If I had to suggest a character as the heart and soul of the Avengers, probably my choice would fall on Hawkeye. Of course, he is neither a founder nor one of the most powerful members: the undisputed (and indisputable) leader is Captain America and my liking for heroes like Black Panther would push me instinctively to overshadow the infallible archer of the Marvel world. But the fact of the matter is that while the other heroes, often playing the leading role in separate comics, have always lived adventures on different narrative levels (thus operating in the team now and then), Hawkeye has always been an absolute point of reference in the Avengers stories of the 70s; the stories which I grew up with and, therefore, I feel very close to. Bowen has devoted to this charming character the amazing Hawkeye Statue in a dynamic pose (really a high-level piece, very well finished and rich of details) and, subsequently, this Museum version, sculpted by the Kucharek Brothers and released in 2012 with an edition size of 1000 samples. In my opinion the statue does not match the splendor of the older version: the quality, in fact, seems substantially lower (especially in the painting) and the piece also shows some evident stylistic imperfection. Nevertheless, the overall aesthetic impact is good and, in my case, the purchase depended on my love for the character and the desire to collect all the Bowen Avengers in a museum pose. The archer shows an erect pose, on the typical, circular base with the large “A” (the team's logo) engraved among different geometrical shapes, in the act of loading his bow. The physique is powerful with very well-defined muscles on abdomen, legs and arms and the ribs in evidence on the large chest. The hands are graceful and well sculpted, one tightened on the arc and the other in a rather soft pose, while putting the fingers around the arrow just drawn from the quiver. The visual impact is ensured by the bright colors of the costume and the chromatic contrast between the background metallic blue color and the bright purple of the mask, the boots, the large bracelets and the numerous bands on biceps, chest and belly. The large, very well proportioned and shaped bow exhibits a wood color, congruent with the tonality of the arrows positioned on the back of the hero. A quite evident sculpt defect appears on the left shoulder, where the semi-rigid boundary of the costume does not wrap the arm entirely and “dies” in a rather forced and unnatural way. Some imperfection is also noticeable in painting, slightly uniform on the face and a little bit raw on the contours of both the large bands on the quadriceps and the edges of the upper part of the costume. Nevertheless, the global aesthetics of the piece is not affected at all by these minor deficiencies and, in my humble opinion (even in the absence of the usual care to detail, typical of the Bowen products) the statue provides a more than worthy representation of the classic Hawkeye, very faithful to the tables of Comics and suitable to be associated with the other Avengers produced by Bowen Design in a museum pose. In other words, a nice collectible for all Marvel fans.