Hawkeye (Clint Barton)

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Hawkeye

Cover art of Hawkeye vol. 3, #5 (April 2004)

Art by Carlos Pacheco and Jesús Merino
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
As Hawkeye:
Tales of Suspense #57 (Sept.
1964)
As Goliath:
Avengers #63 (April 1969)
First appearance As Golden Archer:
Captain America #179
(November 1974)
As Ronin:
The New Avengers #27 (April
2007)
Stan Lee
Created by
Don Heck
In-story information
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 Alter ego Clinton Francis Barton
Place of origin Waverly, Iowa
Avengers
Avengers Academy
Defenders
Great Lakes Avengers
New Avengers
Team af liations Secret Avengers[1]
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Thunderbolts
West Coast Avengers
Wild Pack
World Counter-terrorism Agency
Mockingbird (ex-wife)
Partnerships Kate Bishop
Black Widow
Notable aliases Golden Archer, Goliath, Ronin
• Master archer and marksman
• Expert tactician, acrobat and
hand-to-hand combatant
• Using a variety of trick arrows
• As Goliath:[2]
Abilities
◦ Superhuman
strength and
durability
◦ Size and mass
manipulation
Hawkeye
Hawkeye's rst self-titled comic book and rst
appearance with Mockingbird on the cover of Hawkeye
#1 (Sept. 1983). Art by Mark Gruenwald.
Series publication information
Format Limited series
Genre Superhero
Vol. 1:
September 1983–December 1983
Vol. 2:
January 1994–April 1994
Publication date
Vol. 3:
December 2003–August 2004
Vol. 4:
August 2012–July 2015
4 (Vol. 1)
4 (Vol. 2)
Number of issues
8 (Vol. 3)
22 (Vol. 4)
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 Clint Barton / Hawkeye
Main character(s)
Bobbi Morse / Mockingbird
Creative team
Vol. 1:
Mark Gruenwald
Vol. 2:
Chuck Dixon
Vol. 3:
Writer(s)
Fabian Nicieza
Vol. 4:
Matt Fraction
Vol. 5
Jeff Lemire
Vol. 1:
Mark Gruenwald
Vol. 2:
Scott Kolins
Vol. 3:
Artist(s) Stefano Raffaele
Joe Bennett
Vol. 4:
David Aja
Vol. 5
Ramon Perez

Hawkeye (Clinton Francis "Clint" Barton) is a ctional character appearing in American comic
books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Don Heck, the character
rst appeared as a supervillain in Tales of Suspense #57 (Sept. 1964) and later joined the Avengers
as a superhero in The Avengers #16 (May 1965). He has since been a prominent member of several
Avengers teams, founding the West Coast Avengers, brie y marrying and subsequently divorcing
Bobbi Morse / Mockingbird, adopting the Ronin alias after his death and resurrection before
mentoring Kate Bishop as his successor as Hawkeye. He was also ranked at #44 on IGN's Top 100
Comic Book Heroes list.[3]

Jeremy Renner portrayed the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe lms Thor (2011) in an
uncredited cameo appearance, The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain
America: Civil War (2016) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Additionally, Renner voiced alternate
timeline versions of the character in the Disney+ animated series What If...? and portrayed the
character in the series Hawkeye (both 2021).

Contents
• 1 Publication history
• 2 Fictional character biography
◦ 2.1 Avengers
◦ 2.2 Marriage to Mockingbird
◦ 2.3 Thunderbolts
◦ 2.4 Death and House of M
◦ 2.5 Return and New Avengers
◦ 2.6 Dark Reign and Siege
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 ◦ 2.7 Heroic Age
◦ 2.8 Shattered Heroes
◦ 2.9 Civil War II
◦ 2.10 Occupy Avengers
◦ 2.11 Secret Empire
◦ 2.12 Fresh Start
◦ 2.13 Freefall
• 3 Skills and abilities
• 4 Supporting characters
• 5 Other versions
◦ 5.1 Age of Apocalypse
◦ 5.2 Amalgam Comics
◦ 5.3 All-New Hawkeye
▪ 5.3.1 Earth-13584
◦ 5.4 Warp World
◦ 5.5 Marvel Mangaverse
◦ 5.6 Marvel Zombies
◦ 5.7 MC2
◦ 5.8 Old Man Logan
◦ 5.9 Queen's Vengeance
◦ 5.10 Secret Wars
◦ 5.11 Ultimate Marvel
◦ 5.12 What if? Dark Reign
◦ 5.13 X-Men Forever
• 6 In other media
◦ 6.1 Television
◦ 6.2 Film
◦ 6.3 Marvel Cinematic Universe
◦ 6.4 Video games
◦ 6.5 Theatre
◦ 6.6 Podcast
• 7 Reception
• 8 Collected editions
• 9 References
• 10 External links
Publication history
Hawkeye was introduced as a reluctant villain in Tales of Suspense #57 (Sept. 1964). After two
more appearances as a villain in Tales of Suspense #60 and #64 (Dec. 1964 and April 1965),
Hawkeye joined the ranks of the Avengers in The Avengers #16 (May 1965). He became a perennial
member of the team and has made numerous appearances in all ve volumes ((vol. 1) (1963–1996),
(vol. 2) (1997), (vol. 3) (1999–2004), (vol. 4) (2010–2013), and (vol. 5) (2013–present)), including
special issues and Annuals, as well as in The Ultimates. However, Hawkeye's presence in the
Avengers—both the team and the series—was sporadic for nearly a decade starting in early 1973.
Steve Englehart, the Avengers writer at the time of Hawkeye's departure, explained, "When I had
Hawkeye quit the Avengers, I liked him, but I wanted to try a different approach, so his leaving t
in with what I was trying to do."[4]

