In Case You Forgot, Here’s Who Ronin Is in 'Hawkeye'

Photo credit: Marvel Comics
Photo credit: Marvel Comics

A Hawkeye television show has been long overdue. We’ve only gotten updates about the character through brief scenes in movies with much bigger plots, like when we all saw Clint’s family for the first time during Avengers: Age of Ultron. In the past, he’s been tied to the hip with Black Widow, but now that she’s gone, Clint has to fend for himself. Oh, and Christmas is right around the corner.

The central premise of the arrow-shooting hero’s new show is all about a mysterious boogeyman named Ronin. He went on an all-out killing spree before the events of the show, pissed off a lot of people, then vanished. And that’s not to be confused with the alien warlord Ronan the Accuser from Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain Marvel. No, this Ronin is completely human, and someone we already know the identity of.

With Avengers Tower destroyed, relics the team hid over the years have begun to pop up around New York City, and there’s interest in collecting the rare items the Avengers had. One such item was Ronin’s suit, plus his swords. When Kate Bishop stumbles upon the black market auction selling Ronin’s possessions, she has to don Ronin’s suit to protect her identity and escape unscathed. Unbeknownst to her, she’s spooked a lot of bad guys who all want Ronin dead. If only they can find out who he is.

Here’s the real identity of Ronin.

Who Is Ronin in Hawkeye?

In case you forgot, we already know who Ronin is. After Thanos snapped his large purple fingers and disappeared half of the human population in Infinity War, we saw in the opening of Avengers: Endgame that Clint Barton’s entire family was taken in the snap.

Unable to get revenge on his own, and with the other Avengers off doing their own things, Clint channels his anger into a murderous rage. But he can’t do it as Hawkeye. Instead, he takes on a new name: Ronin.

That’s right. Ronin is Clint. Since he wasn’t very choosy with who he killed, or why, Clint as Ronin struck fear into various illegal groups, stabbing and slashing anyone who got in his way. Of course, once the Avengers got back together, defeated Thanos and his family returned, Clint put the Ronin suit away and thought that’d be the end of his brief time on the dark side.

And then Kate Bishop put on the suit, and here we are.

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