Hawkeye,
wounded and bowless, is trapped in the sewer by the main villain Crossfire and
the legion of bad guys he has recruited against the heroic archer with his
bounty on Clint’s arm: Mad-Dog, Bobcat, Death Throws, Bullet Biker,
Brothers Grimm, and Razor-Fist. Crossfire is enraged that the “weakest Avenger” has
beaten him on two occasions and so wants to shoot the hero but then he wouldn’t
suffer. So he turns him over to the assembled bad guys, one of whom will take
his arm and earn the bounty while Dr. Steinmetz, the phony marriage counsellor,
is standing by to prevent Hawkeye from bleeding out after the amputation.
Hawkeye is surrounded but then a light shines from above, a bow drops at his
feet, and Mockingbird and Trick Shot also come down to join him. While the
three good guys clobber the mass of villains, Bobbi explains how they used the
tracking device Steinmetz planted on Clint to find him and come to his rescue.
Crossfire flees, Hawkeye pursues and corners him on the edge of a spillway—but
Hawkeye is out of arrows. So Hawkeye throws his bow, disarming the baddie and
knocking him over the edge. Crossfire grabs on and Hawkeye leaves him wondering
is he’s going to let his foe fall to his death before rescuing him….
As
the police take away the villains, Trick Shot explains to Hawkeye that his
cancer is in remission and he is trying to turn over a new leaf. Hawkeye and
Mockingbird finally reconcile after their long estrangement….
“Best
Seller!” 5/5
Writer:
Glenn Herdling, Dwight Jon Zimmerman. Pencils: Rod Ramos. Inks: Don Hudson.
Colors: Sara Tuchiasky. Letters: Don Hudson.
Synopsis:
Rick Jones is publishing his memoirs and he (and his pal Betty Banner) are
staying at the condo of the sexy Veronica who, after a night of romance, is
hoping Rick will sign her as his agent. But they are interrupted by a visitor
named Kholdsor, who claims to be a Skrull and he is offering an exorbitant
reward for selling publishing rights for his memoir to the Skrulls. When Rick
doubts his story, Kholdsor pulls a ray gun but Rick disarms him and throws him
out. Veronica suggests they leave quickly as more quirky aliens after Rick’s
book arrive via window, toilet, and a hole smashed in the wall, some nice, some
nasty. After fighting them all off, Rick, Betty, and Veronica depart, only to
be beamed aboard a spaceship where representatives of hundreds of alien races
are prepared to bid for Rick’s memoirs. The auctioneer Beppe III apologizes for
the aliens who have tried to contact Rick in advance of the auction—including Veronica,
secretly Major Vron-Ikka of the Kree. Rick hands the manuscript over to Beppe
who posts the relevant section on the end of the Kree-Skrull War for the
assembled bidders to examine. But it turns out that the aliens all wanted the
secret of how Rick Jones ended the War—but he doesn’t know himself so the
memoir is worthless to the assembled aliens. Rick and Betty are sent home where
Rick receives a visit from his musical agent Mordecai P. Boggs, offering a
contract for his book. Then the phones rings—and the receiver turns out to be a
Poppupian inquiring after the movie rights…..