Introducing the uninspired Hawkeye was a brave thing to be done by Marvel and director Joss Whedon in The Avengers film, being put into the same bundle of heroic expectations as Bruce Banner, Captain America, Iron Man, and Black Widow. It's a difficult thing to accomplish, given that all four have been filled with pretense and have all starred in other Marvel flicks, except Black Widow, who did have a minor role in Iron Man 2. But it's done in a sort of strange way, since for a majority of the movie Hawkeye isn't even on the side of The Avengers. Was this a cop-out? An easy way to introduce him and put a little more leverage on the side of Loki? I wouldn't say so. Hawkeye represents that even heroes can turn bad, with a little touch of the tesseract. Yep, just the tesseract, not The Joker's insanity, or the need to strike revenge against a fellow hero, or feeling cheated. Oh, except Iron Man (he doesn't have a heart). He's had a past with Black Widow and doesn't know any of the major superheroes, except by the fact that he was trying to kill them with exploding arrows. So that's not a good first handshake, to start. A little awkward. Hawkeye got his name from the carnival. He joined up and became an archer with his brother, Barney, after both their parents died in a car accident. Similar to DC's Batman, Hawkeye doesn't have a genetically induced set of skills; he's an expert with a bow and arrow, pure and simple. He inspired to become a costumed hero after he sees Iron Man live in action. Hawkeye has the potential of being a great character in the Marvel universe, if used well alongside Black Widow. Together, they are a deadly and even romantic duo, a dangerous synthesis that could be seen as a highly advanced version of the couple from 'True Romance'.