Where’s Hawkeye?
That’s the question Marvel fans have been asking almost ever since that first trailer for Avengers: Infinity War dropped back in November. It’s not only the previews that he’s been absent from, either, as most of the merchandise we’ve been seeing has also been missing Mr. Clint Barton and it’s got people wondering just what’s going on with the character.
Now, that continues, as a new T-shirt for the film has surfaced and it seems to depict just about every major player from Infinity War – except Hawkeye. Seen in the gallery below (along with some other recently released merch), we have – *deep breath* – Thanos, Gamora, Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch, Black Panther, Black Widow, Iron Man, Shuri, Nebula, Hulk, Wong, Thor, Mantis, Spider-Man, Drax, Okoye, Falcon, War Machine, Star-Lord, Rocket Racoon, Winter Soldier, Groot, Captain America, and what appears to be Vision.
But again, Jeremy Renner’s Avenger is noticeably absent and it’s led fans to come up with a few theories to explain why he keeps failing to make the cut.
In all likelihood, there’s one of two things going on here. Either he has a pretty small role in Infinity War and will then step up in Avengers 4, or his appearance is tied to some kind of spoiler and Marvel doesn’t want us physically seeing him until the film hits theaters.
If we had to guess, that’s probably it, as we already know that Hawkeye will feature pretty heavily. After all, Renner recently told us that the film will do “wondrous things” with the character. What exactly that means, we can’t say for sure, but we don’t have long left before we see Barton and the rest of the gang back on the big screen, as Earth’s Mightiest Heroes will assemble to take down Thanos once and for all on May 4th, when Avengers: Infinity War storms into theaters.
