On the Disney+ series “Hawkeye,” Jack Duquesne initially infuriated viewers by intruding on Kate Bishop’s family, only for the show’s final episode to reveal that he was a heroic himbo with braggable combat skills and earnestly decent intentions.
In the comics, it was different.
There, Jacques Duquesne, whom writer Stan Lee and artist Don Heck debuted in “Avengers” #19 in 1965, remained so unloved that he didn’t even receive a name beyond “the Swordsman” until 1989’s “Avengers Spotlight” #22, when writer Lou Mougin finally revealed his secret identity.
That was 25 years after his (first) death in “Giant-Size Avengers” #2. Jacques’ esteemed…The post Things you didn’t know about Hawkeye’s Jacques ‘Jack’ Duquesne, aka the Swordsman appeared first on /Film.
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