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Published: 2022-04-03 03:26:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 5176; Favourites: 63; Downloads: 0
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Description Knighthawk (Batman + Hawkeye)
Blackbird (Black Canary + Mockingbird)

Clinton "Clint" Wayne was the child of extremely wealthy parents, owners of Wayne Technologies and various entrepreneurial enterprises. For such a rich kid, Clint loved the circus.  However, one night, while walking back from a circus, Clint's parents were murdered in front of him.  He swore vengeance on criminals everywhere and trained worldwide to become the best fighter and detective he could be.  He did have an advantage already in one discipline, however. Clint was a world class archer, on track for Olympic greatness.  To further his quest for vengeance, however, he trained with archers worldwide for a more warrior like useage of the bow. He learned to shoot while running, tumbling, jumping and even in close quarter fighting.  He used his money and his parents company to create his armor, weapons, and trick arrows.  He always envisioned himself as a sort of chivalrous knight, but needed to transform himself into a creature of the night, someone criminals would fear... he chose to call himself Knighthawk.

Bobbi Lance was the daughter of a police officer, and secretly a super heroine known as the Blackbird, Claire Drake.  Bobbi earned a PhD in biology, though she always sought to be an adventurer like her mother.  She joined A.E.G.I.S. as a technician, and was sent to Skartaris, the Savaged Land to study the extinct (everywhere else) or just plain magical plant life.  It was in Skartaris, that she met the warlorld, Ka-Mandi when most of her team was slain by apes from the City of Apes.  She spent some time in the Savaged land with Ka-Mandi, drawing more and more on her expertise in martial arts to survive. During this time, she was cursed by a wizard, an enemy of Ka-Mandi, but the curse had a bizarre effect on her. It caused her voice to be a piercing, powerful lance of sound. She couldn't speak or risk destroying or killing whatever was in front of her.  With practice, determination... and help from a friendly witch, Bobbi learned to control her sonic scream and only use it when she wished to use it as a weapon.
     Eventually, she was removed from Skartaris by A.E.G.I.S.   She told Colonel Nick Rock that she wanted to be an Agent, not a technician.  As Agent 19, she was sent on several missions, but her last mission was a disaster. She was framed as a traitor by a corrupt fellow officer. She had kept her sonic abilities secret from her fellow agents, even from Colonel Rock himself.  So when she went on the run, she took up the costumed identity of Blackbird, after her mother, but her scream weapon threw many off her trail.  She wore a blonde wig in this identity to help disguise herself as well.
   
Eventually, Blackbird was able to confront the man that framed her at Crosstech Enterprises.  Unknown to her, Knighthawk was also on the trail of the corrupt A.E.G.I.S. agent for his own reasons. Although the two first thought the other was working for the enemy, they eventually teamed up and took down both Cross and the agent, but Blackbird was shot and nearly died.  Knighthawk, knowing who she really was, and that she was still wanted by A.E.G.I.S., removed her to his mansion to be treated and recover.  The two eventually fell in love and were married, and Bobbi was able to clear her name with Colonel Rock and A.E.G.I.S.  Although Rock wanted her back in the fold, she declined, choosing to remain a super hero and partner of Knighthawk. The two took in young Kate Grayson when her parents were killed, and eventually adopted her.

As members of the Justice League Avengers, the two were intrigued by interest in forming a West Coast branch, and chose to move out to California themselves to form the team.

Meta Backstory

Finally got around to these two!  The idea of a West Coast Avengers/Justice League International amalgam by my friend suggested a couple of years ago.  I first drew Cold Spell (Scarlet Witch + Ice) and discovered what a wonderful Amalgam community there is on Deviantart!  Back then, we had planned out several amalgams and Batman/Hawkeye was really strangely intriguing, and of course Mockingbird/Black Canary was a very logical amalgam. I just had to get around to drawing it. Because of the timing of the amalgam (JLI being part of it) I knew Black Canary's winged suit had to be in it, and then I saw 's version of this amalgam, called Canary, and I was like... That's it. That's the costume.  I liked the simplicity of the name as well, "Canary", but I had already thought of Blackbird. I was tempted to change my idea to Canary, as I already had Knighthawk, Strix, Corvid, Nightengale... I was really kinda going down a path of dark-feathered birds.  But...I decided that was a feature, not a bug.   As for the Batman-Hawkeye amalgam, a name was much harder.  Hawkman wouldn't work, Bateye was the opposite of something you'd want...I had thought of Nighthawk, but that's already a marvel proxy of Batman and an established hero.  Then, as I did with Green Sentinel, looked into the nicknames of the characters to find a name. Combining Dark Knight with Hawkeye to get Knighthawk was different enough that I went with it.  Then I had to fight the urge to use elements of Nighthawk (any of them) in the costume...  I eventually lost that fight with myself. The goggles are from the JMS Supreme Power Nighthawk.  Luckily his arms are across his chest, cause I actually worked in the bird logo from Nighthawk's costume cause I thought it was too plain.  I'm not sorry....    

Amalgams in this story
Original Blackbird/Claire Drake (Black Widow/Claire Voyant + Black Canary/Dinah Drake)
A.E.G.I.S.- Advanced Espionage/Global Intelligence and Security (S.H.I.E.L.D. + A.R.G.U.S.)
Skartaris, The Savaged Land (Skartaris + Savage Land + More)
Warlord Ka-Mandi  (Ka-Zar+ Warlord (Travis Morgan) + Kamandi)
Colonel Nick Rock (Nick Fury + Sgt. Rock)


For reference: Here are the Justice League Avengers: West Coast members I've already drawn:
Cold Spell (Scarlet Witch + Ice)
Hummingbird (Wasp + Hawkgirl)
Warhawk (War Machine + Hawkman)
Vortex (Vision + Red Tornado)
GN Agent (US Agent + Guy Gardner/Green Lantern)
and now I got Knighthawk and Blackbird to add to that team!
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