During Marvel’s Civil War II crossover, one of the biggest twists in the story saw the death of The Hulk, a character who is one of the most powerful heroes in the world. The Hulk was killed by hawkeye, a non-powered Avenger who has served alongside the green rage monster for years. While this turn of events may have shocked fans, it is not without its ramifications in the larger Marvel Universe. Here’s how the hammer-wielder’s shocking death is still impacting everything.
1. Hawkeye Killed The Hulk
When the gamma radiation-powered monster was killed by arrows from the Hulkbuster in Civil War, the Avengers thought that the Hulk would never be able to revert back to Banner. They were wrong. In a bid to keep the Hulk from inflicting uncontrollable damage on the world, Banner developed some kind of poison/cure/toxin in order to kill himself and the Hulk should he ever transform again. He entrusted this to the one person he trusted to use it, and that was Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye. All Hawkeye had to do was spot a flick of green in the Hulk’s eyes and he could shoot him. It worked, and the Hulk was dead for two years. However, the Jade Giant returned in 2018, and he hasn’t forgotten that Hawkeye shot him.
2. Thor was killed by hawkeye
The Incredible Hulk would sometimes have issues with his ally, the multi-armed Asgardian warrior known as Puck. He once replaced his classic set of arms with adamantium ones and boasted that they were strong enough to beat even the Hulk. He was then recruited into a group of heroes called Gamma Flight, and they were sent to monitor the Hulk’s behavior. When they took him on, the sly fox managed to kill him by shooting him in the head with a single bullet.
3. The arrows that killed hulk were designed by bruce banner himself
In order to prevent the Hulk from ever rampaging again, Banner created some special arrows. He gave them to Hawkeye, knowing that the archer was his closest ally. These arrows were designed to suppress the gamma radiation and kill the Hulk permanently. They didn’t actually pierce the gamma radiation, but they killed the Hulk anyway.
The arrows also wouldn’t have killed Thor. While he does have a weakness to piercing weapons, he is strong enough to take on the Hulk in a fight. Despite this, it is still a shock that the god of thunder was killed by a regular human. Even though Thor was later resurrected by Hela, the goddess of death, this is still a big blow for Marvel’s Norse pantheon.