Ronin/Clint
Barton has been caught by Daredevil in the middle of a room full of dead Maggia
soldiers. Clint explains they were killed by the Hood’s men who were looking
for Ronin. DD suggest Clint should make a priority of hunting Ronin too…which
totally confuses Clint since he is wearing Ronin’s armor. He wonders if
Daredevil is blind but decides he was mistaken. DD invites him to the meeting
of a hero task force the following night….
Hawkeye
arrives at the rendezvous to find Winter Soldier, Falcon, and Night Thrasher watching
outside a new Hood safe house, planning to capture Ronin when he shows up. He offers
to watch the building from the other side and, when out of sight, he enters the
building to take on the Hood and his men singlehandedly which almost gets him
killed by the Hood’s supernatural powers but at least results in a serious
beating….
Back
at his basement base, Clint is trying to teach the LMD how to impersonate Ronin
when Bryce arrives. Clint explains all of the plans he is pursuing to knock the
Hood out of business but there’s one he didn’t know about; Bryce fills him in
on the Hood’s bank, a completely honest business. Bryce also delivers a list of
known aliens in the US….
Clint
stops a subway street entertainer and forces him to reveal that he’s a Skrull;
he then hires the guy for a mission….
Hawkeye attends the next mission of the task
force at the docks, with Winter Soldier, Falcon, and Night Thrasher joined by
Mockingbird, D-Man, U.S. Agent. They split up into teams with Clint joining
U.S. Agent on patrol. As soon as they are out of sight, Clint knocks out Agent
and joins the Skrull impersonating Ronin. Then the LMD arrives as Ronin so
Hawkeye shoots it in the head and dumps it in the river. Clint has the Skrull
hurriedly swap costumes with him so Clint/Ronin can get away—but he runs into
Spider-Man who gives him a mild beating then unmasks him as Hawkeye, having
spotted the LMD on its way over. Clint makes up a story that he is on a secret
mission for Captain America…and pleads with Spidey to trust him. Spidey
reluctantly agrees and leaves. Soon, the heroes give up the stakeout and the
Skrull/Hawkeye joins the others but rouses suspicion as the Skrull doesn’t know
that Mockingbird is Clint’s ex-wife and so talks to her without the personal
banter. Skrull/Hawkeye heads home—and encounters Bullseye….