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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
that shit is bullshit. banner has shot himself in the mouth before and survived, he has been nuked and survived. what a crock. Hawkeye? the weakest -ass avenger ever? Hawkeye???????
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Had nothing to do with strength. Banner was doing new experiments with gamma radiation in an effort to find a "cure" for the Hulk. He recruited Hawkeye because — apparently — he (Banner) knew about this potential disastrous rampage that was in his near future. A crime he had not committed, but was almost definitely going to. He chose Hawkeye because Hawkeye has a "hawk eye," and powerless or not, has the best aim in the Marvel universe.
The tip of the arrow was laced with some new "Hulk-killing" synthetic compound.
So Iron Man and his buddies went to confront Hulk about why he was being a hermit, and to attempt to bring him in or something to prevent this disaster. Some other dude was like, "naw, man, dude hasn't done anything." In the ensuing tumult, Banner started to panic, his eyes flashed green, and Banner put an arrow in his brain the moment he saw that, from some hidey hole a ridiculous distance away.
Hawkeye + brand new, Banner-made "Hulk-killing" poison tipped arrow + Banner's assistance = realistic (ish) scenario for Hulk's death.
The difference is that THIS time, Marvel WANTED Hulk to die. Get it?
Superman's death at the hands of Doomsday (who lived, actually) remains unexplained to this day. At least there's some semblance of believability here. Also, Deadpool killed Hulk by slicing a sleeping Banner into a million pieces in Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe. Yeah, that was an inflated "What If...?" but still.
Whatever. Continuity shmontigooity.