Hawkman

[Nomads1]

I never read this mini-series. Was it any good?

Peace

[MajorHoy]

I thought Johns had set Hawkman up fine in his run and had finally undone most of the mess that Zero Hour created and really built a solid foundation they could build upon again...

But wasn't Johns the one who took the reincarnation idea and stretched it out more?
I thought original Golden Age Hawkman and Hawkgirl only had the one reincarnation from Egypt to the (then) "present day" of 1940.
Wasn't Johns the one who threw in all the other past lives like Silent Knight and Nighthawk & Cinnamon? (Mind you, Nighthawk had previously been killed off in Crisis on Infinite Earths.)



And had somebody else decided to link Nighthawk and Cinnamon together as a couple prior to Geoff Johns?

[Old Man Ollie 1962]

Here's an outrageous idea. Give Bendis a crack at Hawkman. *runs for cover*

[MajorHoy]

Here's an outrageous idea. Give Bendis a crack at Hawkman. *runs for cover*

Let's not, and better yet, let's never-ever-ever even suggest such a thing again.

Anyway, I wonder if we'll learn more when the April 2018 solicitations come out as to if/when a new Hawkman series is anywhere on the horizon?

Or do people think it won't be until at least sometime this coming summer before we'll hear more?

[MajorHoy]

Has anybody heard anything further on if/when that new Hawkman series is expected to begin?

Or do you think that won't be discussed until sometime after Dark Nights: Metal #6 is released in March?

[The_Greatest_Username]

I never read this mini-series. Was it any good?

Peace

Shadow War of Hawkman? I really enjoyed it.

[Old Man Ollie 1962]

Let's not, and better yet, let's never-ever-ever even suggest such a thing again.

Anyway, I wonder if we'll learn more when the April 2018 solicitations come out as to if/when a new Hawkman series is anywhere on the horizon?

Or do people think it won't be until at least sometime this coming summer before we'll hear more?

Bendis will write Superman instead.

[Jody Garland]

But wasn't Johns the one who took the reincarnation idea and stretched it out more?
I thought original Golden Age Hawkman and Hawkgirl only had the one reincarnation from Egypt to the (then) "present day" of 1940.
Wasn't Johns the one who threw in all the other past lives like Silent Knight and Nighthawk & Cinnamon? (Mind you, Nighthawk had previously been killed off in Crisis on Infinite Earths.)

A bit late to the party here, but no, Johns wasn't the first to link the Knight and Nighthawk to Hawkman, that was John Ostrander in Hawkman vol. 3 #27.

[SJNeal]

A bit late to the party here, but no, Johns wasn't the first to link the Knight and Nighthawk to Hawkman, that was John Ostrander in Hawkman vol. 3 #27.

Do you mean Hawkworld #27...?

Unless Ostrander came back, but I thought Messner-Loebs took over by that point in the series.

[The Question]

They should drop the entire Egyptian and reincarnation nonsense and go pure Thanagarian background for Hawkman.

[Rod G]

They should drop the entire Egyptian and reincarnation nonsense and go pure Thanagarian background for Hawkman.

I agree with this 100%!

[Zero Hunter]

I disagree with both of you and think they should just give up on the space cop angle and stick with the Egyptian reincarnation angle. The space cop angle just does not sell.

[Jody Garland]

Do you mean Hawkworld #27...?

Unless Ostrander came back, but I thought Messner-Loebs took over by that point in the series.

You're right, it was Bill Loebs. For some reason, Ostrander was sticking out in my mind hardcore. I guess becaue it had to do with the Hawkgod stuff from around Zero Hour.

[Old Man Ollie 1962]

I disagree with both of you and think they should just give up on the space cop angle and stick with the Egyptian reincarnation angle. The space cop angle just does not sell.

Keeping the Egyptian mythos in the story adds legitimacy to Hawkman being a person of color. If DC goes with the Thangarian angle, they could change the "space cop" concept to a soldier/military back drop.

[C-Dot]

They should drop the entire Egyptian and reincarnation nonsense and go pure Thanagarian background for Hawkman.

I agree with this 100%!

Agreed and agreed. But I feel both can be around without ripping out Thanagar and Katar's personality/attributes/etc and putting it in Carter Hall like Johns did (or killing Katar off). Carter should be more in line with Egyptian mythology and have his original persona and Katar should have Thanagar and his personality.

But for main Hawk? Yes to the one that's been around for decades and the most prominent one in other media (and yes to Shayera...PLEASE tell me she never worked out in Justice League).