Clint Barton is an ordinary person in a superhero team

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Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye, is one of the famous heroes of the Marvel comics universe, a former agent of the S. H. I. E. L. D. organization. and a member of the superhero team known as the Avengers. The character's full name is Clinton Francis Barton, but it is not used in the films.

Despite the fact that film adaptations often sin by simplifying the stories of their characters and changing important plot twists, Clint Barton is one of those heroes whose life on the screen is no less interesting than on the pages of comics.

Life before the Avengers

A proven marksman and disciplined operative, Clint Barton has taken on some of the toughest and most dangerous missions in the SHIELD crime and supervillain agency. Often he had to be in the shoes of a hired killer. For example, once he received an order to kill a woman who worked under the pseudonym "Black Widow" and was a Russian spy. However, Clint did not eliminate her. On the contrary, having met her and learned her real name, Barton helped Natasha Romanoff to go to serve in S. H. I. E. L. D. and became her brother in arms and reliable partner.

For colleagues, Clint Barton has always been a "lone wolf". Almost no one guessed that, before joining the ranks of secret agents, he agreed with the director of the S. H. I. E. L. D. organization. Nick Fury that his family will be kept secret from everyone, protected in case of danger and not abandoned if Clinton dies. When Thor's Hammer was discovered in New Mexico, Hawkeye, along with other agents, was assigned to the group guarding the impact crater. He saw with his own eyes Thor, who came to return his weapon, and even held him at gunpoint.

Avengers: Battle for New York and Age of Ultron

After the battle and destruction in New Mexico, when both gods from another world left the Earth, Clint Barton was one of the defenders of the Tesseract. He was present next to him and during the appearance of Loki, who took advantage of Clint and took over his consciousness. Hawkeye became his mercenary and bodyguard, carrying out all sorts of orders from the dangerous god and committing murders.

Natasha Romanoff became aware of this and, interrupting one of the missions to save her best friend, she went in search of him. After the duel with Natasha, Clint regained his memory, and Loki's powers no longer owned his mind. Wanting to avenge his enslavement and prevent him from taking over the Earth, Barton joined the Avengers in the fight against the Chitauri that attacked Manhattan.

Next time, the Avengers team up to find Loki's stolen staff. Footprints will lead them to a smallthe country of Zokovia, where the base of the criminal organization "Hydra" is located. In a fierce duel, they managed to return the artifact, but Clint Barton was seriously injured. Fortunately, he was successfully treated upon his return to New York.

After the creation of Ultron by Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, who did not want to obey the people, Hawkeye returned to the Avengers and began to fight the distraught artificial intelligence along with them. After several unsuccessful battles, the Avengers decided to go into the shadows for a while. Barton allowed them to hide in the house where he lives with a family that no one but Natasha knew about.

In the last duel with Ultron, Clint fought shoulder to shoulder with the Scarlet Witch, urging her to protect her homeland, and was saved by her brother Quicksilver from death. Having fallen under a machine-gun fire and died, Mercury still managed to save Clint and a little boy, the son of a local resident.

Combat skills

Hawkeye's main talent is his unsurpassed marksmanship. A bow for him is like an extension of a hand that faithfully obeys and does not let its owner down. It was Clint's mastery of weapons that made Clint a full member of the Avengers team even before the S. H. I. E. L. D. crashed, one of his top operatives.

Of Barton's other abilities, the most useful in saving the world are:

• mastery of both bow and crossbow;
• sharp vision and hearing, allowing you to shoot at the enemy, almost without looking at him, which helped him a lotfighting the chituari during the Battle of Manhattan;
• the ability to pilot the Quinjets acquired while serving in SHIELD

Film Appearances

Hawkeye (Clint Barton) first appeared on the screen in the movie "Thor", and then - in both parts of the movie epic "The Avengers". Clint Barton was portrayed by actor Jeremy Renner.

Despite the fact that some fans of Marvel comics were initially skeptical about the choice of him for this role, in the end he won their love. And he even made me worry when, before the shooting of the second part, there was a rumor that the actor would be replaced. As a result, Renner again embodied in Hawkeye, who in the new film was shown to the viewer from an unexpected side, "introducing" his wife Laura and two children - Cooper and Lila.

Clint Barton also appears in Captain America: Civil War. The film tells about the struggle between superheroes, and Barton has to take the side of Steve Rogers, join the battle with many yesterday's friends. Among them is Natasha Romanoff, after whom he and his wife named their son Nathaniel.