villains. Among the wastelands lives Clint Barton - one of the few Avengers to survive. But it's been 45 years, and he's no Avenger. Trying to eke out a living any way he can, the former HAWKEYE is confronted with a startling discovery: the sharpshooter is going blind. With time running short, Clint realizes there's one last thing he wants to see: revenge for his fallen comrades-in-arms. Rising-star writer Ethan Sacks and superstar artist Marco Checchetto take you back to the Wastelands in a story set five years before the original classic OLD MAN LOGAN.

COLLECTING: OLD MAN HAWKEYE 1-6

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction

136 pages, Paperback

First published August 14, 2018

About the author

Ethan Sacks is a writer and journalist from New York, who is currently writing the ongoing series Star Wars- Bounty Hunters for Marvel as well as other various Star Wars titles. He is also know for his Marvel works that take place in the iconic Old Man Logan wasteland, Old Man Hawkeye and Old Man Quill.

Reviews

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Did anyone ask for this?
I don't think they did. I certainly didn't, at any rate.
Regardless, here we have it. A prequel story from the world of Old Man Logan that will probably culminate in the exciting origin of the Spider-Buggy. <--we can hope, right?



I'm not a fan of Prequels. At all. My thinking is that I already know the way the story ends and I don't particularly need to relive it from different angles.
On rare occasions, prequels work. Most of the time they feel like (to me) cash grabs.
But there is quite a bit of story left to tell in this universe, so maybe Old Man Hawkeye will be one of those unicorn snowflakes that makes it to the big time.



The gist is... Well, the gist is exactly what it looks like. It's Old Man Hawkeye's story.
I was neither impressed or disgusted. It was (to me) one of those comics that was just sorta there in an entirely non-offesive way.



So.
If you've secretly been jonesing for not only the backstory on Clint's late child support payments but also seeing a few interesting old faces show up and kill some stuff, then you may want to check this one out.

[Sam Quixote · Rating 2 out of 5]

Did somebody say “pisspoor unnecessary prequel”? No? Well, Marvel’s gonna give you one anyway - here’s Old Man Hawkeye!

Set five years before Old Man Logan, Hawkeye’s out for revenge hunting down baddies for his fallen buds. Also Bullseye’s hunting Hawkeye because he broke the law (even though he seems to have no regard for it himself) and so’s Venom. Get ready for six issues of mindless idiocy!

Ethan Sacks (who?) has written a story that’s feeble on all fronts. Hawkeye’s revenge plot is meandering and unclear. I mean, wasn’t it Logan who killed all the heroes?? And he’s targeting complete nobodies - Atlas anyone? Mach-X? - who have obscure connections to Hawkeye but as for why they should die… eh?

The Bullseye subplot is pointless and goes nowhere, while the Venom subplot is somewhat understandable but still crap. I guess it’s cool that the Symbiote bonding with Madrox equals a Borg-like Venom. The ending is very weak too - you’ll have to pick up the second half to get the resolution but after this rubbish first book I’ll be leaving it here.

Part of what I liked about Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s original Old Man Logan book was the feeling that it was the end of Marvel. Practically all the Marvel characters had been wiped out and only a handful remained. So Old Man Hawkeye sucks especially hard as Sacks crams in a ton of Marvel characters into this world! The first issue alone features Madrox, Logan, Ultron, Venom and Bullseye and there’s even more that follow. It just ruins the world Millar/McNiven created - Marvel just can’t leave a good thing alone, they’ve gotta fuck it up somehow.

Unfortunately it’s the same old story: the writing is shite, the art is fantastic. And it genuinely is - Marco Checchetto always produces impressive artwork. Nearly every full page of Hawkeye shooting off arrows is a worthy pinup in itself. Every time the Madrox Venom appeared was awesome, the designs for the older characters like Bullseye were cool and Red Skull’s never looked better. The action scenes are spectacular and Kate Bishop makes one helluva GILF!

Prequels are always useless but some prove their worth by being entertaining - with its dumb, generic action story, Old Man Hawkeye, Volume 1: An Eye for an Eye definitely didn’t do that!

