Up until last month, we’d been in the midst of a bit of a Marvel Select drought, with no new figures hitting since last fall. And then, suddenly–thunder strikes!–and Diamond Select Toys has inundated with them. Following up on the recently-shipping Marvel Select Cable, Carnage and Modern Thor figures, a new figure has popped up–the Disney Store Exclusive Marvel Select Avenging Hawkeye… with Pizza Dog!

UPDATED 3/19/2015: Added some additional photos and details on Hawkeye & Pizza Dog!

Even though Diamond Select Toys is only due a small smattering of Marvel Select Avengers Age of Ultron figures this year, that doesn’t mean that they’re going lite on Avengers. No, instead of giving us just movie-based Avengers, DST is filling the demand for Marvel Select Avengers figures with some really great comics-based Avengers.

And hot in pursuit of last fall’s Bleeding Edge Iron Man and this year’s Disney Store Exclusive Marvel NOW! Thor and Captain America figures, another comics-based Marvel Select figure has appeared–modern (Avenging) Hawkeye!

Based off of Matt Fraction’s beloved “Hawkeye” series (which will eventually have its last issue published… eventually), Diamond Select Toys has brought us a much-needed Marvel Select Modern Hawkeye figure (which they’ve officially titled as “Avenging Hawkeye” for whatever reason).

Hasbro released a Marvel Legends Modern Hawkeye figure two years ago, but I was never fully happy with that figure. Diamond Select, however, definitely got it right!

The Avenging Hawkeye Marvel Select figure authentically recreates the Hawkguy character design from the Matt Fraction Hawkeye comic book, with an appropriate quiver and arrow “holsters” on Hawkeye’s hips.

And of course, Hawkeye includes both glasses-wearing and glasses-free heads, so you can pose Hawkeye either with the glasses that he only seems to wear on covers or as he appears 99% of the time in the comic book–glasses-free. Hawkeye will also include all the accessories you’d expect to see with him, such as a bow, arrows, an alternate hand and a small crossbow!

In total, Hawkeye includes six individual arrows, which are of varying types and arrow-tips. The arrows are made of a soft plastic, unlike the DC Collectibles Arrow arrows, which will break at the slightest of bends. Also, the quivers are a soft plastic that are bendable as well.

Sadly, both of Marvel Select Hawkeye’s quivers are solid on the inside, so they won’t house the arrows.

If all Diamond Select Toys had included was a modern Hawkeye action figure here, I’d be really impressed with this figure. But DST had to decide to go and utterly blow me away, so they’ve included what’s probably the best accessory ever with a Marvel Select action figure–PIZZA DOG!

Those who haven’t read the Matt Fraction Hawkeye series probably don’t have a clue what the heck the deal is with “Pizza Dog”, but trust me–once you read that series, you’ll need this non-articulated Lucky (or is it “Arrow”?) the Pizza Dog figurine in your life as well.

Although Pizza Dog doesn’t have any true articulation, he does feature a soft lower jaw (think along the lines of the plastic dinosaurs and farm animals you would find at the impulse cash and wraps at Toys R’ Us and craft stores).

While I somehow didn’t realize it earlier, Hawkeye’s unmasked head features a bandage on Clint Barton’s nose–just like in many of Matt Fraction’s “Hawkeye” issues! It’s attention little details like this that truly set Diamond Select Toys apart from Hasbro!

As of now, the sightings of this Marvel Select Avenging Hawkeye exclusive figure have been limited to one lucky collector on Facebook. With zero auction listings or other sightings thus far, I think we can chalk this up to an unexpectedly early release or a single Disney Store breaking street date. Even so, now that we know Hawkguy & Pizza Dog Marvel Select figures are on the way, it’s only a matter of time!

What do you think of the Marvel Select Disney Store Exclusive Hawkeye & Pizza Dog figures, Marvel collectors? Will you be heading to your local Disney Store (or online Disney Store) to scoop up the fourth Marvel Select figure to hit stores in a one-month period?