Bullseye,
wearing Clint Barton’s Ronin costume, is on a murder spree in Bensonhurst when
he is approached by Captain America. Cap, believing it is Clint in the armor,
challenges him—and Bullseye shoots him in the chest with an arrow….
Finding
Bryce critically wounded by arrows, Hawkeye rushes his hacker to Linda “Night Nurse”
Carter for help because Bryce is wanted by the police. She labors over
the wounded boy but Bryce dies anyway. She’s angry with Clint for putting her
in this position but the grim archer walks out to hunt for Bullseye. He waits
until Turk texts him that Ronin is near the Hudson Yards and Hawkeye heads
there in Bullseye’s costume. There is a confrontation wherein the baddie boasts
about ruining Clint’s reputation but Clint responds with an exploding arrow to
take down his foe, following it up with several more arrows to staple Bullseye
to the side of a train. The villain tells Hawkeye that the Hood has put a
bounty on his head: if Hawkeye doesn’t turn himself in to Hood by 9 AM, three
million dollars will go to the one who brings him in….
The next morning, the Hood is waiting in his
office at the bank, with several parties interested in collecting the bounty
(Taskmaster, Fancy Dan, Ox, Shocker, Armadillo, Rhino, and Tombstone);
meanwhile, Hawkeye is downstairs, robbing the bank of three million dollars. He
shows up in the Hood’s office, reveals that he stole the Hood’s three mil and
tosses a duffel bag on the floor. Clint then offers the assembled bad guys the
contents of the bag to not interfere as he beats up the Hood. There is a spectacular
fight which the Hood, with his demonic powers, wins. Hood then opens the
bag—and an even bigger demon emerges snatches the Hood’s red cloak and
vanishes, leaving the gang boss a mere Parker Robbins. Hawkeye then reveals the
detail he left out: after he stole the money, he gave it to Count Nefaria who
directed him to a demon for hire…and now Clint tackles Robbins, hurling them
both to the street, leaving him for the cops. As the hero walks off, Fancy Dan
notes, “He’s one of us now. Even if he doesn’t know it yet.”