The original Avengers
Clint Barton
Hawkeye
Alive, retired to the farm, mentoring Kate Bishop
- Appearances
- 5
Along the chronological spine
Where the guide talks about them (18)
Loki arrives on Earth, steals the Tesseract from S.H.I.E.L.D., and enslaves several minds with the scepter — including Clint Barton (Hawkeye) and Erik Selvig. In response, Fury activates the Avengers Initiative.
Hawkeye retires to his hidden farm with Laura and their children. He is in Civil War — Rogers calls him out of retirement to break Wanda out of the compound — but he's imprisoned on the Raft, then takes a plea deal and house arrest, which is why he's absent from Infinity War.
What is a "Black Widow," exactly? Girls — often trafficked or abducted as children — are put through the Red Room and trained as assassins, forcibly sterilised, and later chemically conditioned so they physically cannot disobey. Natasha escaped and defected via Clint Barton, who was sent to kill her and chose not to. This film is her freeing the remaining Widows with a chemical antidote.
The post-credits scene takes place after Natasha's death, years later — Yelena at her grave, being pointed at Clint Barton by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. Note that if you watch chronologically: this scene doesn't belong here.
"Ronin" is not an organisation, it's an identity Clint invents. After the Snap kills Laura and all three of his children in front of him, he abandons the Hawkeye name and spends five years travelling the world murdering criminals who survived and he felt didn't deserve to — yakuza, cartels, mafias. Natasha finds him in Tokyo and brings him back.
The consequences catch up with him in Hawkeye (series), where Maya Lopez hunts him for killing her father.
Key events: Rogers fights his 2012 self; Stark meets his father in 1970 and gets the conversation he never had; Thor speaks to Frigga on the day she dies and gets absolution; Banner obtains the Time Stone from the Ancient One by explaining what's at stake. On Vormir, Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton fight over which of them will die for the Soul Stone. Natasha wins the argument by losing the fight, and dies.
Clint Barton meets Kate Bishop, a young archer who found the Ronin suit. They deal with the fallout of his Blip-era killings, the Tracksuit Mafia, and Maya Lopez / Echo, whose father Ronin killed. Yelena Belova arrives to assassinate Barton, having been told by Valentina that he killed Natasha; Barton tells her the truth, and she lets him go.
Echo (SERIES, 2024) — Maya Lopez returns to Oklahoma and her Choctaw family after shooting Kingpin. She connects to ancestral power passed through her maternal line and confronts Fisk, who genuinely loved her as a daughter. Relevance: bridges Fisk from Hawkeye into Born Again.
| Character | Premiered | Appeared in | Status now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Stark / Iron Man | Iron Man (2008) | IM 1–3, Avengers, Ultron, Civil War, Homecoming, Infinity War, Endgame | Dead — used the Stones to erase Thanos, 2023 |
| Steve Rogers / Captain America | The First Avenger (2011) | First Avenger, Avengers, Winter Soldier, Ultron, Civil War, Infinity War, Endgame | Lived a full life in the past; returned aged and handed over the shield. D — how, unexplained |
| Thor | Thor (2011) | Thor 1–4, Avengers, Ultron, Infinity War, Endgame, Guardians 3 | Alive, raising Gorr's daughter Love. D |
| Bruce Banner / Hulk | The Incredible Hulk (2008) | Avengers, Ultron, Ragnarok, Infinity War, Endgame, She-Hulk, Brand New Day | Alive as Smart Hulk — Banner's mind, Hulk's body. Has a son, Skaar, on Sakaar |
| Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow | Iron Man 2 (2010) | IM2, Avengers, Winter Soldier, Ultron, Civil War, Infinity War, Endgame, Black Widow | Dead — sacrificed herself on Vormir for the Soul Stone |
| Clint Barton / Hawkeye | Thor (2011, cameo) | Avengers, Ultron, Civil War, Endgame, Hawkeye | Alive, retired to the farm, mentoring Kate Bishop |
