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===Matt Hawk/Liebowicz=== Matt Hawk wears a similar outfit to Clay's, only with an orange-and-black spotted vest, a slightly narrower-brimmed hat, two revolvers on a single gun belt, and a black mask covering the top half of his face. In the [[American frontier|Wild West]], Matt Hawk is a [[lawyer]] from [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], who is inspired to fight evil as a masked crime fighter of the 19th-century American West by the stories of the fictional Two-Gun Kid, Clay Harder. After being trained in combat by the gunfighter Ben Dancer, the character assumes the dual identities of Matt Hawk and the Two-Gun Kid. With his horse Thunder, his partner "Boom Boom" Brown, and a pair of pistols, he becomes one of the West's most prolific heroes, often teaming up with the [[Rawhide Kid]], [[Kid Colt]], or the [[Phantom Rider]]. In one of his first adventures, Matt fights an [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]], and in other early outings he fights criminals who can only be called [[supervillain]]s such as the outlaw the [[Panther (comics)|Panther]]. During one adventure, he is brought to the present day via [[time travel]] and joins the [[superhero]] team of the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]].<ref>''[[The Avengers (comic book)|The Avengers]]'' #142–144 (Dec. 1975–Feb. 1976).</ref> He fights alongside them before leaving to wander America alongside his teammate [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Hawkeye]],<ref>''The Avengers'' #161–162 (July–Aug. 1977).</ref> and eventually returns to his own time,<ref>''The Avengers'' #172–175 (June–Sept. 1978).</ref> occasionally making a cameo appearance in other Western tales or stories of time travel. The 1995 ''Two-Gun Kid: Sunset Riders'' [[miniseries]] reveals that Matt had married, only for his wife to die during childbirth; this series also reveals that the Kid had brought a cache of modern weapons back with him from the future. He was forced to stage his own death in order to free a man accused of murder, which got him embroiled in an international conspiracy for a hidden treasure.<ref name="Two-Gun Kid 1995"/> The later miniseries ''[[Blaze of Glory (comics)|Blaze of Glory]]'' (2000) depicts the Kid as retired from gunplay, going by the name of Clay Harder and working as a full-time lawyer. The Rawhide Kid convinces him to return to action, but the Two-Gun Kid dies in battle against the racist mercenary Nightriders, alongside his old partners Kid Colt and the [[Outlaw Kid]].<ref>''Blaze of Glory: The Last Ride of the Western Heroes'' #4 (Mar. 2000).</ref> Later, [[She-Hulk]],<ref>''[[She-Hulk]]'' vol. 2, #3 (Feb. 2006).</ref> after dealing with the [[Time Variance Authority]], is given the chance to free one time-traveling Avenger out of continuity limbo. She chooses the Two-Gun Kid. It's clarified that his heroic nature prevents him from being returned to his own time, as he would inevitably try to fix things. In present time, he learns his previous modern-day encounters with the Avengers has resulted in his law license and other paraphernalia being kept in an Avengers safety-deposit box. Once he learns She-Hulk works for a law-firm, Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway, he tries to become her colleague. He comes to the conclusion he will never be able to catch up on current laws and becomes a bounty hunter.<ref>''She-Hulk'' vol. 2, #5 (Apr. 2006).</ref> His first catch is the supervillain [[Bushwacker (comics)|Bushwacker]]. For a time he rooms with the [[Awesome Android]], who has reformed and is also an employee of the firm. Liebowicz travels using a twin-engine jet cycle, donated to him by his superhero friend [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Hawkeye]]. During the company-crossover story arc ''[[Civil War (comics)|Civil War]]'' (2006–2007), Liebowicz becomes a bounty hunter and works alongside She-Hulk, helping her to apprehend supervillains. He is later sent to [[Arizona]] to lead the [[Desert Stars]] team of the [[Fifty State Initiative]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://forum.newsarama.com/showpost.php?p=5572067&postcount=13 |title=NEWSARAMA - View Single Post - Cup o' Joe May - 23<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-05-24 |archive-date=2009-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327120528/http://forum.newsarama.com/showpost.php?p=5572067&postcount=13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In this capacity he is injured in ''Avengers: The Initiative'' #16 (2008), but is recovered by ''Avengers: The Initiative Special'' #1 (2009). In the [[Marvel Legacy]] [[Falcon (comics)|Falcon]] series, Two-Gun Kid is found in [[Mephisto (Marvel Comics)|Mephisto]]'s Hell, eventually helping Falcon escape.<ref>''[[Falcon (comics)|Falcon]]'' vol. 2 #4 (Jan. 2018).</ref> ====''The Marvels Project''==== In ''[[The Marvels Project]]'' the Two-Gun Kid is seen as an elderly patient of Dr. Thomas Halloway. He captivates Halloway with stories of a coming "Age of Marvels," which detail the exploits of the Avengers and other modern-day Marvel heroes. Halloway believes Hawk/Liebowicz' stories are fantasies generated by his advanced age and senility. After Hawk passes away, Halloway learns Hawk bequeathed him his mask and guns, inspiring him to become the superhero the [[Angel (Thomas Halloway)|Angel]].<ref>''The Marvels Project'' #1 (Oct. 2009).</ref> In the epilogue to the final issue, Hawk{{mdash}}now referred to as Matt Hawkins{{mdash}}is seen in the present day as a young man, accompanying [[Captain America|Steve Rogers]] (Captain America) to the home of Halloway's grandson, Jason, to once again bequeath the mask and guns, as well as Halloway's journal, in the hopes that Jason will follow in his grandfather's footsteps.<ref name="MarvelsProject" /> The character appears in the 2010 [[miniseries]] ''[[Rawhide Kid]]: The Sensational Seven''.
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