When did Hawkeye turn deaf?
When did Hawkeye turn deaf?
After Clint got in the way of the Tracksuit Mafia’s nefarious plans, the gang hired a mercenary who went by the name “The Clown” (Hint: it’s Kazi from the show). The Clown was instructed to kill Clint and almost did. After cornering him, The Clown stuck arrows in both of Clint’s ears, deafening him.
When did Hawkeye start wearing a hearing aid?
The moment came in 1983’s Hawkeye vol. 1 #4, when Clint’s hearing was permanently damaged after a battle with the marksman Crossfire. From that point on, Hawkeye had a hearing aid… as long as writers actually remembered that he had a hearing aid.
How did Hawkeye get hard of hearing?
A 2014 comic later revealed that Clint’s deafness began due to abuse suffered during childhood. Neither of those backstories is adapted into Clint Barton’s MCU series, which establishes that Hawkeye is deaf as a result of repeated trauma on Avengers missions.
Is Hawkeye hard of hearing in real life?
“A lot of that’s in my life. I’m only hard of hearing, so I’m not deaf … I thought it was just a really wonderful thing, cause it is, it’s always been a part of Clint’s character in the comics, and we found a way to make it a truthful entry point for his life and how it affects his life.
