8 Ways The Marvel Cinematic Universe Has Ruined Marvel Comics

5. Hawkeye Loses His Iconic Mask

As with Star-Lord, the costumes of many characters have been altered over the years because of the movies. With the recent "All-New, All Different" relaunch, it appears as if that will no longer be the case (mostly because the majority of their characters are in hideous '90s style outfits Marvel Studios would never bring to the big screen), but easily the biggest casualty has been Hawkeye and his classic purple costume. The Avengers movie clearly followed The Ultimates by making Clint Barton a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and adapted his costume from that series very faithfully, so why the regular comics had to follow suit (no pun intended) is hard to say. After all, Marvel had just put the character back in his classic costume to much fanfare - following his tenure as Ronin - and to have him suddenly wearing that bland tunic and a pair of shades was odd. While it wouldn't have necessarily worked in the MCU, Hawkeye's classic look is no more ridiculous than Captain America's, and it's now difficult to imagine the archer ever being able to return to that. There are countless ways Marvel could have updated the costume above without compromising it too much, but now the character instead looks like a slightly crappier version of the Hawkeye from the movies.