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Set 5 years before Old Man Logan, Clint Barton finds out he's losing his vision and decides to go out getting revenge. He's headed out to track down the Thunderbolts / Masters of Evil as it seems they were somehow involved in the deaths of the Avengers. Meanwhile Bullseye and the new Venom are after Clint.

There's some cool moments in this and the art is action packed. Worth reading for Marco Checcetto's art alone. His work is fantastic!

[James DeSantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

For some reason whenever a marvel title has "Old Man" in it, just never seems to impress me ALL that much.

So most people now know what Old Man Logan is. Even if you haven't read it but you probably heard people compare it to Logan the movie. It's a reality where the villains win and all that's left living is a few heroes such as Logan in a post-villain world. This takes place 5 years prior to Old Man Logan and we follow our favorite Archer of all time. I Believe this is supposed to be a 12 issue mini-arc. This starts off with Hawkeye on a mission to hunt down and kill all the tunderbolts since they seem to be part of the reason for the death of a lot of heroes. With heroes showing up like Kate (hawkeye 2) and Logan, while villains like Bullseye and Venom take up most of the pages, we have a hunting game going on.

Good: The fights are entertaining enough. Something about a man jumping around shooting arrows is always fun. The bitter moments where they show Clint see the past is hard to watch. The moments with Kate and Logan are also solid. Also, Bullseye is still a asshole and that's wonderful.

Bad: It feels like it has less stakes. We know what will happen, or guess it, because we read old man logan. I also didn't find Red Skull to be the best "behind the screens" big bad. He felt kind of lame in here.

Overall this is fine. It's entertaining enough but it didn't blow me away. The fact that it has old man in the title fits with all my other ratings. A 3 out of 5.

[Benji Glaab · Rating 4 out of 5]

Old Man Hawkeye is an expansion on the Old Man Logan universe where 45 years ago the Red Skull, and various other Super villains scoured the majority of Marvels finest heroes off the face of the earth. America has turned into some sort of Mad Max- esque wasteland.

This particular tale is set 5 years prior to the epic OML run by Lemire and Sorrentino. Ethan Sacks who appears to be a new face in the industry did a stellar job capturing the vibe of the original all blood filled, and action packed like with revenge undertones. The art is pretty descent too especially the venom panels. I'm not a fan of the colour work, but overall product is a cut above the average comic book these days.

The action is fun, but is trumped by seeing how some of the surviving marvel cast has aged. I liked seeing Sacks' imagined reincarnations of various characters like Kate Bishop, Bullseye, Atlas. Like in the Logan series we see some descendants of characters like Ant-Kid, and Kraven the Hunter has been survived by a gang. Any longtime Marvel fan will glean enjoyment from this.

I will definitely be checking out volume 2, and also Old Man Quill if my library acquires a copy.

Vol 2 The whole world blind- 4.25🌟

[Travis Duke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good story from the wastelands in Battleworld. They don't change the recipe that much from Old man Logan and I am fine with that. Violence, revenge, and lots of cool cameos are still the name of the game with Old Man Hawkeye and I will say I dont know who Ethan Sacks is but he did a fine job writing. This takes place before Old Man Logan with Logan still at his farm protecting his family, This time Hawkeye needs help and Logan gives him the finger. Hawkeye wants revenge for the death of his friends including Back widow however Bullseye and Red Skull have a few things to say about that. Lots of cool cameos, I think Multiple man was my favorite and the origin of the venom t-rex also gets told. The art could of been better (McNiven please). Worth a read if you enjoyed Old Man Logan.

[Tiag⊗ the Mutant · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awesome art, fun story, maybe a bit repetitive. Hawkeye was my favorite in Old Man Logan, so I'm glad they expanded his story, totally worth it, four stars.

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was actually quite good, really enjoyed it!

It takes place in the OML universe and we follow Clint whose gonna go blind soon and so he is on a mission to take down former enemies or allies who teamed up to like take down his Avengers teammates and its epic seeing the way he does it. We follow him as he visits his estranged daughter and his adventures as he takes down Atlas and Beetle, his former teammates in Thunderbolts and their part in what they did to Nat. And finally the big storyline where he has to take on Venom who has merged with Multiple Man and its upto him and Kate to take them down as he discovers big things about this and its just pure fun and action, nothing being held back!

