Tear Jerker / Hawkeye (2012)

• Issue #9. The ending is brutal and not something you see coming.
  • And in a Kick the Dog moment for the reader, it replays the ending of Issue #9 for Issue #10.
  • Even before the ending, the issue delivers a gut punch with Clint's defeated little comment when Kate is trying to convince him that he isn't a complete screw-up.
  Clint: Look at me. Look at all these things I've done.
  • Even more upsetting is the implication that he isn't just talking about messing up his relationship with Jessica, but his relationship with Bobbi as well, and bringing his friends and neighbours into a mess that had led to him guarding the building.
• Issue #11: Kate has finally had enough of Clint's crap and she finally leaves him (though it might have something to do with parents turning into evil monsters around her). Lucky decides to follow her.
• Issue #21:. Good Lord Issue 21. Barney dies in Clint's arms, which is sad enough on its own, but Clint's internal monologue and the panels leading up to it are heartbreakingly disoriented as he tries to make sense of what's happening. "Barney's gonna HURT". Cue waterworks.