Life is tough -- but the alternative is worse! In mourning for his ex-wife Mockingbird, can a reclusive Hawkeye take on the shadowy Secret Empire? Clint clashes with the U.S.Agent, mentors two junior Avengers...and soon hits the road for all-action adventures! Prepare for exotic locations, offbeat characters, dubious morals, sleazy motives...and a can-do hero who's not afraid to get his hands dirty. But when the Scarlet Witch disassembles the Avengers, Hawkeye is a heartbreaking casualty -- though death is not the end! Hawkeye awakens in the altered House of M reality, one of only a few heroes who remember how things should be...but when the world returns to normal, can Clint find a new place in it? Or will he give his mantle to another up-and-coming hero?

COLLECTING: Hawkeye (1994) 1-4; Hawkeye: Earth's Mightiest Marksman (1998) 1; Hawkeye (2003) 1-8; Avengers (1998) 502; The Pulse (2004) 10; New Avengers (2004) 26, 30; Young Avengers Presents (2008) 6; material from Marvel Comics Presents (1998) 159-161