Issue #6: Hawkeye & Mockingbird vs Green Arrow & Black Canary

 Breaking the Panels brings you a very Special Edition for Issue #6! This one goes out for all the happy couples hating on other happy couples. Here we shall see what happens when Date Night gets deadly as we pit two archers and the loves of their life in a battle royale sure to pierce hearts and possibly break a few (with some precisely aimed arrows, of course). In Marvel's Corner, we have the purple clad Hawkeye with his lovely ex-S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent, Mockingbird! In DC's Corner, we have the Green Arrow accompanied by the stunning former Birds of Prey member, Black Canary. It's safe to say that these couple's don't need to bring any more protection!

  MARVEL  

Hawkeye

Real Name: Clinton F. Barton

Height: 6'3"

Weight: 230 lbs.

Powers: World-Class Archer and Marksman; Excellent reflexes and hand-eye coordination; Highly trained unarmed combatant; Uses a Bow with a variety of arrows and special "trick" arrows

Other Known Aliases: Marksman; Ronin; Goliath

First Appearance: Tales of Suspense #57

Clint Barton is the best marksman with a bow. At a young age when his drunk dad wrecked with his mother in a car accident, he and his brother, Barney, are sent to an orphanage. After no luck of being took in by any families, the Barton brothers run away to the circus. Clint gets taken in by the Swordsman then later trained in archery by Trick Shot. After a falling out and all that junk (apparently they were criminals! Gasp! Surprised? You mean the Carnies weren't outstanding citizens?!) Clint goes all solo act in another carnival and takes the name of Hawkeye: The World's Best Marksman! After some shows, he witnesses Iron Man save some people and just gets it in his head that... meh... that seems like a good idea! So he dons a costume and tries to be super hero Hawkeye, only to be immediately branded as a villain. After some misunderstandings, he gets his name cleared up and has been a recurring member of the Avengers from the early beginning!

Mockingbird

Real Name: Barbara "Bobbi" Morse

Height: 5'9"

Weight: 135 lbs.

Powers: Highly trained in Martial Arts and hand-to-hand combat; Excellent gymnist; Trained in the art of Espionage; Excellent marks-woman; Uses two battle staves that can also screw together to form one large bo-staff.

Other Known Aliases: The Huntress; Agent 19

First Appearance: Marvel Super Action #1

Bobbi Morse started out as a S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent acting as ambassador of sorts for Ka-Zar, a Savage Land resident, who watched over the land. As Agent 19, she helps Ka-Zar in fights and leads him through modern cities when he needs to travel for whatever reason. Eventually, she drops the Agent and becomes Huntress. But after a while, she gets put behind as Ka-Zar falls for a more jungle-savvy woman. Bobbi is just left with her S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent lifestyle, which she soon discovers was in danger of corruption. Taking on the identity of Mockingbird, she investigates and is hunted down as a villain by S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents. After finding the corrupt division officer responsible, she is nearly killed as she takes him down, but is took under Nick Fury's care, from whom she had originally got her extensive agent training.

Love works fast between these two. After Mockingbird investigates Cross Technological Enterprises for suspicious activity, She runs into Hawkeye, who was working as Security for them. The pair eventually team up to take down the company and they immediately fall in love with each other. The marriage wasn't too far into the future. They were frequent Avengers together and even led some branches such as the West Coast Avengers for quite some time. The couple had a few twists here and there, but not even death (literally) could seperate them.

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Green Arrow

Real Name: Oliver J. Queen

Height: 6'2" 

Weight: 195 lbs.

Powers: Master Marksman with a Bow; Master of Martial Arts; Master Swordsman; Uses a Custom Bow

Other Known Aliases: Emerald Archer; Ace Archer; Battling Bowman; Ollie

First Appearance: More Fun Comics #73

Ollie Queen grew up idolizing the fictional character, Robin Hood. He took many archery lessons and was very good at it. But as the years pass, and the death of his parents drew on him, he was taken into the family fortune through his uncle. All grown up, Ollie was your typical millionaire playboy (drunk). Until one day he fell off his yacht and survived by only holding on to a prop bow to float on. After he reached an island, known as Starfish Island, he soon realized that he was screwed unless he could adapt. He honed his skills to perfection using the prop bow to hunt with. After months of self training and adapting to survive he escaped via smugglers. He returned to his home, Star City, with a taste of adventuring and heroism. Donning the green outfit, he became the Green Arrow. After losing his fortune, he quickly turned from heroic adventurer JLA member to political activist. He has had a path of hardship that he's overcome and has even frequently teamed up with his good friend Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern. He is currently the best archer in the world, a recurring member of the Justice League and the mayor of Star City.

Black Canary

Real Name: Dinah L. Lance

Height: 5'7"

Weight: 130 lbs.

Powers: Master of Martial Arts; Brilliant Strategist and Tactician; Canary Cry (a sonic attack able to damage and stun enemies.) She can mimic sounds to generate any sound she desires; Causes Sonic Disruption  

Other Known Aliases: 

First Appearance: Justice League of America #220

Dinah Lance isn't the first to become the Black Canary, but she certainly has given the family tradition a long lasting impression. The original Black Canary was her mother, who disapproved of her wanting to follow in her footsteps. Well being the rebellious teen that she was, she trained behind her mother's back with Wildcat and a few other Justice Society members. Utilizing her fighting skills, she also discovered that she had a super power that caused solid objects to shatter and disoriented opponents when she screamed. Dubbed as the Canary Cry, she made great use of her power as she donned a blonde wig and took on criminals as the Black Canary. She has been a member of the Justice League but really found her rhythm when she befriended Oracle and joined the Birds of Prey, where she fought alongside many super heroines before leaving years later.

