Hawkeye: Kate Bishop Vol. 3: Family Reunion (vuoden 2018 painos)

Cancelled before it had a chance to find its footing, the Kate Bishop Hawkeye series ends without really ending as this volume gets sidetracked by the [b:Generations|36641896|Generations|Brian Michael Bendis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1511363004s/36641896.jpg|55657910] company-wide event rather than resolving any of the ongoing storylines with Kate's mother and father. Thompson keeps things moving so fast and humorously that one might almost miss the fact that the Generations time travel crap doesn't really make much sense.

I'm disappointed to see the book dumped so unceremoniously. I hope Kate Bishop gets another chance to prove her leading character potential. Maybe it would help if she weren't time-sharing her superhero codename? ( )

“You think re-teaming with your mentor, colleague, namesake, friend—FAMILY, if you’re honest—will be a good thing. You tell yourself you can count on family. But you’re an idiot, because family is also the most trouble of anything around. I think the root of the word ‘family’ is even something about trouble. I mean, I may have made that up, but it totally should be.”

Here we are once again joining Kate Bishop—the other Hawkeye— on her LA adventure. This time she not only has the trusty dog, Lucky, but also Clint Barton joining her! I did enjoy the new characters Kate made friends with in LA, but this issue showed just how much chemistry the two Hawkeyes have and how much I missed them teaming up! They have easy, friendly banter—even in the middle of a fight.

Unfortunately, this is the last of the series, with Thompson taking up West Coast Avengers in August. Too much is left open in the plot and the Avengers taking up being reality TV stars is not in my reading list. ( )