Hawkeye State Hawkeye State The Hawkeye State is a nickname for the state of Iowa. According to the state's tourism web site, "Two Iowa promoters from Burlington are believed to have popularized the name." The nickname was given approval by territorial officials in 1838, eight years before Iowa became a state. The men responsible for the promotion of this nickname are thought to be Judge David Rorer of Burlington and newspaper publisher James G. Edwards. The city of Burlington had been established in 1833 after the previous year's Black Hawk War. Edwards changed the name of his Burlington newspaper, "The Iowa Patriot",
Hawkeye: Blindspot Hawkeye: Blindspot Hawkeye: Blindspot is a four issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics, starring Hawkeye. "Hawkeye: Blindspot" continues the storyline staged in "Hawkeye & Mockingbird" and "Widowmaker". The series was written by Jim McCann. Marvel first announced "Hawkeye: Blindspot" in November 2010 as the follow-up to four-issue miniseries "Widowmaker". The Widowmaker storyline was originally scheduled to run through "Hawkeye & Mockingbird "issues #7 and #8, and "Black Widow" #9 and #10. Instead it was solicited as a stand-alone miniseries, which left the status of both titles unknown. In the wake of the shocking "Widowmaker", Clint Barton is