Hawkeye: My Life As A Weapon [Marvel Premier Collection]

by Matt Fraction, David Aja (Cover Art)

Collects Hawkeye (2012) 1-11, Young Avengers Presents (2008) 6.

Marvel’s Premier Collection gives iconic Marvel stories the treatment they deserve—including newly designed cover upgrades and all-new exclusive material! Ideal for both old and new fans—the perfect entry point into the Marvel Universe anytime, anywhere.

Matt Fraction (Invincible Iron Man, Sex Criminals) and David Aja’s (The Immortal Iron Fist, The Seeds) Eisner Award-winning modern classic starring Marvel's Avenging Archer, Hawkeye, redefines superhero storytelling with its sharp wit, heartfelt narrative, and a revolutionary minimalist style that inspired the acclaimed Disney+ series.

Clint Barton, the Avenger known as Hawkeye, fights for justice — and good rooftop BBQs! And with Young Avenger Kate Bishop by his side, it’s double the Hawkeye and double the trouble as they battle digital doomsday, dog detectives, lady problems, murder for money, tracksuited killers and more! It’s cars, guns and videotape as Matt Fraction and David Aja (IMMORTAL IRON FIST) reunite for this exciting, adventurous reimagining of the arrowed Avenger! Relive Kate’s first meeting with Clint as she learns wanting something can be miles away from actually earning it. And most important, Pizza Dog gets his own story! Can he solve the grisly murder that shocked Team Hawkguy? Who knows! He’s a dog!

Genres: Marvel, Comics, Fiction, Graphic Novels

Kindle Edition

Published November 26, 2025

About the author

"How he got started in comics: In 1983, when Fraction was 7 years old and growing up in Kansas City, Mo., he became fascinated by the U.S. invasion of Grenada and created his own newspaper to explain the event. "I've always been story-driven, telling stories with pictures and words," he said.

Education and first job: Fraction never graduated from college. He stopped half a semester short of an art degree at Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri in 1998 to take a job as a Web designer and managing editor of a magazine about Internet culture.

"My mother was not happy about that," he said.

But that gig led Fraction and his co-workers to split off and launch MK12, a boutique graphic design and production firm in Kansas City that created the opening credits for the James Bond film "Quantum of Solace."

Big break: While writing and directing live-action shoots at MK12, Fraction spent his spare time writing comics and pitching his books each year to publishers at Comic-Con. Two books sold: "The Last of the Independents," published in 2003 by AiT/Planet Lar, and "Casanova," published in 2006 by Image Comics.

Fraction traveled extensively on commercial shoots. Then his wife got pregnant. So Fraction did what any rational man in his position would do -- he quit his job at MK12 to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time comic book writer.

Say what? "It was terrifying," said Fraction, who now lives in Portland, Ore. "I was married. We had a house. We had a baby coming. And I just quit my job."

Marvel hired Fraction in June 2006, thanks largely to the success of his other two comics. "I got very lucky," he half-joked. "If it hadn't worked out, I would have had to move back in with my parents.

- 2009. Alex Pham. Los Angeles Times.

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 2 out of 5]

I honestly like Hawkeye from the movie Marvel world and as such, I thought well lets have try at the comic version. This is a collection of adventures of Clint Burton & Kate Bishop in which I sometimes felt that their relationship is bordering on inappropiate behaviour .
Basicly this collection feels not very balanced in its stories, the colouring is fine but story-wise it never engages me. But still nice that they offer important stories for a low budget release. Which also means that you can try everything and even if you dislike some publications it is not an enormous financial loss.
This book is not my cup of tea, perhaps it is yours.

[ana! · Rating 3 out of 5]

-1 star because entire intro about hawkeye being deaf and not a single goddamn hearing aid and he can hear everything. disabilitybaiting, if you will.

[Cmen · Rating 4 out of 5]

matt fractions Hawkeye run was always on my radar since I started getting back into reading collected editions. for the most part was really enjoying the story, i think the pacing of the story and different “arcs” being told throughout the issues was really well done. David Aja’s art during his issues were fantastic and his paneling was next level. this premier collection version would’ve gotten a 5 star if the story didn’t run a bit flat and abruptly end.

[Chad Olson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hawkeye works through the issues of not having super powers

[stephen smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

i’ve read the full omnibus of this but wanted to go back bc christmas and it’s strange that this one only had half the story and ended in the beginning of the second arc in the series

[Christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

5 stars for the writing; 3 stars for the lack of story resolution.

[Caitlin Gray · Rating 4 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this story! The art style wasn’t my favourite, but super funny and interesting to see the origins of lucky.

[Brooke Stewart · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5⭐️

[Scott A. Love · Rating 5 out of 5]

The writing, the layouts, and the art come together to make this book a Must-Have for fans of Hawkeye!