Green Arrow too went through a “normal arrows only” phase. Maybe the writers think it’s more real or something. Except without those, he’s just another archer. He eventually went back to the gimmicks and I’m sure Hawkeye will too. And both of these heroes are opposed to killing, which is the point I was making.

-”The current version of Cap, Bucky, carries a gun on him.”

I Know. I wasn’t talking about him, but about Rogers. Bucky was brainwashed into being an assassin. You’d think that would sour him on guns.

-”You say that Cap was less wise and younger when he killed and I find that almost insulting.”

Then you’re taking it way too personally. If you go back and read my comment, you’ll see I wasn’t condemning Cap for killing, and that in fact I think he has been justified in the times he has killed. But the fact is, Cap does *not* regularly use guns or kill, and several stories have pointed out that in his youth he was more idealistic and followed government orders blindly, something he later regretted. But that was not the real world’s American military or government, just their Marvel Comics equivalent.

As for Cap, both versions of Cap have used guns and killed. The current version of Cap, Bucky, carries a gun on him. You say that Cap was less wise and younger when he killed and I find that almost insulting. As somebody that has served in the military I can tell you that when somebody is trying to kill you you will do what it takes to keep yourself safe and complete your mission. It has nothing to do about being wise. I think the version of Cap that was a super pacifist and against all killing was out of character for a soldier.

Captain America has rarely ever used guns, even during WWII. He’s got a nifty throwing weapon already, one that doesn’t kill (unless he uses its sharp edge.) Note I’m not saying he doesn’t believe in killing- he certainly blew up a lot of Nazi bases in commando missions. But that was war, and he was younger and less wise. The last time Rogers used a gun with any significance was when he had to use a terrorist’s machine gun to kill him before he could shoot into a crowd, and I remember quite a bit of controversy about it at the time. For the record I think he did the right thing, but he’s NOT the “kill first option” kind of hero.

Sorry. I didn’t really want to turn that into such a tangent.

In fact, Hawkeye’s arrowheads could probably cause a heck of a lot more damage!

As for the guns thing, both Hawkeye’s and Daredevil’s weapons are non-lethal (unless you really, REALLY try to kill with them.) If most heroes wanted to use guns they’d carry them already, thank you.

. And it seems whenever one of those books finally finishes, another one just up and starts again.

That’s called a ‘publishing schedule’.
Regardless of the quality, they’ve got to keep churning them out to keep the cogs turning, and hopefully make money.

Also: new Splash Page? I’m there.