History:(Hawkeye: Freefall#1 (fb) - BTS) - Hayes and his federal government contractor partner were former S.H.I.E.L.D. agents tasked with transporting a classified package alongside a few other agents.
HAYES
Real Name: (first name unrevealed) Hayes
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: Federal contractor
Group Membership: Unidentified federal agency;
formerly S.H.I.E.L.D.
Affiliations: His unidentified federal contractor partner
Enemies: Ronin (Clint Barton)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: New York City, New York, USA
First Appearance: Hawkeye: Freefall#1 (March, 2020)
Powers/Abilities: Hayes has no superhuman
powers but is a skilled government agent.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6'2")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 170 lbs.)
Eyes: Brown (possibly - see
comments)
Hair: Black (graying)
History:
(Hawkeye: Freefall#1 (fb) - BTS) - Hayes and his federal government
contractor partner were former S.H.I.E.L.D. agents tasked with
transporting a classified package alongside a few other agents.
(Hawkeye: Freefall#1) -
While transporting the
package along the West Side Highway in Innwood, New York, Hayes and his
partner discussed how a man wearing a bird costume was eighty-eight
years old. Hayes started to ask a question about the man in the bird
costume when the vigilante Ronin, having apparently already downed four
other agents, appeared in front of their van on the Highway.
Immediately hitting the brakes, Hayes ended up flipping the van upside
down due to the sudden stop. Trying to pull himself free of the
wreckage, the seriously injured Hayes asked his partner to help him but
his uninjured partner assured Hayes that while help was on the way, he
had to get the package out of there. As the bleeding Hayes watched,
however, Ronin appeared in front of his partner, who ordered Ronin to
stay back since they were federal agents. Hayes' partner ended up
firing his gun at Ronin, who seemingly killed the man before
approaching the
shocked Hayes himself. When Ronin raised his sword, Hayes begged for
his life, prompting Ronin to ask Hayes not to give Ronin a reason to
kill him. Ronin instead severely injured Hayes and stole the package,
putting him in traction alongside the four other agents he had earlier
injured.
The next morning, superheroes
Falcon and the Winter Soldier confronted the heroic Hawkeye over Ronin
putting Hayes and five other men in traction the previous night,
suspecting that Ronin could be Hawkeye, who had previously used the
costume and alias. Later that night, Falcon and Winter Soldier
accompanied Hawkeye on a stakeout, where they monitored the criminal
Hood with Hawkeye still thinking the Falcon and Winter Soldier
suspected him of injuring Hayes and the other federal contractors.
Comments: Created by Matthew Rosenberg and Otto Schmidt.
While not stated in Hayes' only appearance, the classified package Hayes was transporting was a time device confiscated from one of Kang's invasions, as revealed in Hawkeye: Freefall#3.
Hayes' eye color was practically impossible to determine, as the art prevented any real eye color to be shown. If I were to guess on the eye color based on the art, I'd go with brown.
The federal contractors that Ronin
injured are mentioned in Hawkeye: Freefall#3-4 but neither issue
mentions Hayes by name so it was unclear which specific contractors
were being referred to and, as such, I chose not to list those issues
in Hayes' appearances.
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Hayes should be distinguished from:
Appearances:
Hawkeye: Freefall#1 (March, 2020) - Matthew Rosenberg (writer), Otto
Schmidt (art), Alanna Smith (editor)
First posted: 02/23/2023
Last updated: 02/23/2023
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