Green Arrow & Hawkeye

So I was curious about this. When you look at the two archers, there are a LOT of similarities. Both have archer themed identities. Both were on their universe's premiere teams (JLA and Avengers). Both of them are into female heroes with bird-like themes (Black Canary and Mockingbird) and if I remember correctly, they both even share a passion for chilli. Also, I feel their attitudes are sorta similar to each other. So my question is do you prefer one over the other or do you like them both equally because they seem so similar to each other?

Also, why do you prefer one to the other?

I like both characters, but I'm more familiar with Clint, so I voted for him.

I'm pretty familiar with both of them as well. I like them both pretty equally but in the end I was always a sucker for the trick arrows so I went with Green Arrow which is not to say I'm not a big Hawkeye fan. In fact, I like the name Hawkeye better than Green Arrow but the trick arrows pushes GA ahead a bit.

Now that I think of it, they do have a lot of similarities. Both are notorious for not playing well with others, both have had lots of woman troubles, and both have come back from the dead.

I love them both, but I'm going with Green Arrow. The only real reason for this is because I'm more familiar with him. I hadn't even heard of him until JLU (I didn't collect comics regularly until about 4 years ago). JLU made me love GA, so I decided to check him out in the comics. I read the Kevin Smith, Brad Meltzer, and then Judd Winick stuff and fell in love with him even more. Smallville also furthered my love for him.

With Hawkeye, I have some exposure to him, and I do love him, but I am not as familiar with him as I am with GA. The main exposure I have to him is Bendis' stuff (Avengers: Disassembled, House of M, New Avengers, Secret Invasion), and for most of that he's been Ronin. I do have some non-Bendis exposure to him, but not a lot.

Debaser77 wrote:Now that I think of it, they do have a lot of similarities. Both are notorious for not playing well with others, both have had lots of woman troubles, and both have come back from the dead.

It's very interesting how similar they are to each other when you look at them side-by-side.

I've been a Hawkeye fan all of my life. My penchant for archers leaves a soft spot in my heart for Ollie, but Hawkeye just resonates more with me. I think it's a combination of the aesthetic design and the fact that he isn't a liberal mouthpiece.

Joshua wrote:I've been a Hawkeye fan all of my life. My penchant for archers leaves a soft spot in my heart for Ollie, but Hawkeye just resonates more with me. I think it's a combination of the aesthetic design and the fact that he isn't a liberal mouthpiece.

Well, Ollie is also a liberal mouthpiece. It's why he and Hawkman don't get along so well. I do love Hawkeye's costume though. It's why it annoyed for so long when he was in that Ronan costume. I just didn't like it as much as the Hawkeye costume. Although Green Arrow's costume with the hood is fairly cool too. I've always liked his Robin Hood look.

jaydee74 wrote:

Joshua wrote:I've been a Hawkeye fan all of my life. My penchant for archers leaves a soft spot in my heart for Ollie, but Hawkeye just resonates more with me. I think it's a combination of the aesthetic design and the fact that he isn't a liberal mouthpiece.

Well, Ollie is also a liberal mouthpiece.

That's what I just said.

Joshua wrote:

jaydee74 wrote:

Joshua wrote:I've been a Hawkeye fan all of my life. My penchant for archers leaves a soft spot in my heart for Ollie, but Hawkeye just resonates more with me. I think it's a combination of the aesthetic design and the fact that he isn't a liberal mouthpiece.

Well, Ollie is also a liberal mouthpiece.

That's what I just said.

My eyes were completely playing tricks on me and I read that wrong. Nevemind.

Batman25JM wrote:I love them both, but I'm going with Green Arrow. The only real reason for this is because I'm more familiar with him. I hadn't even heard of him until JLU (I didn't collect comics regularly until about 4 years ago). JLU made me love GA, so I decided to check him out in the comics. I read the Kevin Smith, Brad Meltzer, and then Judd Winick stuff and fell in love with him even more. Smallville also furthered my love for him.

