Katherine Elizabeth "Kate" Bishop is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Allan Heinberg and artist Jim Cheung, Bishop first appeared in Young Avengers #1. She is the third character and first female to take the Hawkeye name, after Clint Barton of the Avengers and Wyatt McDonald of the Squadron Supreme. Her costume appearance is patterned on the first Hawkeye and Mockingbird. After forming the third iteration of the West Coast Avengers with Gwen Poole, Kate and Gwen adopt Jeff the Land Shark, whom they raise in his solo series It's Jeff!.