Hawkeye (Clint Barton)

Hawkeye
Variant cover art of Avengers #42 (February 2021) Art by Alex Ross
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	As Hawkeye: Tales of Suspense #57 (September 1964) As Goliath: Avengers #63 (April 1969) As Golden Archer: Captain America #179 (November 1974) As Ronin: The New Avengers #27 (April 2007)
Created by	Stan Lee (writer) Don Heck (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Clinton Francis Barton
Place of origin	Waverly, Iowa
Team affiliations	Avengers Avengers Academy Defenders Great Lakes Avengers New Avengers Secret Avengers[1] S.H.I.E.L.D. Thunderbolts West Coast Avengers Wild Pack World Counter-terrorism Agency
Partnerships	Mockingbird (ex-wife) Kate Bishop Black Widow
Notable aliases	Golden Archer, Goliath, Ronin
Abilities	Master archer and marksman Expert martial artist, hand-to-hand combatant, and acrobat Skilled strategist and tactician Utilizes high-tech equipment, armor, compound bow, and various types of specialty arrows
Hawkeye Publication information Format Limited series Genre Superhero Publication date Vol. 1: September 1983 – December 1983 Vol. 2: January 1994 – April 1994 Vol. 3: December 2003–August 2004 Vol. 4: August 2012–July 2015 No. of issues 4 (Vol. 1) 4 (Vol. 2) 8 (Vol. 3) 22 (Vol. 4) Main character(s) Clint Barton/Hawkeye Bobbi Morse/Mockingbird Creative team Written by Vol. 1: Mark Gruenwald Vol. 2: Chuck Dixon Vol. 3: Fabian Nicieza Vol. 4: Matt Fraction Vol. 5 Jeff Lemire Artist(s) Vol. 1: Mark Gruenwald Vol. 2: Scott Kolins Vol. 3: Stefano Raffaele Joe Bennett Vol. 4: David Aja Vol. 5 Ramon Perez

Hawkeye (Clinton Francis "Clint" Barton) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Don Heck, the character first appeared as a supervillain in Tales of Suspense #57 (September 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, briefly 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.^[2]

Jeremy Renner plays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), and Avengers: Endgame (2019), the animated series What If...? (2021), and the television miniseries Hawkeye (2021).