Plus in the background something going on with Bullseye and whatever Red Skull is planning along with Baron Zemo. And next up: Winter Soldier unleashed! I love how Sacks makes it like one last mission for the former marksman and shows him going against heavy weight villains in MU and like holding nothing back and testing his skills and tenacity as an archer and like there is an emotional line running through the comic with what he does and like the former past of what may have happened and the art is so clean and the action scenes even better and makes this book a must read for sure! Plus the ending and big revelations next up!!

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 stars. This was pretty cool. Set 5 years before the events of Old Man Logan by Millar, we get to see what Clint was up to. The book starts with Clint running a job as protection. They get attacked by the Maddrox gang. Clint takes them all down but one escapes which will come back to bite him....literally. After that, Hawkeye comes to the conclusion that he is sick of the way things are and since he has nothing to lose, he’s going to take his bow and go kill the Thunderbolts who had a part in helping the villains take over. Meanwhile, sheriff Bullseye has discovered there is someone trying to be a hero and goes after Clint. Checchetto kills it on the art and depicts a gorgeous landscape and some amazing fight sequences. Definitely looking forward for vol 2.

[David Dalton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty darn good. Loved the ending!

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

https://youtu.be/DQmEy5aEiXE

[Adam Fisher · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars.
5 years before the events of Old Man Logan (the original graphic novel, not the current series), Clint Barton (still able to see, though that is fading) has decided to take revenge for the fallen Avengers. Too many enemies stand in his way: The Madrox Gang, which combines with Venom and turns into replicating Madrox Venoms; Bullseye; Atlas; the Killer Kravenoffs; Mach-X/The Beetle; Taskmaster; all working for the corrupt President of the United States Red Skull. And Herr Skull's perfect weapon has yet to be unleashed: The Winter Soldier! Lots of fighting, violence and death within these pages!
With only Kate Bishop by his side, will he be able to find the peace he seeks? Will his vengeance be complete?
Looking forward to Volume 2, as it promises to provide some answers to what happens between OMH and OML.
Recommend.

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aqui vai um dado sobre a minha rapidez na leitura: li todas essas 140 páginas de quadrinhos em 10 minutos e em pé. O que isso diz sobre esse quadrinho? Será que ele é um quadrinho instigante que me fez ficar lendo toda a história de cabo a rabo porque ela era muito emocionante? Ou será que eram diálogos pobres e um desenvolvimento cheio de ação que encaixaria esse quadrinho na definição de Jeph Loeb como quadrinho que se leva para mijar e não fazer o número 2? Bem, acho que um pouquinho dos dois. É um quadrinho leve, mas isso não quer dizer que não seja instigante também. Claro, muito por causa da sua relação com o mundo de O Velho Logan, já que este quadrinho funciona como uma prequel. O que eu mais gosto nele são os desenhos de Marco Checchetto, que são um deleite visual, sensacionais. Contudo, as cores de Andres Mossa tiraram bastante do brilho das sequências, parecendo que todas elas são a mesma coisa e talvez isso também tenha influenciado no meu ritmo de leitura. É como se fosse uma pontuação. Quando a colorização não tem ritmo, não paramos para respirar como num ponto ou numa vírgula. Então, escolho a colorização como o ponto mais baixo desse quadrinho, que faz ele ser "um quadrinho de mijar", com o perdão da expressão, ao mesmo tempo que é um quadrinho de tirar o fôlego - mas talvez não pelos motivos certos.

[Frédéric · Rating 3 out of 5]

2,5*

A totally unnecessary prequel to Old Man Logan but an easy read with cool art.

Clint suddenly wants to take revenge on those who killed his pals 40 years ago so he starts hunting them down, bringing chaos on his trail.
On this paper thin premise Ethan Sacks adds a Multiple Man/Venom combo and a Deathloked Bullseye. Why? To delay the run up to 12 issues probably. But if Bullseye is dramatically bland each Venom apparition is at least decently frightening.
Apart from that it's a succession of losers and C-listers-all that's left since the big guns are dead-trying to survive or dying in the Wastelands.

So not necessary, not really interesting, but decently done script wise with an impeccable Marco Checchetto on the board and nice gloomy colors by Andres Mossa. Best borrow it from your library.

[Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so awesome. The artwork was incredible and it kept a consistent pace throughout. I really enjoyed the action and the characters and can't wait for volume 2. Hawkeye is so incredibly badass in this storyline.

[Adam M · Rating 4 out of 5]

-Read for 2019 YA Reading Challenge-

I didn't love this as much as Wolverine: Old Man Logan, but that set a pretty high bar. This was still great, but it's different. Clint is fighting old demons and I think the back story here will run a little deeper. We see a man confronting his mortality and it's very much about trying to finishing something started a long time ago. There are several characters introduced that I won't spoil, but especially near the end this started to ramp up in the best way.

I look forward to reading the next installment of this title to see where it's going. Bullseye makes an interesting foil, but in this book he's waaaaaaaay unhinged and it's pretty compelling.

[Mitchell Friedman · Rating 4 out of 5]

It sets up like it's going to be self-contained and then it just doesn't come to an end. Still, it should have been a lot worse. Not a big alternate Marvel worlds fan and this is basically Wastelands which is mostly the worst. But Old Man Logan works so I guess they figured Old Man Hawkeye might work as well. And he kind of does. Sure this is a travelogue of Clint going around the world and killing. But it's always interesting and the writing is pretty good. It can't break out of it's basic concept but for what it is, it's not bad. 3.5 of 5.

[C. Varn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ethan Sacks takes us to five-years before Old Man Logan to the adventure of Old Man Hawkeye. Clint has to deal with the possibility of blindness and decides to start to get revenge: Venom, Red Skull, and Bullseye pursue. Grim-dark but doesn't have the weight of Old Man Logan. So we have one-last-right trope, and post-apocalyptic revenge on second and third-string villains isn't as compelling as Sacks would like. There may be interesting bits coming but this does pretty much exactly what you think this title would do.

[Володимир Кузнєцов · Rating 3 out of 5]

Мені дуже подобається сетінг цієї серії, утім, цей пріквел виглядає вочевидь вимученим, де головною метою є радше малюнок з ефектними і кривавими батальними сценами, які завершуються смертю одного з учасників, ніж спроба якось розвинути сюжет чи світобудову.

[Jesse A · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of this was cool, some pretty silly, hardly ever boring.

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Are you completely exhausted with the interminable Old Man Logan series? Me too! Don't let that stop you from giving Old Man Hawkeye a chance though. Whereas Old Man Logan features unnecessary, poorly-drawn retreads of Wolvy's past adventures, Old Man Hawkeye takes place entirely in the Wasteland universe and even bothers to flesh out that universe with characters, locations, and little tidbits of history. It's interesting!

That said, it's not unique by any means. Hawkeye, in his dotage, is going blind, so he decides to take on one last adventure to tie up loose ends (whatever that means - his purpose is unclear throughout the volume). Basically, this means he shoots some arrows and grumbles bad one-liners while chasing down bad guys. Fortunately, other interesting characters pick up the slack, like Old Man Bullseye and that eyeball dude who stole the Watcher's eye. There's also a mess of a mash-up between Multiple Man and Venom that provides zero narrative value aside from being the impetus for several chase scenes.

So, Old Man Hawkeye isn't perfect, but it's fun and fast-paced and builds a Wasteland world that the Old Man Logan series sorely lacked. Additionally, Marco Checchetto's art is stellar, particularly the character work. I'm almost certainly giving this volume an extra star because it's such a nice surprise compared to Old Man Logan - hopefully I won't regret that with the next volume.

[Kyle Dinges · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've never seen the appeal of any of these "Old Man" series that Marvel has been putting out recently. Is there something about turning every character into Clint Eastwood that makes it easier to tell stories with them? It feels like the idea ran its course a long, long time ago. Apparently the solution was to take Clint Eastwood Hawkeye and also put him in a Mad Max movie.

"Old Man" complaints aside, this isn't a horrendous story. It's fine. It was more entertaining than a lot of what Marvel is currently putting out, but that doesn't make it good. First of all, pick a villain. Bullseye, Venom, Red Skull, Baron Zemo, Taskmaster, they've all been Old Man-ified. You can tell a better story by just using one big bad and not trying to jam the pages with three or four running arcs just to fit in more bad guys.

