Volume 29 is the fourth book to be released in the Marvel's Mightiest Heroes Graphic Novel Collection by Hachette Partworks and is a reasonably enjoyable jog through some of Hawkeye's best moments. Hawkeye has always been a slightly anomalous character; he's got no super-power to speak of other than a superior ability with a bow and arrow ( and a slightly misplaced confidence in his own abilities) yet he's been able to hold his own in The Avengers and in battle with any number of world destroying threats. What Hawkeye, however, represents is the power of redemption, forgiveness and rehabilitation; the character having started his career as a criminal. This collection therefore opens with the Iron Man story "Hawkeye, the Marksman" by Stan Lee and Don Heck from “Tales of Suspense” issue 57 (September 1964) in which Hawkeye falls for and becomes a pawn of the super-sexy Communist secret agent the "daring, dazzling, dangerous" Black Widow. The second story in the collection is "The Old Order Changeth" by Lee and Jack Kirby from “The Avengers” issue 16 (May 1965) in which Hawkeye turns up at the Avengers headquarters and asks to join the team. Suspicious of the bowman's motives he's eventually allowed to join on the recommendation of Iron Man. Both of these are good stories that establish the character and his misunderstood nature and give a feel for his motives. Lee's writing is bombastic, Heck draws some stunningly beautiful women and Kirby delivers the more of the marvellously kinetic sequences that are his trademark. The final story in the book is the four issue Hawkeye mini-series that ran between September and December 1983 by Mark Gruenwald and Brett Breeding. At the beginning of the story Hawkeye is working as a head of security for a technology firm. Through a series of mishaps he ends up losing his job, gets dumped by his girlfriend, battles three ridiculous assassins – Silencer, Oddball and Bombshell – before being captured by Crossfire, a loony tune out to kill the Avengers. Luckily Hawkeye meets Bobbi Morse, Mockingbird, who helps him defeat the loonies. So taken is Hawkeye with Mockingbird that he marries her by the end of issue four. Unfortunately this is a weak story, with far too many silly elements that fail to gel. The poor story by Gruenwald is hampered even further by the unappealing, slightly amateurish, rushed-looking artwork by Breeding. Unfortunately this is a very poor story to make the centrepiece of the volume. The book itself, however, is beautifully constructed – 160 glossy full colour pages on nice stock behind solid, hardback covers. Special features include a two page "Behind the Scenes: Defining Hawkeye" overview; a two page "Top 5 Hawkeye Moments" featurette; a nice six page " Brief History of Hawkeye" feature and a cover gallery. This is another good package from Hachette featuring two good classic tales from the early days of Marvel, but sadly let down by and weak and uninteresting central story. ( )