Clint Barton

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

## Hawkeye

* Hawkeye
* Clint Barton

Bowslinger, Bowman, Clint, Hawkguy, Legolas, Robin Hood, The Marksman, Sharpshooter (Nickname)

### Relatives

Harold Barton (Father, Deceased)
Edith Barton (Mother, Deceased)
Charles "Barney" Barton (Brother)

### Affiliation

Avengers (Member)
Shield (Agent)
Sentinels (Former Member)
Tiboldt Circus (Former Member)

## Biographical Information

### Marital Status

Single
Exes (Natasha Romanova, Ex-Lover)

### Residence

Avengers Mansion
890 Fifth Avenue
Manhattan, New York City, NY

## Background Narrative

### Clint Barton: 1967 - 1978

Clinton "Clint" Barton is the second son of Harold and Edith Barton. He grew up working in his family's butcher shop. Clint and his older brother Barney were often made victims of their father's drunken abuse which only grew increasingly brutal. Though Barney would protect himself from the worst of this, a ten-year-old Clint was hospitalized when his father threw him down the basement stairs.

### Clint Barton: 1978 - 1980

After Clint recovered, Barney began teaching Clint how to fight. When an especially drunken Harold tried to hurt an eleven-year-old Clint, the boy took some lumps, but he gave it as good as he got. It would be the last time Harold would lay a hand on Clint. Within a year of this, Harold and Edith would be dead while a drunken Harold was driving their car home after celebrating their anniversary.

### Clint Barton: 1980 -1983

Clint and Barney were sent to a foster home. They had a good three years, but after their foster mother struck Clint for breaking a window while the boys were playing catch, Barney woke Clint up in the middle of the night suggesting that they run away to join the circus which was in a neighboring town. Clint did not want to go, but when he realized Barney was serious, he fled with his brother rather than be without him.

### Clint Barton: 1983 - 1988

While Barney was working as a roustabout for the circus, Clint trained under two of the circus' performers, Jacques Duquesne and Buck Chisholm, in fencing, knife-throwing, and archery. Clint would also do some training with other performers in the circus, learning some acrobatics and animal handling. Clint was particularly adept at archery, and he and Barney would soon perform their own archery act.

After years with the circus, Clint was approached by SSD agents Maria Hill and Phil Coulson during the circus' European tour. The agents told Clint that the circus was under investigation for trafficking weapons and carrying out a series of crimes in the towns they went through. The agents tried to recruit Clint as an informant in exchange for immunity for Barney, who the agents said had been recruited into the criminal element of the circus. Clint refused to believe his brother had any part in such activity, and he ran away from the SSD agents to go warn his brother.

Clint told Duquesne, Chisholm and Barney about the agents. Hearing a portion of Clint's story, Duquesne struck Clint and demanded to know what he told the SSD. Caught off-guard, Clint was defenseless and dazed. Clint's ears were still ringing as his interrogation began, leaving him unable to comprehend what was being asked of him. When Chisholm joined in on the beating, Clint was only further confused, bringing more violence to him when he could not understand their inquires enough to give answers. Before Clint was beaten to death, Barney convinced the men that they should flee, and so they did, leaving a broken and bloodied Clint for death.

### Clint Barton: 1988 - 1989

Clint recovered in the custody of an SSD safe house for his own protection. However, Clint was hesitant to provide any information to help our investigation. When I visited to oversee his departure, I observed Clint practicing his archery. I was impressed and decided to conduct the young man's debriefing myself. In the course of a long walk and talk on a nature path, I observed Clint's sharp senses in action. Rather than let Clint go, I decided to recruit him.

For his first field assignment, I chose to put Clint on a protective surveillance detail in Hungary. There was a peaceful dissolution of communist control in the area, and I needed to make sure that it stayed peaceful. However, the Russian Red Room had other ideas and sent their operatives to destabilize the region. While Clint and other agents worked to counter the Red Room agents, word came in where there was a sighting of Natalia Romanova — an ex-Red Room operative believed to have retired. After he encountered her in the field, Clint suspected she wasn't going for the bad guys and took an interest in finding out what she was doing in the area.

Clint managed to find and get through to Natalia, though in doing so, he landed himself in the middle of a Red Room trap meant for her. With Clint's help, Natalia survived the ambush. Imagine how impressed I was when this rookie Sentinel brought me the world's most wanted ex-assassin looking for a job.

### Hawkeye: 1990 - 1992

After he brought Natalia Romanova into the ranks of the Sentinels, Clint Barton proved himself to be one of my favorite agents. Rarely did this unlikely recruit disappoint me. I took a chance and kept him paired up with Natalia. In hindsight, there was a significant risk that Natalia could've been playing an elaborate honeytrap on young Agent Barton. These days, I probably wouldn't take this sort of chance, but at the time, I thought the two's relationship was integral to keeping Natalia on our side — so I didn't dare break these two apart.

