Kate Bishop (Marvel)
Kate Bishop is a female comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Katherine Elizabeth Bishop
Despite that, she never let the mansion and remained behind where she saw the Avengers in a confrontation with Kang who was looking for his younger self. He came to convince them to hand Iron Lad over as the longer he was in the present then it meant that all of time would collapse. Kate then went into the vault and remembered the code used for the door thus freeing the Young Avengers who were being kept there until their parents could be called to collect them. Bishop then provided her team mates various equipment she had gathered from the mansion whilst she had taken Mockingbird's mask and battle staves, Swordman's sword and Hawkeye's bow along with quiver. The Young Avengers then attempted to flee to escape both Kang and the Avengers. (Young Avengers v1 #4)
Hawkeye and Patriot later responded to an incident when Firebrand was robbing a Roxxon Energy Corporation gas station. Working together, they came to defeat the supervillain but then Iron Man arrived to arrest the two heroes for breaking the Superhuman Registration Act. To escape, Kate used an EMP arrow to shutdown the Iron Man Armor allowing for her and Patriot to escape the scene. They were then confronted by a person wearing the Captain America uniform who looked to arrest them. He criticised Kate on operating under the Hawkeye name but she said that she wore it to honor the original namely Clint Barton. Her words and those of Patriot came to convince the person to let the two Young Avengers escape the scene before Iron Man could arrive to arrest them. (Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America v1 #3)
She later had a night out with Noh-Varr with the two sleeping together as the pair began a relationship. The day after she awoke on his ship that came under attack from Skrulls. (Young Avengers v2 #1)
After responding to an attack in Los Angeles, she came to the conclusion that the West Coast required a superhero team to protect it from attack. Thus, she decided to reform the West Coast Avengers and began looking to recruit others to help her. (West Coast Avengers v3 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
She later came to operate under the name of Hawkeye. (Young Avengers v1 #12)
Kate had sad that she had neve been comfortable with her family's wealth. (Young Avengers Special v1 #1)
The death of her mother deeply affected the family with Kate's father expanding his business empire whilst her sister simply spent his money. (Young Avengers Special v1 #1) Her father was noted to had re-married a much younger blonde-haired woman named Heather Bishop. She was said to had been 3 years older that Kate with the two having attended the same school together. (Hawkeye Annual v4 #1)
She had said that she had taken the name Hawkeye in order to honor the original one namely Clint Barton after it was believed that he ha died. (Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America v1 #3)
Powers and abilities
She was said to possess a strong degree of skill and was a well-above-average combatant with her being self-taught. (Hawkeye Annual v4 #1)
At first, certain trick arrows were provided to her by T'Challa who gave Kate an EMP arrow for use in case of emergencies. (Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America v1 #3)
Notes
- Kate Bishop was created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung where she made her first appearance in Young Avengers v1 #1 (April, 2005).
Alternate Versions
- In Old Man Hawkeye v1 (2018), an alternate version of Kate Bishop appeared in a world designated as Earth-807238. This version lived in a world where the Red Skull had led a supervillain uprising against the world's superheroes that were largely killed. She came to had founded a sanctuary town in the Wastelands where she managed as mayor and looked after its inhabitants.
In other media
Television
- In Avengers Assemble, Kate Bishop appeared in a non-voiced role as Hawkeye in the setting of the animated television series second season Ultron Revolution in the episode "Into the Future".
- In Hawkeye, Kate Bishop appeared in the setting of the live-action television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where she was portrayed by actress Hailee Steinfeld.
Video games
- In Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Kate Bishop was referenced in a win quote dialogue by Hawkeye in the fighting video game where he said that she made a good Hawkeye but that there was no substitute for the original.
- In Marvel Heroes, Kate Bishop appeared as an enhanced costume for Hawkeye where she was voiced by actress Amanda C. Miller.
- In Marvel: Future Fight, Kate Bishop as Hawkeye appeared as a playable character in the setting of the mobile video game.
- In Marvel's Avengers, Kate Bishop as Hawkeye appeared as a playable character through DLC where she was voiced by actress Ashly Burch.
Appearances
- Young Avengers v1: (2005)
- Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America v1:
- Young Avengers v2:
- Hawkeye v4:
- All-New Hawkeye v2:
- Old Man Hawkeye v1:
- West Coast Avengers v3:
- Hawkeye: Kate Bishop v1: (2021)
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