Did Ostrander try to clean up Hawkman's post-Crisis continuity? Yes, and he did it well, but then they started the next volume of Hawkman and it was botched again. Johns took what he could from the messed up Katar history, but used Carter and tied him into the Thanagarian culture logically and his monthly by Johns was terrific. DC never should have said Truman's Hawkworld excellent mini was 'current day' because that is what helped to confuse his continuity. The New 52 Hawkman isn't so much a mess, it's that he has had many creative team shifts that have overly complicated him again for me. You don't really need to 'get' my criticism. The character does not appear consistent to me, and it's too bad because I love the character. I want to support the character and I have hope for him in JLU. I do like the how his armor is part of him and that he can regenerate.