Hawkeye (Clint Barton)

Clinton Francis "Clint" Barton, best known as Hawkeye is a fictional 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.

Hawkeye
Cover art of Hawkeye vol. 3, #5 (April 2004)
Art by Carlos Pacheco and Jesús Merino
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceAs 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 byStan Lee (writer)
Don Heck (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoClinton Francis Barton
Place of originWaverly, Iowa
Team affiliationsAvengers
Avengers Academy
Defenders
Great Lakes Avengers
New Avengers
Secret Avengers
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Thunderbolts
West Coast Avengers
Wild Pack
World Counter-terrorism Agency
PartnershipsMockingbird (ex-wife)
Kate Bishop
Black Widow
Notable aliasesGolden 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
FormatLimited series
GenreSuperhero
Publication dateVol. 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 issues4 (Vol. 1)
4 (Vol. 2)
8 (Vol. 3)
22 (Vol. 4)
Main character(s)Clint Barton / Hawkeye
Bobbi Morse / Mockingbird
Creative team
Written byVol. 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

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).

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