Kate Bishop's Dark Avengers Romance Changed the Best Hawkeye Forever
Not all of Marvel's Dark Avengers are vicious supervillains, but as Kate Bishop's Hawkeye found out, even the best of them was a genuinely terrible boyfriend. At the start of 2013’s Young Avengers, Kate is revealed to have hooked up with Noh-Varr, the former Marvel Boy, Captain Marvel and Protector. When they accidentally join the Young Avengers, they begin officially dating, marking a period which redefined both characters.
Noh-Varr's membership in Norman Osborn's Dark Avengers isn't as damning as it might seem. While he joined the villains as the new Captain Marvel following Secret Invasion, he sincerely believed them to be heroes, going on the run when he realized the truth. Hunted by the Sentry, Noh-Varr accessed Kree technology to adopt a new identity, but his fresh start as Earth's Protector ultimately ended in disgrace, and the Avengers banned him from Earth. In Young Avengers #1 by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, it's revealed he didn't go far, as Kate Bishop wakes up in his spaceship after hooking up with Noh-Varr the night before. Later, Noh-Varr joins Kate in helping her former teammates Wiccan and Hulkling against the interdimensional predator Mother, and the Young Avengers are forced to go on the run. Kate and Noh-Varr quickly bond, with their connection represented in her new Kree Soul Bow — a major upgrade from the usual Earth model.
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After a seemingly endless trip through different dimensions to find their kidnapped teammate Speed, they encounter entities in one dimension that resemble Oubliette Midas, the masked «exterminatrix» who was once sent to kill Noh-Varr, and who he subsequently dated. In Young Avengers #10, she later appears
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