On a similar note, just because it's an alternate universe doesn't mean we need to see an easter egg on every page. Use some of the panels devoted towards showing us the new Ant Man to show us why we should care about Old Man Hawkeye.

The art from Checchetto and Mossa is solid and I liked that the series had the same art team throughout. But it's not enough to elevate the book by itself. It just strikes me as very pointless. Now stop the plague of geriatric super heroes and find a new shtick!

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 5 out of 5]

I personally love the continuity of the "Old Man Logan" series. It's basically the Marvel Universe meets Mad Max.

In this series Hawkeye finds out he's going blind, so before he does he wants to hunt down his former allies in the Thunderbolts who betrayed the Avengers and basically killed them. So Hawkeye is playing the Punisher as he's not looking to bring them in but end them. Along the way he's trailed by Deathlok-Bullseye and a gang of Venoms who have bonded with the multiple man. A few other familiar faces turn up as well.

If you enjoy post-apocalyptic tales such as Mad Max, this will be right up your alley.

[Mitch Kukulka · Rating 4 out of 5]

As someone who has read just about everything related to the "Old Man Logan" property (out of a sense of duty at this point more than anything else), I can say without much doubt that this series marks the highest point of quality for the whole franchise, simultaneously complimenting and enriching the world crafted by Millar and McNiven while expanding, improving and remixing the mythos every step of the way.

[Hilary "Fox" · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Marvel Universe meets Mad Max.

Villains team up and take over the United States under Red Skull. Most superheros have been killed, at least the important ones. This leaves Hawkeye, now old and going blind, to exact revenge upon those who murdered his friends. He treks across the vast ruins, bow in hand, hoping - just hoping that he won't miss when the time comes.

The artwork is downright gorgeous, particularly when Kate Bishop makes her appearance and we get interaction between her and Clint. The way Venom is drawn in particular is downright chilling. The premise isn't bad, although has been done before in Old Man Logan - which this serves as a bit of a prequel to. Something about it just isn't quite jiving with me.

The artwork, though. Man. Good stuff. I'll finish reading it since I got the books in front of me, but I wouldn't call this the sort of vital reading material for the Marvel Universe or characterization like, say, Fraction's Hawkeye run is.

[Vladimír · Rating 4 out of 5]

Prvý spin-off zo sveta Old Man... využíva všetko čo je na tomto svete zaujímavé. Všade vládne depresívna atmosféra, hrdinovia sú buď mŕtvi alebo sú z nich trosky a zlosynovia sú vo vedení. Každý deň je boj o život a vyhliadky do budúcnosti vôbec nie sú dobré. Zle to vyzerá aj s Hawkeyeom, ktorý stále častejšie míňa cieľ, keďže pomaly prichádza o zrak. Rozhodne sa ale vyrovnať staré dlhy a vydať sa na cestu za pomstou.
Prvý book je vlastne road-trip naprieč spustošenou krajinou, ktorú obzvláštňujú špecifiká Wastelands. Kresba je luxusná, akcia v nej vyzerá skvele a k atmosfére príbehu sa dokonale hodí. Celkovo to bolo zábavné, akčné a zaujímavo rozbehnuté, takže na druhý book sa určite teším.

[Nicole Westen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think the character development with Hawkeye was my favorite thing about this. He's picked on about being the 'useless avenger', eg the one without super powers. And it's the whole reason he's the only avenger still alive. But now he's losing the one thing that made him an avenger, his ability to never miss a shot. So where does he go from there? What happened to Hawkeye when he loses his 'eyes'? I'm interested to see where this goes.

[Ross · Rating 4 out of 5]

Old Man Logan cameo no. 382...

The Old Man Logan concept is interesting. Supervillans team up and finally smash their way through all the heroes leaving America to be divided amongst the strongest villains. The original series followed Logan on his quest. This prequel has an aged, half blind Hawkeye going on a 'final mission' and making the villains pay...

If he doesn't die on the way.

Cameos a plenty. Good weekend reading.

[FortressOfBookitude · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted fast entertainment, I got fast entertainment.

[Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

There was a lot going on, great action set pieces and new takes on existing characters, felt a little hard to keep up with and just too one dimensional