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.
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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) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Alter ego | Clinton Francis Barton | ||||||||||||||||||||
Place of origin | Waverly, Iowa | ||||||||||||||||||||
Team affiliations | Avengers 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Partnerships | Mockingbird (ex-wife) Kate Bishop Black Widow | ||||||||||||||||||||
Notable aliases | Golden Archer, Goliath, Ronin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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).