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Chapter 4: Solo Years

After Hawkeye left the Avengers, he bounced around a bit, checking in with all sorts of different people around the Marvel universe.

In San Francisco, he met up with his old flame, the Black Widow, and her new crime-fighting partner, Daredevil. Daredevil and Hawkeye fought a bit, but the Avenging Archer went on his merry way.

He later faced off with the electric monster Zzzax alongside the Hulk, and followed Hulk to a couple of Defenders meetings, until he bailed on that team, too.

He then participated in the weirdest team-up of all time when he, the Two-Gun Kid, and Ghost Rider fought the Manticore. That is maybe the oddest team ever. Like, the OG Champions were a more sensical arrangement of characters. During this period, Clint was still popping up occasionally in regular Avengers comics, doing his own thing. He spent some time protecting Cross Technologies, but eventually, he'd return to the Avengers.

But not the Avengers we knew.