The plot is really simple, a disgruntled Hawkeye is forced to leave the Avengers to make way for the Falcon, as part of a government racial quota kind of thing. This leaves Hawkeye essentially unemployed but on retainer from the Avengers. We are treated to a look at Hawk's dilapidated flat in a rare touch of realism, which while his abode is not quite Dickensian, it is certainly in need of some D.I.Y. There are some humourous touches here too as we see a picture of the Scarlet Witch on the wall and a picture of the Falcon with some darts stuck in it.
There's a beautiful splash page at the beginning of this issue by John Byrne, depicting Thor swirling his hammer ready to take off and Iron Man in the doorway waving goodbye. As good as George Perez was at the time he hadn't quite matured into the artist he would become later in his career, and these Byrne issues were the standard against almost all other Avengers mags in the 70's were measured by (except for Neal Adams' issues during the Kree-Skrull war).
Anyway back to Hawkeye and his Job search. He spots an add in the paper for a security guard at Crosstech Technoligies, a rival to Stark Industries. Hawk impresses the guy with his guile claiming that if it was that easy for him to break in to the building, that he would be a highly effective security official. In a classic piece of jackassery, Hawkeye has his two feet on the table reading Playboy, when the employee arrives.
In a piece of happenstance, there had been a series of break-ins lately at the plant, and Hawkeye is engaged with Deathbird! I haven't the issue at hand right now, but there is a 5 or 6 page fight scene between two that establish
Hawkeye as a force to be reckoned with, and that in a world of Asgardian Gods, Iron Men, and super soldiers, show that Clint Barton has what it takes to stand with the best of them. All in all, a highly entertaining issue...
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