The magic of the tale is that the heroes turn out to be the regular folk whose humanity, like the Hawkeyes, is inspiring.
In parallel narratives, both face the horrors of the storm and both are overwhelmed by it.
The story follows both Hawkeyes, Clint Barton and Kate Bishop, whose sparky banter continues to charm. The first is set during the real life Hurricane Sandy, the royalties for which the creators donated to the hurricane relief effort. Little Hits is bookended by two of the best tales that the series has provided. However, despite the wilful complexity crafted, Little Hits never loses sight of its core duty as always entertaining and fun. In lesser hands, this could easily slip into soap opera territory but Fraction’s nuanced characterisation and relationships are as gripping as the perfectly judged action sequences. This is a book about the ties that bind and the surrogate families that we adopt as we travel through life, from our neighbours to the teams that we join. Barton has a gift for frustrating and alienating the ladies in his life, but, despite his flaws and failings, they remain painfully loyal to him.
This parallels his tangled relationships, as well as the tangled narrative strands in the book.
In a book of consistent excellence, the only inconsistency comes in the art, with Francesco Francavilla illustrating one chapter, and the team of Steve Lieber and Jesse Hamm another. Charming as the stand-ins are, Aja remains the true master of storytelling.Ĭlint Barton’s life is summed up perfectly through the use of a visual metaphor early in a comically overdramatised scene where he and Tony Stark try to untangle the chaos of wires that link his entertainment centre together. Unfortunately, though, Aja isn’t able to draw everything. Credit is due to Matt Fraction for the inventiveness employed in telling deceptively simple tales in such original ways, and this praise must be shared equally with his co-creator, David Aja, who brings an eloquence and visual humour to his artistic duties. The visual inventiveness of the book is refreshing, using ideas as diverse as romance comic cover interludes (supplied by Annie Wu) and pictograms to propel the narrative along unexpected but successful paths. Little Hits proves as entertaining as its predecessor, My Life As A Weapon.
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