Hawkeye featured prominently in the limited series West Coast Avengers #1–4 (Sept. 1984–Dec.
1984) as founder and team leader, before appearing in the ongoing title of the same name, which ran
for 102 issues (including eight Annuals) from Oct. 1985–Jan. 1994. The title was renamed Avengers
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West Coast from #46 (Aug. 1989). Hawkeye also starred concurrently in almost every issue of Solo
Avengers, which ran for 40 issues from Dec. 1987–Jan. 1991 (the title was renamed Avengers
Spotlight from #21 (Aug. 1989)).

From 1998 to 2002, Hawkeye featured signi cantly as team leader in issues #20–75 and Annual
2000 of the title Thunderbolts, written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza. He appeared as a
supporting character in Avengers Academy from issue #21 (Jan. 2012) through its nal issue, #39
(Jan. 2013) and as team leader in Secret Avengers from issue #22 (Feb. 2012) through its nal issue,
#37 (Feb. 2013). Hawkeye appeared in vol. 2 (2013) of Secret Avengers by Nick Spencer and Luke
Ross.[5] Hawkeye appeared as a regular character in the 2010-2013 Secret Avengers series, from
issue #21.1 (March 2012) through its nal issue, #37 (March 2013).

Hawkeye featured in the Marvel crossover event House of M (2005). He later appeared (as Ronin)
in the New Avengers series from issues #26–64 (2007–2010) plus The New Avengers Annuals #2
(2008) and #3 (2010). Continuing as Ronin, the character played an important part in the crossover
event Secret Invasion #1–8 (2008). The company-wide crossover event "Dark Reign" saw Hawkeye
feature prominently in New Avengers: The Reunion #1–4 (2009) and Dark Reign: The List - New
Avengers #1 (2009). He later went on to feature in the Siege #1–4 (2010) crossover event.

Hawkeye has appeared in numerous solo adventures over the years. He appeared in Hawkeye #1–4
(1983), written by Mark Gruenwald (which was the character's rst encounter with Mockingbird
and the villain Cross re). Hawkeye then appeared in Hawkeye (vol. 2) #1–4 (1994) and Hawkeye:
Earth's Mightiest Marksman #1 (1998). In 2003, Hawkeye had a short-lived ongoing series,
Hawkeye (vol. 3) #1–8, which was soon cancelled. Writer Jim McCann and artist David Lopez had
another unsuccessful attempt at an ongoing series with Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1–6 (2010). The
series did, however, turn into two limited series, beginning with Widowmaker #1–4 (2010–2011)
and then Hawkeye: Blindspot #1–4 (2011).

A fourth volume of Hawkeye began in August 2012 by the creative team of writer Matt Fraction and
artist David Aja, which features a partnership with his protege, Kate Bishop, which was met with
critical acclaim.[6] As part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel relaunch, a new series entitled All-
New Hawkeye began in March 2015, written by Jeff Lemire with art by Ramon Perez, which only
lasted 5 issues, then a second volume which continued the previous story ended after 6 issues.

Over the years, Hawkeye has made guest appearances in numerous Marvel titles, the most notable
being Daredevil #99 (1973), Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #166 (1973), Marvel Team-Up #22 (1974),
Ghost Rider #27 (1977), Marvel Team-Up #92 (1980), Marvel Fanfare #3 (1982), Captain America
#317 (1986), Contest of Champions II #3-5 (1999), Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America #3
(2008), War Machine vol. 2 #8-10 (2009), Young Avengers Presents #6 (2008) and Captain
America: Reborn #3-6 (2009–2010).

Post-Civil War II, Hawkeye starred in a new solo series called Occupy Avengers written by David
Walker and penciled by Carlos Pacheco.[7] Kate Bishop starred in the fth volume of Hawkeye.[8]
However, the book was cancelled with its 16th and nal issue in early 2018.[9]
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