Clint and young Nat

Clint Barton was orphaned at an early age when his parents died in a car accident and was sent to a children's halaman awal with his brother Bernard. He and his brother ran away to gabung the Carson Carnival of Traveling Wonders, and the pair worked as roustabouts. While a member of the circus, Hawkeye was trained oleh the original Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne) and Trickshot. Clint's life, however, would forever be changed after he stumbled onto the Swordsman counting the money he had just robbed from the carnival. The Swordsman offered Clint to become his partner in crime, but Clint rejected his mentor,...