However, when the two broke up, that same relationship that worked so well in the field became a risk that I couldn't get a handle on. So, I arranged to transfer Barton on asset recovery. He was assigned to the Weapon H program, complications from Barton's childhood injuries and a recent accident with a flashbang arrow led to him battling with hearing loss. While he was in recovery, Barton took up training to a degree several notches from what he ever had before. Of course, the added training also cranked up Barton's stress levels, and the poor guy might've had a mental breakdown if Natalia hadn't checked in on him.

At Natalia's suggestion, Barton became a movie buff to relieve his stress and also to help him learn to read lips to offset his hearing loss. The week Barton received his clearance to return to field status, Natalia took Barton on a movie date to see *The Last of the Mohicans*. Barton enjoyed the film enjoyed the film enough that when it was time for him to take a callsign for his team's radio traffic, he chose "Hawkeye" — after the character Daniel Day-Lewis portrayed in the film.

### Hawkeye: 1992 - 1994

Barton served Weapon H with diligence. Though he was mocked by some of his peers after returning from medical leave, Barton's skills quickly shut most of them up. Of course, a bow and arrow aren't Barton's only weapons. He's also equipped with a fierce, sharp with. He made sure to return harsh criticism upon his tormentors until the harassment stopped.

Of course, just because he was sent all over the map in search of a fugitive scientist that was usually two steps ahead of the Sentinels, Barton still had plenty of chances to prove himself. These were several instances where Barton spotted clues that nearly put Banner in Sentinel custody and twice, Barton just about had Banner... but the SSD was greatly underestimating both Banner's brain and the Hulk's brawn — letting Banner escaped certain capture. The first time being confronted with the Hulk face-to-face, Barton requested a transfer — which was denied. The second time, he was going to resign and live on a farm, but I managed to talk him into a different course of action. I brought him on board with Shield... and reunited him with Natalia.

### Hawkeye: 1994 - 1995

There was a lot of work to keep the creation of Shield on-track. Key figures needed to be protected and influenced, documents needed to be delivered to the right hands, and important covert meetings needed to be arranged. Barton and Natalia handled several instances of each of these tasks... and they did it while also still juggling their duties with the SSD.

When Shield was founded, both Barton and Natalia proved themselves loyal to me. I rewarded the pair's service by asking them to join my big secret weapon — the Avengers. Barton was uncertain about joining the team. He seems to think it was a genuine joke on my part to even consider him. I think the only reason he ended up agreeing was that I agreed to give him a ridiculous budget for testing out and building custom trick arrows.

A few months later, when I gave Barton and Natalia the prototypes for their Shield jumpsuits which would double as their Avengers' outfits, Barton requested he get a chance to make some modifications. At the time, I assumed he wanted to tweak the suit to better accommodate the use of a bow and quiver; so I gave him carte blanche and expected him to turn out a simple redesign with small modifications. However, I had no words when Barton turned up wearing a purple and blue armored costume with a big H on his forehead. Serves me right, I guess. I should have known that Barton's always liked to stand out. Damn prima donna.

The media will have a field day when a guy with a bow and arrow shows up on the team. However, I expect that works just fine for Barton. He liked to be underestimated.

## Shield Analysis

### Special Value: 3

* **Eyesight:** Barton possesses naturally extraordinary eyesight. His eyes are more acute than normal humans. This incredible eyesight has contributed to several of his other skills.
	+ ***Hearing Loss:*** Barton has significant loss of hearing in his right ear caused by his childhood abuse.
* **Physical Conditioning:** Barton has trained his body to peak athletic levels. He has exceptional strength, endurance, speed, and stamina fitting for a man of his size, mass, and build.

### Heuristics Value: 6

* **Reflexes:** Though Barton is a fully "normal" human being, being neither augmented nor aberrant, his reflexes are better than 99% of the rest of the human race. He can't dodge bullets, but if he notices a gun barrel being swung toward him or a trigger finger getting itchy, Clint can move fast enough to make you swear he did actually dodge bullets.
* **Archery:** Through a combination of intense training and natural talent, Barton is a master archer that specializes in the use of standard bows, longbows, compound bows, and crossbows with near-perfect accuracy. He can utilize a number of outstanding feats and incredible trick shots. In order to keep his skills honed, Barton generally practices several hours each and every day.
* **Martial Arts:** Barton is an excellent martial artist. He was trained in various forms of martial arts, through his usual preferred hand-to-hand style is his own brawling style.
* **Thrown Weaponry:** Barton is known as one of the world's most skillful and accurate archers, but he has trained himself to make precise shots with other weaponry including throwing knives, bolas, and boomerangs. Similarly to his use of a bow and arrow, Barton can use these weapons to employ a variety of trick shots and unconventional techniques.
* **Weaponsmaster:** Barton's incredible reflexes and hand-to-eye coordination allow him to master most weaponry. With his professional training in fencing, Barton is considered to be one of the world's best swordfighters.

