First Appearance of Hawkeye: Tales of Suspense #57 Value

Hawkeye first appeared in Tales of Suspense #57, cover-dated September 1964, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Don Heck (Wikipedia). He was a villain: Book Riot describes him turning on Iron Man out of jealousy after being upstaged at Coney Island, and meeting the Black Widow, who was not yet a hero either. Book Riot also notes that his real name was not given in that debut.

After two more villain appearances in Tales of Suspense, he switched sides. In The Avengers #16 (May 1965) most of the founding members left and were replaced by three former villains, Hawkeye, the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, with Captain America as leader; the line-up became known as "Cap's Kooky Quartet" (Wikipedia).

PriceCharting values retrieved September 25, 2026:

• Ungraded: $252.00 (about one sale a week)
• Graded 4.0: $388.47 (about one sale a month)
• Graded 6.0: $708.86
• Graded 8.0: $2,099.00 (about six sales a year)
• Graded 9.2: $5,938.06 (about one sale a year)
• Graded 9.8: $61,000.00 (about one sale a year)

PriceCharting notes that some of its values for this book are estimates based on sales in other grades and the age of the comic, so treat the 9.2 and 9.8 figures as rough. The price roughly triples from 6.0 to 8.0, so a copy that might be 8.0 or better is worth grading. The same title's issue #52, Black Widow's first appearance, is on our Black Widow page.

Clint Barton is written as deaf or hard of hearing. According to Wikipedia, he was first made 80% deaf in the 1983 miniseries, after using a sonic arrow against the villain Crossfire. The 2012 Hawkeye series (volume 4) by Matt Fraction and David Aja reintroduced him as deaf, and one issue is told largely in untranslated American Sign Language.

Kate Bishop first appeared in Young Avengers #1 (April 2005), created by writer Allan Heinberg and artist Jim Cheung. Wikipedia calls her the third character and the first woman to use the Hawkeye name, and Clint later gives her his blessing to keep it. The 2012 Fraction and Aja series paired the two, and Book Riot links it to the Disney+ Hawkeye series (2021), where Hailee Steinfeld plays Kate.

Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye first appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a cameo in Thor (2011), then as a full member of the team in the Avengers films through Avengers: Endgame, and in the Hawkeye series on Disney+ (2021) (Wikipedia).

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Research and drafting were assisted by AI and checked line by line against the sources listed on this page. Prices are the figures shown by the named source on the date given; they change with the market, and a grade that trades about once a year can move a lot on a single sale.