McDonald became the world's most proficient bowman and joined the Squadron Supreme as the costumed crimefighter Hawkeye. He met and became romantically involved with Linda Lewis. When she recieved her hyper-vocal cords, he helped her cope with the change and encouraged her to join the Squadron as a super-heroine. Their on-again off-again affair lasted for years.
After a close brush with death, the Archer proposed marriage to her, but Lark refused him. Out of control, he used the behavior modification machine on her while she slept to convince her that she loved him. When the other Squadroneer's suspiscions were aroused he confessed to the deed and was expelled from the group. He was found and recruited by Nighthawk for the Redeemers, a group Nighthawk formed to oppose the Squadron's Utopia Project.
Wyatt joined, changing his codename to Black Archer until he could redeem himself.