Since 2005, there have actually been two Hawkeyes in the comics: Clint Barton, who most are already familiar with; and Kate Bishop, who was created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung for Young Avengers.
For around 14 years, both Hawkeyes have shared an equal amount of the spotlight and both have managed to win over readers by starring in some truly spectacular comics, with some electing to focus on one version of the character over the other.
In truth, turning Hawkeye into a legacy character has proven to be one of the best things to ever happen to him. It opened up whole new realms of story-telling potential, and with both Kate and Clint never short of fans, it's difficult to think of a year where both haven't featured in a significant way.
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.