With Hawkeye, I have some exposure to him, and I do love him, but I am not as familiar with him as I am with GA. The main exposure I have to him is Bendis' stuff (Avengers: Disassembled, House of M, New Avengers, Secret Invasion), and for most of that he's been Ronin. I do have some non-Bendis exposure to him, but not a lot.

I forgot to mention that Ultimate Hawkeye kicks major ass (if you exclude Ultimates 3 and Ultimatum).

Joshua wrote:I've been a Hawkeye fan all of my life. My penchant for archers leaves a soft spot in my heart for Ollie, but Hawkeye just resonates more with me. I think it's a combination of the aesthetic design and the fact that he isn't a liberal mouthpiece.

It's funny, I'm fairly conservative, and yet I LOVE Green Arrow. I don't know why his liberal attitude doesn't bug me.

I like Green Arrow, I just prefer Hawkeye.

For me, my choice could really change on a dime. I just love the trick arrows.

jaydee74 wrote:For me, my choice could really change on a dime. I just love the trick arrows.

I do too, and it really bugs me that Ollie doesn't really use them that much anymore.

Green Arrow. Never developed any interest in Hawkeye. Not to say he's a bad character, just never had a motivation to check him out.

LordD3r3k wrote:Green Arrow. Never developed any interest in Hawkeye. Not to say he's a bad character, just never had a motivation to check him out.

I'm SHOCKED that you prefer a DC character over a Marvel character.

I like Clint and Ollie. Both are their own man and they don't put up with any BS. That being said, I've had much more experience with Hawkeye, so I'd go with him. Green Arrow is a great character too, but I'm a pretty big Hawkeye fan, especially recently. He's stepped up and been a major leader in the Marvel Universe lately, moreso than GA has in the DCU recently I'd say.

I vote other, give me Ultimate Hawkeye any day, he's three quarters Hawkeye, one quarter Bullseye, and one hundred percent awesome.

If I had to pick a main continuity character I'd probably go with Ollie.

Batman25JM wrote:I'm SHOCKED that you prefer a DC character over a Marvel character.

Hey, I can't help being drawn to talent. BOOM, Roasted

Cissie King-Jones, Arrowette!!! Just kidding. Although, I did really enjoy her character in Impulse's series.

I'll go with Green Arrow. I'm actually not that into him, but he's alright in groups. Can't vouch for his series, although I've heard nothing but good. Which is another thing, he's had such long series, ongoings/minis/one-shots, of critical acclaim. Can't say that with Clint. His attitude is kind of interesting (his political stance never really annoyed me), and his dynamic with Dinah can be fun at times. Ollie has two decades on Clint, his theme works well in a world of superheroes and vigilantes, while Clint feels like he was created out of the sole purpose of having an archer-themed character on Marvel's big-team's roster.

I disliked that both came back from the dead, but Ollie and the whole Parallax/Hal thing was so bad that it needed correcting, while Clint went out better than he should've been offered. Yet still a good ending for Hawkeye. Then they screwed up a good ending for the character by bringing him back.

Oliver Queen.

LordD3r3k wrote:

Batman25JM wrote:I'm SHOCKED that you prefer a DC character over a Marvel character.

Hey, I can't help being drawn to talent. BOOM, Roasted

Even though I'm a fan of archers in other mediums, I've never really followed these archers closely. I've never payed attention to Green Arrow in the past and found Hawkeye to be too belligerent for my tastes. Nowadays I enjoy them both, but if I had to choose, I'd go with Green Arrow.

Batman25JM wrote:

jaydee74 wrote:For me, my choice could really change on a dime. I just love the trick arrows.

I do too, and it really bugs me that Ollie doesn't really use them that much anymore.

I know. The last time I saw any trick arrows was when Conner had to use Ollie's trick arrows to help the JLA in Morrison's run that helped Conner get into the JLA for a short time.

Hawkeye for me. Why? Because I'm a closed-minded Marvel elitist. Make mine Marvel!