Hawkeye and The Huntress in: "Breakthrough!"

 

Presenting the ninth appearance of the Hawkeye/Huntress brother-sister act. If you have been following their adventures here, you'll know that they have been piecing together missing parts of their childhood, and it looks like their hard work is about to pay off. The Hawkeye Disney+ show starts today, I'm looking forward to checking it out.

Happy to use Brett Breeding artwork here.  He is responsible for my favorite piece of art that I ever commissioned:

Deadshot Vs. Hawkeye

Deadshot was one of the few successful parts of David Ayer's Suicide Squad, so I thought it was too bad that the character would not be returning for James Gunn's follow up.  Maybe is the new film is a big enough hit to warrant a third film featuring Task Force X, we'll see Will Smith suit up again one of these days.

Green Arrow Vs. Hawkeye in " Skyjacking the Sky-Cycle!"

Green Arrow and Hawkeye have met a bunch of times on the blog - They first met in one of my very earliest STF covers... then they were at odds with a few fellow Avengers along for the tale... Next up they faced off against The Hulk and Solomon Grundy... then it was time to hone their skills... and next they shared an adventure with Black Canary and Mockingbird. , then there was a classic adventure from early in their careers,,, and finally, the last time they battled some robots together...

Hawkeye and The Huntress in "Blood Relatives!" Part Two

Continued from yesterday's tale, we see why some family reunions can be awkward.  I have four brothers and two sisters, so I have always enjoyed stories that deal with a family dynamic.  It is cool to see the sibling relationship in play with characters like Hawk & Dove, Power Pack, Johnny and Susan Storm, Northstar and Aurora or even Shimmer and Mammoth.

Superman in the Marvel Universe

I remember seeing ads for Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali when I was a kid, and being fascinated by it.  Treasury-sized comics were a rarity at the time and it was cool to see that the great artwork of Neal Adams was going to be presented in such a large format.  Plus, superman was teaming up with a real life guy, probably the most famous sports figure of the time.  I thought that was so crazy that I just had to read the story to find out what was up.  That turned out to be a long wait because I never saw a copy on sale.  It took decades and the invention of the internet before I tracked down a copy.  The story is just as nuts as I was expecting it to be, and the Adams artwork was gorgeous - well worth the wait!

Green Arrow and Hawkeye

I usually try to come up with a text box, some dialogue or at least a story title for these lost issues but I liked the image on this one so much that I didn't want to clutter it up.  These guys would usually have a lot to talk about though - they are both superhero archers famous for their trick arrows, trouble with authority figures and marrying their blonde superheroine girlfriends.  Green Arrow got his biggest exposure ever recently as a regular character on Smallville and Hawkeye is about to hit the big time with the Avengers film (alas, with his more boring Ultimate look).  It's taken decades, but these two are finally getting the mass recognition of their more famous Avengers and JLA co-stars.  Can solo film outings be far off?