Clint Barton was an orphan who joined the circus, where he became a master of the bow and arrow. He was originally mistaken for a criminal and then coerced by Russian spy the Black Widow (she later reformed and became an Avenger herself) into a life of crime. It wasn’t in his heart to be a criminal, so he approached the Avengers and asked for a chance to redeem himself. At first he didn’t fit in with the team, constantly challenging and arguing with team leader Captain America, but he later became an important team member. Hawkeye has no superhuman abilities other than being a master archer. He employs all sorts of "trick" arrows such as explosive arrows. He was for a short time the hero Goliath, taking Henry Pym’s growth serum to gain the ability to grow into a giant.
