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While it's almost inevitable that works of fiction will require some suspension of disbelief (and comic books doubly so) , there were a couple of things I just couldn't get past in this issue.
Firstly, killing people by flicking fingernails at them? Unless Hawkeye's fingernails are razor-sharp steel, it seems like he could do as much damage flicking potato chips. Sure, maybe he could put out somebody's eye, but kill a half-dozen men? (Revisit "Marvel Boy" for the proper way of killing someone with a fingernail!) Keep in mind, Hawkeye is tied down at the wrists - he can only flick these unlikely projectiles with his now nail-less fingers. Just how much deadly velocity do you expect he can get out of them?
And then the last baddie standing is given the choice of getting killed, or releasing Hawkeye and then getting killed and then having everyone else in the place die at the hands of the sworn enemy he just released. Why would he not just, I dunno, DUCK to avoid the white-hot flying fingernail of doom? Put his arms in front of his face, since a (literaly and figuratively) bloody little fingernail wouldn't be able to pierce the cloth of his shirt? Back up a couple steps, since a light, curved, bloody piece of nail would likely fly neither straight nor far? Tell Hawkeye to go to hell, since if he kills you, the next guy through the door will put a bullet through his head?
Well of course any self-respecting evil-doer would make the logical choice: untie your dangerous enemy who is otherwise one fingernail away from utter helplessness! Let him kill everybody, not just you! |
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