Hawkeye Hearing Aids – A Callback to Clint Barton’s Comic-Book Companion

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In the first episode of Hawkeye, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s new show about Clint Barton, one detail caught our eye: the avenger’s hearing aid. It’s a callback to his comic-book counterpart, and it seems like the right move for a show that aims to bring a more real-world perspective to Clint.

In the early 1980s, a battle with a sonic-powered villain cost Clint 80 percent of his hearing. He eventually got a hearing aid, and that helped him return to his normal life. But over the years, his hearing has been mostly treated as an afterthought.

That’s changed in the new Disney+ series, which uses Clint’s hearing loss to drive home that he is still a normal human being even with his superhero powers. And that doesn’t mean that he’s not a good dad to his children or a great hero to the world.

To Marvel Studios producer Trinh Tran, the character’s hearing loss is an important part of Clint’s character because it reflects who he is as a man and what makes him a true hero to others. It shows that no matter what he does, Clint always has the ability to overcome adversity and become a better person than he was before.

It also explains why he can be a great dad to his son, and why his family is so close to him. He is a father who cares deeply about his kids and wants to make sure they’re happy and healthy, so it’s no surprise that he would want to help them grow up healthy and strong.

He’s the type of hero who tries to help everyone around him, and that’s a great thing to have as a superhero. And it’s no wonder that he’s been able to do that with his hearing loss.

This might seem like a small change to Clint Barton, but it’s an extremely big one for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The series is largely based on the popular Matt Fraction and David Aja run on the comics, so giving Renner’s version hearing loss is a way of making the character more closely align with the character in the comics.

And it’s a huge opportunity to expand the scope of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to include more characters with disabilities and make them more prominent. This is especially true with characters who are deaf and/or visually impaired, such as Echo (Alaqua Cox), whose presence in the third episode of the new series will set her up as a key character and give her a chance to mentor Clint.

The fact that the MCU is focusing on Clint’s hearing loss in this way makes it easier for the audience to connect with him as a hero, and helps the show become a more genuine and human experience for its viewers. Seeing that this is an issue that Clint has been dealing with for a long time and that he’s still able to do all the things he needs to do to keep his family happy and healthy makes him an incredibly compelling character.