Coming out so close to Spider-Man: No Way Home meant Hawkeye ended up being somewhat overshadowed. Vincent D'Onofrio's return as The Kingpin also loomed large over the series, making it easy to forget that this show was one of the best efforts we've seen from Marvel Studios on Disney+.
There was a lot to love about the series, though it was Pizza Dog who arguably stole more hearts than any other character.
However, this newly revealed concept art from Wes Burt shows that the labrador very nearly became a scruffy stray! We're sure he'd have been just as adorable, though this would have obviously been a departure from what fans are used to seeing in the comic books (primarily Matt Fraction and David Aja's Hawkeye run).
It wouldn't have been the end of the world to shake things up a little, but we are glad to have seen the "classic" Pizza Dog in action. Hopefully, he'll continue to play a role in the MCU, though there's currently no word on when or where Clint Barton and Kate Bishop will next show up. You'd think season 2 would have been announced by now, but it hasn't happened...yet!
Burt also shared some of his other Hawkeye designs, and we've included those below as they're all very cool. One of them, as the artist explains, even pays homage to The Warriors!
Take a closer look at this new Hawkeye concept art in the Instagram posts below:
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