Hawkeye (Kate Bishop)

Hawkeye (Katherine Elizabeth "Kate" Bishop) is a fictional 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.

Fictional character biography

Young Avengers Special

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 ambush is shown on panel. However, based on her conversation with Jessica Jones, it can be assumed that the attack was sexual in nature – most likely rape – since Jessica Jones replies that a similar incident led her to end her own superhero career (a reference to the psychological sexual torture she went through for eight months at the hands of Zebediah Killgrave).

Young Avengers

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