Hawkeye Epic Collection: Shafted [Paperback]

The Epic Collection series of Hawkeye's adventures continue, chroncling the death — and rebirth — of Earth’s Mightiest Marksman!

Life is tough — but the alternative is worse! In mourning for his ex-wife Mockingbird, can a reclusive Hawkeye take on the shadowy Secret Empire? Clint clashes with the U.S.Agent, mentors two junior Avengers…and soon hits the road for all-action adventures! Prepare for exotic locations, offbeat characters, dubious morals, sleazy motives…and a can-do hero who’s not afraid to get his hands dirty. But when the Scarlet Witch disassembles the Avengers, Hawkeye is a heartbreaking casualty — though death is not the end! Hawkeye awakens in the altered House of M reality, one of only a few heroes who remember how things should be…but when the world returns to normal, can Clint find a new place in it? Or will he give his mantle to another up-and-coming hero?

COLLECTING: Hawkeye (1994) 1-4; Hawkeye: Earth’s Mightiest Marksman (1998) 1; Hawkeye (2003) 1-8; Avengers (1998) 502; The Pulse (2004) 10; New Avengers (2004) 26, 30; Young Avengers Presents (2008) 6; material from Marvel Comics Presents (1998) 159-161Chuck Dixon wrote several limited series for Marvel’s Epic imprint, the long-running ’Nam series and multiple Punisher titles. When he set the Punisher against DC’s grimmest character in the one-shot Punisher/Batman, Dixon set the stage for his writing tenure on virtually every Batman-related title: Batgirl, Detective Comics, GCPD, Nightwing, Robin and more. Dixon’s other Marvel work includes What If?, Marvel Knights and Hawkeye.

Tom DeFalco’s earliest comic-book scripts were for Archie and DC; he soon moved to Marvel, where he wrote Avengers, Machine Man and other titleslS(