Comments on: 9/13 – If Only…

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:09:56 +0000

It was an odd thing. Hawkeye quits the Avengers and joins the Defenders at the beginning of the story and then rejoins the Avengers at the end. Was the whole thing done to even out the number of members on each team like in a kindergarten soccer game when one team has a lot of no-shows?

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:02:40 +0000

I thought the “lie” was that the rest of the Defenders didn’t really interact with that fight at all, it was just Hawkeye vs Iron Man. Hawkeye claim’s a ‘win’ by getting IM distracted enough to not stop him running into the woods with the Maguffin…

By: Clint Adams

Clint Adams — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:56:18 +0000

What a great cover! I would buy that on a new comic today instead of the junk that is out on the market today.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:06:37 +0000

Mad Monkey and Ninjazilla, you both completely missed the joke. Read this comment thread and then come back here and if you still want to call me a moron, go for it.

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/09/10/910-if-only%e2%80%a6/#comments

By: James Moar

James Moar — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:03:55 +0000

I think it’s just that “Hawkeye’s got acquaintances” wouldn’t have fit in the available space.

By: Rob Schmidt

Rob Schmidt — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:18:07 +0000

Hulk likes Magician, Bird-Nose, and Sword-Girl. When they aren’t bossing him around, they’re his friends. Not like puny Banner–Hulk hates puny Banner.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:51:00 +0000

“wasn’t aware that Rabin and Arafat were comic book fans.”

Arafat LOVED Little Lulu.

incidentally Sadam Hussein never missed an issue of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac… weird dude.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:48:03 +0000

“Michael, they were the non-team. I always figured the Defenders consisted of whoever was hanging out at Doctor Strange’s place that day.”

Kind of like the New Avengers and Bucky’s house today.

By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:42:44 +0000

Watch out Mad Monkey, there’s something going right over your head.

By: Ninjazilla

Ninjazilla — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:54:24 +0000

Thanks Mo…Ron

By: The Mad Monkey

The Mad Monkey — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:26:31 +0000

Ron…

I wasn’t aware that Rabin and Arafat were comic book fans.

You should really keep that in mind the next time you visit a website about comic books.

By: Mary Warner

Mary Warner — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:55:23 +0000

Is there a joke here I’m not getting? Is there something strange about the idea of Hawkeye having friends?

The people that always spring to my mind when I think of the Defenders are the Beast, Moondragon, Valkyrie, Gargoyle, and Hellcat, although Nighthawk and Doctor Strange also fit my idea of the team. I guess a lot depends on when you read the series.
The people I NEVER want to see in the Defenders, though, are Namor, Hulk, and the Surfer. None of those guys should ever be on a team; they just don’t fit. I don’t understand why people always want to stick them together. The Surfer wasn’t even part of the team for more than a few issues, and Namor wasn’t in nearly as long as many other members. The writers tried for years to keep the Hulk on the team, but it always seemed forced, especially as he was in his angry-dumb-child phase for most of that time, and it never made any sense that he would keep hanging around with the others when they weren’t fighting someone. (I also never understood how he could hang around for a few days of quiet without turning back into Banner like he did in his own book. Or how he stayed with the Defenders at the same time he spent a few years wandering around the world in his own series. It seems they only included him because he was so popular at the time, and they needed someone to boost sales.)

By: Mike Loughlin

Mike Loughlin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:33:21 +0000

Other Defenders include The Thing, Luke Cage, Yellowjacket, and Moon Knight. Really, if you show up one day and fight some random demon, you’re a Defender.

By: Random Stranger

Random Stranger — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:15:59 +0000

Michael, they were the non-team. I always figured the Defenders consisted of whoever was hanging out at Doctor Strange’s place that day.

By: Scott Harris

Scott Harris — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:40:31 +0000

This has always been one of my favorite Defenders covers, if such a thing can be said to exist.

By: Michael P.

Michael P. — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:33:38 +0000

As I recall, Hawkeye wasn’t officially a Defender, he was just tagging along while they tried to cure the Black Knight from being turned to stone.

Then again, the Defenders never really had an official roster (as one of them would remind us at least once an issue), so maybe that’s enough to count.

By: P. Boz

P. Boz — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:16:12 +0000

I was friends with Hawkeye once. He took off after we had an argument about who was gonna be lead singer when we played “Rock Band”.

By: chad

chad — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:32:13 +0000

i never knew hawkeye was a member of the defenders . and at least he figured out the defenders will look after their own considering the oringal members hulk Namor silver surfer and Dr. strange can not ever get along and were only a team due to a curse just shows the defenders had an open door policy for memembers

By: JackKing

JackKing — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:47:45 +0000

Good one Ron

By: Jacob T. Levy

Jacob T. Levy — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:09:25 +0000

“Buddie”?