### Intellectual Value: 5

* **Cunning:** Though lacking much formal education, Barton is an unconventionally smart and clever individual. He gets out of a lot of dangerous situations through wits and his iron will.
* **Strategy:** Barton is a highly competent strategist, tactician, and field commander.

### Expertise Value: 3

* **Acrobatics:** Barton is an extraordinary skilled gymnast, acrobat, and aerialist.
* **Weapons Designer:** Barton is capable of crafting master-grade arrows, bows, blades, darts, throwing irons, bolas and axes. He has developed many of his own custom trick arrows.

### Logistics Value: 3

* **Linguistics:** Barton speaks English fluently and speaks some Italian and Russian. He knows American Sign Language.
* **Vehicle Operation:** Barton is a master motorcyclist. His great eyesight and reflexes have also lent themselves well to his training with the piloting of the prototype Shield Quinjet.

### Director's Value: 7

* **Hawkeye:** "Despite how useful I have found Clint to be, I am continually met with significant resistance to granting him security clearance beyond this level due to connections to multiple criminal agents and his past relationship with a Russian assassin."

### "Cora"

* **Custom-built Compound Bow:** This isn't an ordinary bow; it's a highly advanced, collapsible compound bow. It has an adjustable draw weight, allowing its user to control the speed and force of fired arrows. Using this bow, Barton can swiftly make adjustments to accommodate the particular arrow he's using or the situation at hand. Using this bow, Barton can use high draw weights that would be impossible for the typical archer.

### Quiver

* **Quick-Select Arrow Dispenser:** The quiver is highly sophisticated and equipped with a special built-in arrowhead exchanger mechanism that allows Barton to switch between arrowheads based on the selection made on a discreet control pad on his bow, which provides immediate access to a wide range of tools and weapons. The quiver is also specially designed to hold a large number of arrows without being overly bulky or cumbersome and even allows Barton to be completely inverted without spilling its contents.

### Arsenal of Arrows

* **Standard Arrows:** These are basic, lethal arrows that Barton uses for straightforward combat situations. In addition to the standard arrowhead, Barton has blunted arrows, target arrows, Adamantium-tipped armor-piercing arrowheads.
* **Explosive Arrows:** These arrows fitted with a grenade or other explosive are usually set to explode on impact, upon proximity detection, or by remote control activation (suing a trigger on Barton's bow). Whatever the means of detonation, these are often quite destructive. However, Barton also uses explosive arrows that deliver smoke, glue, fire-retardant, slippery oil, and sensory disorienting flashes upon detonation.
* **Electric Arrows:** Also known as "shock", "stun", or "taser" arrows, these are designed to deliver a powerful electric shock to incapacitate enemies in a non-lethal manner. Similarly these arrows can be quickly adjusted to function as EMP grenades, causing a small explosion that emits a localized electromagnetic pulse upon detonation, causing various unshielded electronics to malfunction.
* **Grapple Arrows:** These arrows are equipped with grapple hooks and cables, useful for creating zip-lines or climbing. Upon firing, these arrows often attach a high-tensile strength wire to Barton's bow, but Barton can also quickly calibrate these arrows to dispense their wire in several other manners to accommodate the situation.
* **Pym Particle Arrows:** These arrows use Pym Particles to temporarily change the size of its struck target. These are experimental (and expensive), so Barton only carries two such arrowheads (one each of a red and a blue) in his quiver and has yet to deploy either in the field.

### Hawkeye Suit

* **Purple and Blue Tactical Armor:** Barton's armor provides reasonable protection while allowing him to maintain his mobility. The suit's cowl features a prominent mask that fans out from the eyes. This distinct feature is more than an odd cosmetic choice. This feature was developed by the SSD to enhance hearing, channeling soundwaves to the cowl's built-in earpieces.

### "Cherry"

* **1970 Dodge Challenger:** Barton own this red and black-stripped muscle car, which he named and gendered as female. Though he is very protective of his car, he still insists on using it in the field. Whenever a part is damaged, Barton used that an excuse to retrofit the car with more tactical protections and armaments.

### "Vantastic"

* **Old SSD Fleet Van:** Barton also owns an armored SSD van, which he uses as a mobile base when the use of a sporty red muscle car wouldn't be ideal.

### Threat Assessment

* **Special Value:** 3
* **Heuristics Value:** 6
* **Intellectual Value:** 5
* **Expertise Value:** 3
* **Logistics Value:** 3
* **Director's Value:** 7
	+ **TOTAL:** 27

## Trivia and Notes

### Notes

* Clint Barton resides in Subsidiary Reality M, within Murum Locus.
* Hawkeye is a character originating from *Marvel Comics*.

## Fury Files

Fury Files: Clint BartonFury Files: Clint Barton 2Fury Files: Avengers Assembly

## Links and References

* Appearances of Clint Barton

1. ↑ Fury Files: Clint Barton
2. ↑ Fury Files: Clint Barton 2