The Extended Hawkman Family

Since 1940, the Hawkman family has reached far across time and space. Many characters in DC Comics have a connection to Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Starting with Carter and Shiera Hall's son Hector who eventually became Doctor Fate, the Hawks have relations with Superman, Wonder Woman, the Golden Eagle, Dream of the Endless and many others. It would be amazing for Hawkman and Superman to sit down one day and talk about the connection they have through Jonathan Kent. And with as many lives as the Hawks have lived, there is potential for many more heroes to find out that they are close or distant relatives of Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Click the LINK for a closer look.

Hawkman Appearance on The Simpsons

The Simpsons once did a spoof on Hawkman back in Season 24, Episode 16 (aired on March 17, 2013). In an episode titled "Dark Knight Court", Montgomery Burns is a vigilante called Fruit Bat Man but he is captured. Nick Fury appears and calls for the "Octogenarian Initiative". Early Bird (Jasper Beardly, voiced by Harry Shearer), The Rambler (Abraham Simpson), Hot Flash (Alice Glick), and Iron Lung (Hans Moleman) join together to form "The Dependables". Hawkman is seen flying through the sky and walks into Skobo's, a restaurant that occasionally appears on the show. They are seen playing cards at the end of the episode. Go to 2:12 of the video to see Hawkman. Nice to see Hawkman chosen for the spoof. 

Hawk-Porg by Chris Giarusso

Too awesome not to share! A Hawk-Porg by Chris Giarusso!

Board Review of Metal No. 5: Maces, Magic Lassos, Martians and Madness

By Tim Board

Since the Metal saga began last summer, Scott Snyder’s “rock and roll” restructuring of the DC Universe has been building up to a crescendo. With only two more issues left in the series, I felt that issue No. 5 would be the one where it would reach its highest hope-devouring note and it feels like that is exactly what we got. So many things happened, and we had to run through it so fast, it left me wishing that this was a 12-issue bi-weekly. But if I got my wish, I imagine Greg Capullo and Jonathan Glapion might want to strangle me.

We open up the issue to find Barbatos perched on his pole, with dragons flying around. Not just dragons, but Joker dragons! I didn’t think much of it at first, because with seven evil Batman-things and Batmanium in the story, one gets used to such things.

Hawkman and Batman: Two Iconic Heroes Together

Over the last 78 years, Hawkman and Batman have been two of the most iconic superheroes in comics. Batman obviously has become the standard bearer of DC Comics, while Hawkman has been regulated to 2nd or 3rd tier status in recent years. Regardless, the Metal event has been a series to get all the Batman you could ever want, and it may also be the turning point for bringing Hawkman back to the forefront. I put together 13 of the times that the heroes were together in art or comics and the 13th dimension comic site put the article out with all the pictures so go check it out!
Link: Winging It: 13 Great Batman and Hawkman Moments

Unadorned Cover Art for Action Comics #588 by John Byrne

Tom Ziuko, one of the top colorists in comics, sent our Facebook group a picture of Action Comics No. 588 by John Byrne! 

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO HAWKWORLD! In light of this special occasion, here's something I'm sure that no one has seen before, at least not like this. As the colorist on the Superman books when John Byrne took over the franchise, I would always try to get a hold of the covers in the production department before the logos and any copy had been added. This is the unadorned cover art for Action Comics #588, featuring the Man Of Steel along with everyone's favorite Thanagarians. Kirby says: "Don't ask - just ENJOY!" 

Many thanks to Tom Ziuko for an awesome surprise! 

New Hawkman and Hawkgirl Figures by Funko!

Funko has released a new DC Comics figure series called HeroWorld, available only at the Target stores in America. Hawkman and Hawkgirl are included in the series, packaged together for $25 (listed price). For some reason, in all of the promotional pictures, Hawkman is wearing green shorts only, looking kind of odd, but in the actual figures at the stores, his costume is as it should be. Had to screw Hawkman up somehow I guess. Any way, this looks like a great addition for those who are collecting Hawkman and Hawkgirl figures! 

Hawkman wearing the wrong pants in the promotion pic. 

Hawkworld Anniversary Article by Doug Zawisza

Hawkman.

Geez. What can I say about the guy that I haven’t already said? I mean I wrote (most of ) the Hawkman Companion, an article for Back Issue magazine, and a Comic Love post for Comicosity on Hawkman and Hawkwoman (Hawkgirl). There can’t be that much more to say, can there?

Except there is.

I could rage about how Hawkman and Hawkwoman have been short-changed and neglected (the only characters that haven’t been celebrated with “A Celebration of 75 Years...” book, despite debuting in the same issue as the Flash, having more solo adventures than the Joker, and going toe-to-philosophical-toe with Green Arrow) or how their adventures seem to get undercut by events (the promise at the end of Brightest Day never materialized, but had super-strong emotional potential) but I don’t want to wallow. I want to celebrate.

Hawkman Found at No. 9 on December Sales Chart!

Hawkman Found comes in at No. 9 on the chart for December comic book sales according to the Comichron site . Congratulations to Jeff Lemire, Bryan Hitch, Kevin Nowlan Alex Sinclair, Jeremiah Skipper, and DC Comics! Please, may we have another!? That was too good for a one shot!

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The History of Hawkman and Hawkgirl by Geoff Johns

Summary by Tim Board (Hawkworld Facebook and Hawkworld Twitter)
One of the greatest series of Hawkman comics was the series Geoff Johns did from 2002 to 2004. With the art of Rags Morales, Johns brought the confusing story of Hawkman together and it actually made sense. One of the best issues from his run is Issue No. 15, titled "The Thanagarian". In the first issue of this three-part story, Hawkwoman makes her first appearance in eight years. In the issue she tells the story of the Hawks and how they came to be. In just a few panels, Johns and Morales tolf the story as simply as possible. It is definitely worth a read. After the end of Johns, summary, I've added what has happened to the Hawks since 2004.