Green Arrow and Black Canary first met once he joined the Justice League of America. Eventually they ended up falling for each other and even teamed up to battle. After several years as Justice League members, they both moved to Seattle to open up Sherwood Florist (yes... really). Green Arrow had proposed to her once, but was initially rejected as they had different views at first. Ollie wanted children, as well. But after a harsh battle, Black Canary was severely injured and lost her ability to Canary Cry and also her ability to bear children. This led to some distance between the two, which became worse when Green Arrow was raped (yes... really) by Shado while he was unconscious. Shado had a son and forbid Green Arrow from having anything to do with him. This led to further tension between the couple.

THE BATTLE
AS MOST LIKELY TO SEE IN A COMIC ISSUE

It's hard to pit just one on one and see who comes out on top. But adding two more combatants in the mix can easily change the course of a fight. It's a Marvel vs DC match unlike any we've analyzed before. Tag team fight, anything can happen. Let's go!

Hawkeye & Green Arrow matched up are about as even as you can get when pairing rival comic's doppelgangers. The only thing that one may have more of the other is pride and hubris. Mockingbird & Black Canary are a little more mismatched. Bobbi has her set of skills. Her S.H.I.E.L.D. training makes her a dangerous adversary to anyone, even super humans. She is also very lethal with her batons. Black Canary has a bit of the same skill set, but not as extensive martial arts training as Mockingbird. What really tips the scale in Dinah's favor is her super ability, the Canary Cry. But as we all know, Mockingbird has bested many super powered villains in her day.

Hawkeye leads off the fight with an arrow shot at Ollie, only to have it met by one of his own arrows. Mockingbird rushes at Black Canary, kicks off the side of the building and foot meets face as she lands a swift right dropkick. Composing herself, Black Canary jumps back up to combat stance. Mockingbird screws her staves together to form a bo-staff. The two begin a fight of dodging and punching, with Mockingbird getting a couple hits in with her staff. Mockingbird then sweeps her by the feet, and then is about to bring her staff down onto her face, but Canary gives a yell and the sonic blast pushes her back into the wall.

Green Arrow and Hawkeye have just been stalemating as each arrow is either dodged or met with an answer of their own, with each archer running about the battlefield trying to find sweet spots as they keep answering one's offensive arrow with the other's defensive arrow. But Hawkeye breaks this routine and reaches deep into his quiver for an Adamantium Arrow. Green Arrow tries to shoot one of his regular arrows, but it is split in half as Hawkeye's arrow goes straight through and pierces Green Arrow's shoulder. As Ollie pulls it out, he hears a whir as Hawkeye's Bola Arrows come right behind the last shot. Bound by the ropes, Green Arrow struggles to free himself, but as Hawkeye draws another arrow (probably an explosive tip to seal the win), Black Canary breaks away from her fight with Mockingbird and attacks from behind to disorient Hawkeye, leaving her the chance to free Ollie.

Ollie and Dinah regain their composure once more. Hawkeye draws another trick arrow with a sonic emitter. He had hoped to subdue Canary with her own tricks. The arrow pierces between the couples heads on the wall behind them, but as soon as the emitter starts to screech, Black Canary just silences it. She mimicks the same frequency and shouts it back toward Hawkeye and Mockingbird. Mockingbird falls to her knees unable to withstand the noise, while Hawkeye tries his best to keep composure and aim straight forward. Knowing an explosive arrow would never make it through the sonic waves, he tries a regular arrow, but it is, of course, met swiftly by Green Arrow's own shot.

Green Arrow then seeks to take advantage of the couple's disadvantaged state by pinning Mockingbird to the ground with two arrows in the arms. An outraged Hawkeye pulls an Adamantium Arrow out and sinks it right into Ollie's bow, breaking it in half. Green Arrow throws the pieces aside and rushes at Hawkeye  to engage in close combat, but is pierced in the thigh by an arrow of Hawkeye's. He doesn't go down immediately, as he gets close enough to use his other leg to kick Clint down to the ground.

Hawkeye regains his balance, tosses Ollie down to the ground and pulls up his bow. He draws another arrow as Green Arrow starts back up. Before he can line his shot, Black Canary cries yet another sonic blast at such a high frequency that it busts Hawkeye's bow. Green Arrow then sweeps Hawkeye to his feet. He grabs Clint's quiver and takes out an explosive arrow, activates it, and sticks it back in with the rest of them. He tosses the quiver into Hawkeye's arms, grabs Black Canary and runs as quickly as he can as the explosion takes out the rest of the alley.

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THE WINNERS: GREEN ARROW & BLACK CANARY

Let's face the facts. The archers were very evenly matched. The fight between them could last for quite some time. But the addition of Black Canary was a huge gamechanger in their favor with her Canary Cry. The women were also equally matched if not for her super power. It's hard to know how long this battle would have lasted if she had her power taken away. It wouldn't be all that shocking to see Hawkeye and Mockingbird come out on top, it's that close of a matchup. But being as it may, the combination of Green Arrow and Black Canary proves too much for the Avenger and his S.H.I.E.L.D. spy.



Tune in next week for Issue #7, when enhanced power armored heroes blast away at each other!

         THE TALLY SO FAR:

MARVEL: 3                                     DC: 3

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