Hawkeye

Hawkeye (Katherine "Kate" Bishop) is a fictional comic book character. She is a member of the Young Avengers, a team of superheroes in the Marvel Comics' shared universe, the Marvel Universe. She is the third character to take that name, the first being the original Hawkeye, Clint Barton of the Avengers, and the second being Wyatt McDonald of the Squadron Supreme, later known as Golden Archer. Her costume appearance is patterned on the first Hawk... more

Hawkeye (Katherine "Kate" Bishop) is a fictional comic book character. She is a member of the Young Avengers, a team of superheroes in the Marvel Comics' shared universe, the Marvel Universe. She is the third character to take that name, the first being the original Hawkeye, Clint Barton of the Avengers, and the second being Wyatt McDonald of the Squadron Supreme, later known as Golden Archer. Her costume appearance is patterned on the first Hawkeye and Mockingbird. She first appeared in Young Avengers #1 (April, 2005). The issue was scripted by Allan Heinberg and drawn by Jim Cheung. Young Avengers Special revealed that sometime prior to joining the team she was brutally attacked in (what appears to be) Central Park. At first, the incident left Kate traumatized, but then it spurred her to engage in intense combat training. So far the team is unaware of this incident as Kate only told her therapist and Jessica Jones. The exact nature of the attack is not made clear—only the initial... less