Hawkeye is on the team because when Nick Fury started putting it together, he had Hawkeye and Black Widow and a lot of hope. Now they've got a billionaire, an asgardian, and a rage monster, but Hawkeye has seniority.
Captain America is strong, and he's fast, but with guys like Iron Man and Thor on the team, surely a crack marksman like Hawkeye is at LEAST as useful as a guy like Captain America, no?
LOL!!!! That was enlisted person, hehe. I only have EVERY NAME I'VE EVER USED HERE in my damn sig! LMAO!!!!!
Cap's big thing in the comics is that he's a natural leader to whom even Gods of Thunder will defer. He's also a master strategist and tactician who has repeatedly overcome far more powerful foes.
I don't think so. Not even physically, but also my understanding is that Cap also brings that whole "leader of men" meme with him. As for Black Widow, I don't follow Marvel comics but I thought she had this whole "super spy" stealthy espionage thing going on, no?
I want to bone Scarlett Johansson! Oh, and I agree that Thor isn't putting in enough time in the weight room- dude needs seriously bigger pipes than that!
Captain America is the only goodie-two-shoes on the team. That's his role. If you wanna call that "leadership," well... okay. (I'll take the billionaire playboy anyday.)
Looks like there's still some work to do on the film, but that was still pretty awesome. The rumors indicate that the Skrulls are the villians, which would be very cool and possibly why we're seeing Cap fighting Thor is the trailer. Stoked.
Avengers trailer from Super Bowl, this one's extended and is chock full of awesome: Link Yeah, you could say I'm excited to see this.
Sorry to get all LitGeek here, but having never read the comics, the first thing that came to mind when seeing the name Hawkeye, was La Longue Carabine aka Natty Bumppo aka Nathaniel aka The Trapper aka Straight Tongue aka Hawkeye.... you know the guy that even though he isn't always the main character is the one constant throughout the Leatherstockings Series. You know, The Last of the Mohicans shit... which depending on how you reckon 'American' is probably the first American novels, and most definitely the first American novel series.
I would so let Scarlet Johansson kick my ass that way just so I could say "See that... yep, I had her legs around while was screaming.".
Most of Marvel's superheroes are ripoffs or variations of stuff DC already came up with. [action=We Are Borg]awaits the fanboy backlash.[/action]
Nah, he has nothing to do with Natty Bumpo other than the same nick name. He's clearly a Green Arrow rip off (DC's character predated Hawkeye by 23 years), and has more to do with the Robin Hood mythology than his namesake.
Who are Thor, Spider-Man, and the Silver Surfer ripoffs of? Who is the Hulk a ripoff of? Who are the X-Men ripoffs of? Inquiring minds want to know!
Okay, not a DC ripoff but a completely unoriginal idea stolen from Norse mythology. Batman and Superman. - Close relative killed that leads to a life of crime-fighting (Batman) - Works at a newspaper and alter ego is a nerd (Superman) Green Lantern Solomon Grundy Justice League of America --- Yeah, suck it Marvel Comics! Bunch of unoriginal copycats. P.S. - I win.
WRONG! The AVENGERS is a ripoff of the JLA. There's no way that the Silver Surfer is a ripoff of Green Lantern either. I'll give you half-credit for Spidey and half for the Hulk. So out of five possible points you get 1. That's a big fat "F" for you!
X-Men - Doom Patrol. Actually, not a rip off, the idea of an angsty outcast super team was ripe in that time period, just Doom Patrol beat the X-critter by a few months to publication.
Well, for what it's worth, Wikipedia's entry on Doom Patrol has this little niblet: Nevertheless, the similarities ARE uncanny (no pun intended).
You obviously enjoy the tripe that Marvel Comics shits out, thus you lost the debate before it even started.
