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Superhero Origins: Hawkeye


he’s gone from the reluctant villain to
a member of the Avengers welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re exploring
the comic book origin of Hawkeye as with
most comic book characters there are
often reimagine ations and different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
which unfolded in tales of suspense and
was expanded on in the Avengers orphaned
at an early age
Clinton Barton was raised in a
children’s home running away to join a
traveling carnival he made a living as
an expert Archer and Acrobat one night
there was a deadly ride malfunction
helpless to do anything
Barton stood and watched his Iron Man
flew in and prevented a horrific
disaster to the wild cheers of the
audience filled with insane jealousy
Barton craved the same appreciation as a
result the ace Archer decided to set up
a basement workshop to create a flashy
costume and mechanical gimmicks these
would compensate for his lack of
superpowers aside from his acrobatic
skills and unfailing accuracy with a bow
and arrow soon after he took to the
night with his new suction cup arrows
and pulley device almost instantly he
witnessed the heist hind’ the criminal
against the pole with an arrow and
swooped down to take a look at what was
stolen the police arrived only to think
that he was one of the criminals
responsible dropping the jewelry he was
pursued before being rescued by Black
Widow a spy for Soviet Russia smitten by
her beauty Hawkeye agreed to partner
with the villain in order to help her
defeat iron man to stack the odds in
Hawkeye’s favor
the duo stole technology from
industrialist Tony Stark
while using her financial resources to
further arm the archer with deadly
state-of-the-art arrows engaging Iron
Man several times
Hawkeye struggled with his misgivings
about his role in the conflict
he had unintentionally found himself in
the role of a super villain while he was
defeated on every occasion an injury to
Black Widow caused Barton to pledge to
go straight and apply as a member of the
Avengers superhero team in yet another
chaotic start his application consisted
of breaking into the Avengers mansion
and binding and gagging the team’s
Butler Edwin Jarvis
despite this misstep his talents were
recognized and he was accepted as a full
member of the newest team which
consisted of Captain America Quicksilver
and Scarlet Witch trained by Captain
America and tactics and martial arts he
has since established himself
as a steady force for good and a deadly
opponent due to his use of trick arrows
and unparalleled precision
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