Warning: Comprises spoilers for Avengers: Assemble #5! It appears unthinkable to contemplate that Hawkeye He would by no means, beneath any circumstances, abandon his iconic arc. Clint Barton has confirmed time and time once more that he's prepared to come back face to face in battle alongside super-soldiers, cosmic powerhouses, and even literal gods towards threats starting from city-wide menaces to probably worldwide-or even universe-ending villains. And each time, Hawkeye makes use of his bow. However now, as laborious as it could be to imagine, Hawkeye has merely deserted the bow for an additional weapon - and is admittedly very sick.
In Avengers: Assenhem #5 By Steve Orlando and José Luís, Hawkeye and the remainder of the Veng.ers (Avengers Emergency Response Squad) are preventing towards the Serpent Society. Whereas the Serpent Society are normally fairly insignificant villains, the staff has a bonus over the Avengers on this case. Not solely are they extra highly effective than ever, however they've additionally managed to deprave the chief of the Avengers, Captain America.
The Serpent Society turned Captain America right into a snake mutant, which not solely turned the hat towards the Avengers, but additionally broken the Avengers' morale to see their chief diminished to one thing like this. Nevertheless, the Avengers fought again, together with and particularly Hawkeye, even after he misplaced his bow in the course of the battle. Luckily, Night time Thrasher packed an additional weapon for Hawkeye to make use of to exchange the bow he 'deserted': a slingshot.
Hawkeye trades his bow for a slingshot in Marvel Comics
The Slingshot could be an ideal everlasting backup weapon for Hawkeye
By all accounts, a slingshot is the proper backup weapon for Hawkeye. It's compact, requires the identical stage of precision as a bow and arrow, and is extremely unpretentious. Nobody can be crammed with concern or dread on the sight of a slingshot on the battlefield, however within the fingers of somebody like Hawkeye, it's as lethal a weapon as another.
Moreover, on this version of Avengers: Assenhemproves to be simply the ticket to the Avengers' remaining victory over the Serpent Society. Hawkeye makes use of the Slingshot to hit She-Hulk with a gamma improve that opened up her powers to an insane diploma, and it solely labored as a result of not one of the different members of the Serpent Society noticed it coming. This is a bonus Hawkeye might at all times have in battle if he saved that slingshot as his everlasting secondary weapon - one thing he ought to do for future tales.
This slingshot is way from the one secondary weapon Hawkeye has used
Hawkeye has used no scarcity of weapons aside from his arc in Marvel Comics
Whereas seeing Hawkeye abandon his iconic bow for an additional weapon - Slingshot or in any other case - is admittedly fairly stunning, that is removed from the primary time he's finished so. Through the years, Hawkeye has confirmed that he's not caught to his bow, as he's used weapons starting from swords and boomerangs to even Captain America's shieldand confirmed that he's as lethal with them as with the bow and arrow. Hawkeye actually simply prefers his bow as his major weapon, however he's lethal it doesn't matter what, and his newest outing with a slingshot proves that.
Certain, Hawkeye is probably not bizarre about utilizing weapons that aren't his arc within the Marvel comics, however these weapons have at all times been used as a placeholder somewhat than being one that truly compliments his arc. The Slingshot is the proper weapon for Hawkeyenot as a alternative for the bow, however as an addition to your everlasting arsenal - and it positively wants to stay round.
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