Hawkeye also known as Goliath and Ronin, is a fiction

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al character

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 that appears in the comic book

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s published by Marvel Comics

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. The character first appeared in Tales of Suspense

Tales of Suspense

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#57 (Sept. 1964) and was created by writer Stan Lee

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 and artist Don Heck

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. Hawkeye joined the Avengers

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 in Avengers Vol. 1 #16 (May. 1965) and has been a prominent member of the team ever since.

In the upcoming live-action film The Avengers (2012) Hawkeye will be portrayed by Jeremy Renner

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