Holy friggin’ cow!
[spoiler]They killed Hawkeye! They freakin’ killed Hawkeye!
I never thought they’d do it. One of the most popular Avengers of all time, and they went and killed him! Talk about a gutsy move.
And from the way things happened, this doesn’t look like the sort of thing they’re going to undo soon.[/spoiler]
Yow.
And I freakin’ forgot that boxed spoilers are still visible when we hover the cursor over the thread title. :smack:
Can someone fix this for me, please? I’m a-kicking myself mightily over this.
Who killed him? How and why did he die? Where was Thor and/or Captain America during all this?
You’re welcome to bring this over here : http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=277248
Perhaps a death of this magnitude deserves its own thread?
That’s what I think, Lochdale. I mean… holy cow!
Don’t worry too much. Since his name wasn’t Bucky, it won’t be permenant… 
Zev Steinhardt
Get real. After all, …
… When was the last time an archer came back from the dead, anyway?
That sort of thing just doesn’t happen. Not even in comic books. The Distinguished Competition would certainly never resort to such a stunt.
Personally, I hate all the “archer” characters.
Bows & arrows were abandoned because guns work better. :rolleyes:
Wait. One exception–Scarlett, from GI Joe.
Arrows are more quiet and infinitely more versatile.
After all, when was the last time you saw a boxing glove mounted onto a bullet?
Oh, and Bosda…
[spoiler]I think your comment pretty much gives the surprise away.
Just like my clumsy spoiler attempt in the OP did.[/spoiler]
JT, I wouldn’t worry about spoiler boxes at this point in the thread. If someone’s made it this far, they know what’s going on.
How did he die and who killed him?
[SPOILER]The Avengers–about three dozen of them–were attacked by what appeared to be a Kree mothership and its attendant mini bat-wing fighters. The Kree, to the bafflement of Nick Fury, started getting out of their bat-wing fighters and attacking on foot with blaster guns. One of these shot Hawkeye in the back.
Good news: It only burned his quiver and the arrows in it. Bad news: He didn’t have the time or opportunity to remove it in front of a crowd of three dozen Avengers. He was packing explosive arrows, which the fire would cause to, um, explode. So using his remaining seconds of life, he grabbed the nearest jetpack-wearing Kree soldier, steered him up into the Mothership’s intake manifold, and exploded. All the Kree soldiers vaporized.
Dr. Strange showed up and claimed, cryptically, that all the things happening to the Avengers lately were the result of magic being abused. Which is kind of disappointing, because up until now, it looked like they were just being played off of each other by a very skilled manipulator.[/SPOILER]
Nobody dies in comic books except Bucky and Jason Todd. Remember the repeated assertions of “Jean Grey is dead. She’s not coming back. Ever. Ever ever. Get used to it”? She’s back. Remember Iron Fist? He’s back. Remember every single X-Man at some time or another? All back. He’ll be back.
I am uncertain as to whether that was actually Dr Strange at the end. The way things have been going and from Cap’s reaction, I think this might be another attack.
Well, Jean Grey’s dead AGAIN, if it makes you feel any better. 
I’m not convinced Hawkeye won’t be back in a few issues. If people are mucking about with magic, everything that’s happened could un-happen due to some cosmic magical reset button. An annoying plot device, but it’s not totally unlikely. It would seem a little beneath Bendis’ usual level of quality though.
What’s Thor doing during all of this? Sorry to ask a simple question but I have just started getting back into Marvel comics. Purchased and read the entire Earth X series but that’s a discussion for another day.
Cap killed him, laughing maniacally through the night. Then Cap danced on his grave, chanting “I rule! I rule!”
Okay, maybe not.
You forgot Barry Allen(Flash II).