However, Clint THOUGHT he was going to Hulk out. Bruce didn't hulk out or was on the verge of it. In fact, he wouldn't have hulked out to begin with. The recent Hulk series established he cured himself. He stated in this comic he hadn't hulked out in almost a year (both series contradict each other) and there was no indication that it would have happened here. Clint says he saw something, but he could easily been mistaken and jumped the gun. After all, he was farther away from everyone else and in a bunch of green trees. He also could have imagined it, especially after Carol has been going on and on about the visions always being correct.
It doesn't matter that he was given instructions. He didn't assess the situation correctly nor did he wait for real confirmation besides just a quick flash. He acted stupidly and killed Bruce. He got off on a crime he committed. That's all there is to it.
Aside from what you mentioned, a couple of things sit really poorly with me.
First, it's kind of weird that after spending years and years trying to kill himself, Banner apparently comes up with a magic arrow that can do the job.
Second, and the biggest thing about this whole series, is that the so-called heroes aren't confronting Banner because he's a threat to the world or to innocent lives this time. They're all there because he's a threat to them personally, so they showed up ready to kill him if need be. These are no longer heroes - they're people who have decided that their lives are worth more than other people's. Instead of solving a problem, they escalate it.
An issue or two ago, we had Tony Stark flippantly joking about his decision to torture an innocent person. Now we have a group of heroes deciding that murder is an option that should be considered if it is beneficial to them.
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However, Clint THOUGHT he was going to Hulk out. Bruce didn't hulk out or was on the verge of it. In fact, he wouldn't have hulked out to begin with. The recent Hulk series established he cured himself. He stated in this comic he hadn't hulked out in almost a year (both series contradict each other) and there was no indication that it would have happened here. Clint says he saw something, but he could easily been mistaken and jumped the gun. After all, he was farther away from everyone else and in a bunch of green trees. He also could have imagined it, especially after Carol has been going on and on about the visions always being correct.
It doesn't matter that he was given instructions. He didn't assess the situation correctly nor did he wait for real confirmation besides just a quick flash. He acted stupidly and killed Bruce. He got off on a crime he committed. That's all there is to it.
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First, it's kind of weird that after spending years and years trying to kill himself, Banner apparently comes up with a magic arrow that can do the job.
Second, and the biggest thing about this whole series, is that the so-called heroes aren't confronting Banner because he's a threat to the world or to innocent lives this time. They're all there because he's a threat to them personally, so they showed up ready to kill him if need be. These are no longer heroes - they're people who have decided that their lives are worth more than other people's. Instead of solving a problem, they escalate it.
An issue or two ago, we had Tony Stark flippantly joking about his decision to torture an innocent person. Now we have a group of heroes deciding that murder is an option that should be considered if it is beneficial to them.