| Nick Fury | Iron Man (2008, post-credits) | Most of Phases 1–3, Captain Marvel, Secret Invasion, The Marvels | Alive, aboard the SABER space station |
| Character | Premiered | Appeared in | Status now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yelena Belova | Black Widow (2021) | Black Widow, Hawkeye, Thunderbolts, Brand New Day | Alive — leads the New Avengers from the Watchtower. D |
| Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian | Black Widow (2021) | Black Widow, Thunderbolts | Alive. D |
| Melina Vostokoff | Black Widow (2021) | Black Widow | Alive, not seen since |
| John Walker / U.S. Agent | FATWS (2021) | FATWS, Thunderbolts | Alive. D |
| Ava Starr / Ghost | Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) | Ant-Man 2, Thunderbolts | Alive, stabilised but not cured. D |
| Bob Reynolds / Sentry | Thunderbolts* (2025) | Thunderbolts | Alive, with the Void contained rather than gone. D |
| Antonia Dreykov / Taskmaster | Black Widow (2021) | Black Widow, Thunderbolts | Dead — killed early in Thunderbolts*. Not in Doomsday |
| Valentina Allegra de Fontaine | FATWS (2021) | FATWS, Black Widow (post-credits), Thunderbolts, Brave New World | Alive — CIA Director, nominally in charge and actually controlled by the team |
| Character | Premiered | Appeared in | Status now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Murdock / Daredevil | Daredevil S1 (2015) | Daredevil S1–3, Defenders, No Way Home, She-Hulk, Echo, Born Again S1–2 | Alive — publicly unmasked and arrested for vigilantism. Reported for Doomsday, not on the headline list |
| Wilson Fisk / Kingpin | Daredevil S1 (2015) | Daredevil S1 & 3, Hawkeye, Echo, Born Again S1–2 | Alive — forced out of the mayoralty |
| Foggy Nelson | Daredevil S1 (2015) | Daredevil S1–3, Born Again S1 | Dead — killed by Bullseye on Vanessa's instruction |
| Karen Page | Daredevil S1 (2015) | Daredevil S1–3, Born Again S1–2 | Alive and acquitted |
| Frank Castle / Punisher | Daredevil S2 (2016) | Daredevil S2, Punisher S1–2, Born Again S1, One Last Kill, Brand New Day | Alive — escaped Fisk's compound |
| Jessica Jones | Jessica Jones S1 (2015) | Jessica Jones S1–3, Defenders, Born Again S2 | Alive, back in New York |
| Maya Lopez / Echo | Hawkeye (2021) | Hawkeye, Echo | Alive, back with her Choctaw community |
| Character | Premiered | Appeared in | Status now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kate Bishop | Hawkeye (2021) | Hawkeye, The Marvels (post-credits) | Alive, recruited toward a Young Avengers team |
| Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel | Ms. Marvel (2022) | Ms. Marvel, The Marvels | Alive — and confirmed to carry a mutation |
| Riri Williams / Ironheart | Wakanda Forever (2022) | Wakanda Forever, Ironheart | Alive, and has made a deal with Mephisto |
| Billy Maximoff / Wiccan | WandaVision (2021) | WandaVision, Agatha All Along | Alive in a host body, with Agatha's ghost attached |
| Simon Williams / Wonder Man | Wonder Man (2026) | Wonder Man | Alive, powers newly revealed |
| White Vision | WandaVision (2021) | WandaVision | Active — location unknown. The subject of VisionQuest |
Tier 2 — the texture that makes the above land Winter Soldier (FILM) · Doctor Strange (FILM) · WandaVision (SERIES) · Falcon and the Winter Soldier (SERIES) · Multiverse of Madness (FILM) · Shang-Chi (FILM) · No Way Home (FILM) · Hawkeye (SERIES) · The Marvels (FILM) · Agatha All Along (SERIES) · VisionQuest (SERIES)
2. Hawkeye's finale aired five days after No Way Home opened. Watch episodes 1–5, then No Way Home, then the finale.
3. Black Widow's post-credits scene takes place years after the rest of the film. If you watch it chronologically, skip that scene and come back to it at Hawkeye.
Phase Four (2021–2022): FILMS — Black Widow · Shang-Chi · Eternals · No Way Home · Multiverse of Madness · Love and Thunder · Wakanda Forever SERIES — WandaVision · Falcon and the Winter Soldier · Loki S1 · What If...? S1 · Hawkeye · Moon Knight · Ms. Marvel · She-Hulk · Guardians Holiday Special