First introduced in Tales of Suspense #57 as a villain, Clint Barton soon switches allegiance and becomes an Avenger. Unlike his comrades, however, Clint doesn't fall in line. He frequently gets into arguments with Captain America and Iron Man, and as one of the team's less 'gifted' individuals (he won't be leaping buildings in single bounds, let's put it that way), he often felt compelled to overexert himself in order to justify a place.
Clint's own leadership qualities eventually led to a rift in the team, as he headed west to found the West Coast Avengers. They too have become a staple of Marvel's books, and given how the bulk of superhero activity in the Marvel Universe is located in New York City, it could be considered a practical move by the archer.
No matter how much recent narratives attempt to minimise Hawkeye's contributions to the Avengers, he's still very much an essential member of the team and one of its greatest ever members. Take into account his solo books as well, and it's likely he'd take a similar position on a list chronicling Marvel's greatest heroes in general too.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
