Given there are so many superheroes out there (like, literally hundreds and hundreds), there was always going to be a bit of overlap. For every one Superman there are about a dozen or so Sentries; for every one Namor, there is at least one Aquaman; characters with similar abilities who, despite carving out their own destiny in the years since, are still very similar when you distill their most basic elements.
One of the biggest recurring archetypes in comics is that of the hero or villain 'that doesn't miss'. Green Arrow was the first in 1941 (although it would take years for him to step out of Batman's shadow), and he was followed by Deadshot in 1950. Off the page, characters like the legendary 'Man with No Name' and just about every generic eighties action hero 'never miss', but it takes something else to turn that power into something interesting.
When it comes to Marvel, there are two characters in particular who famously boast the 'never miss' mantra, and that is Bullseye and Hawkeye. Both are captivating in their own special way, but the fact remains that being really good at hitting stuff at distance is actually pretty cool - especiallywhen it's with a bow and arrow.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
