Review of 2017 for Hawkman and Hawkgirl

The year 2017 was an odd year for Hawkman and Hawkgirl. The year started with both in their own soon-to-end series and the year would end with both being involved in a Batman-project with hope that it would lead to their own series in the near future.

A Hawkman-Hawkgirl Collage (1940-2017)

About two years ago, I thought I would put together a few of my favorite Hawkman pictures from the comics. The first collage I made had 35 pictures, but then I thought to do one with a picture from every year since 1940. After that, I thought I should do one for Hawkgirl. Then I thought I could combine them. The result was a 154-pic collage of the history of the Hawks that took over a year to put together. Now, how about a 500-pic collage next? 
Click link for a better look!

Reviews of Hawkman Found

Here are the links to various reviews of Hawkman Found from various websites and blogs.
Comicosity: By Doug Zawisza
Comics Nexus: Article by John Babos 
IGN: By Jesse Schedeen 
Comicsverse: By Brandon Bloxdorf 
Newsarama: By Joey Edsall 
Weird Science: By Eric Shea 
Bleeding Cool: By Joshua Davison 
Comic Watch: By Jericho Wilson

My own review for the issue will be up shortly. 

Scott Snyder's Syfy Wire Interview Quotes

Some promising comments were made by Scott Snyder during his interview with Syfy Wire! 

Lady Blackhawk and the Dragon of Barbatos (Metal No. 4)

Quotes from Scott Snyder:

"Thanagar Prime, which is a story element that's going to be picked up after Metal, as well."

"They've always been central to the DNA of the story and plot-wise it's been about Batman picking up on a mystery that the two of them have been a part of for generations. This is the part that their emotional conflict, their mythology, their mission, relationship with each other, their love comes to the front of the story. Everything becomes jeopardized and they become very prominent figures from here on out. What happens to them plays out in stories after Metal too. So it's great to move them to center stage and moving them forward."

"I love writing Hawkman. I love writing Carter Hall. I love the fact that he's this detective of history. He's this hero that's sort of reincarnated over and over and over. And has this mantle I think, and this burden of knowing so much about human progress, human failings. He's been around since the very beginning of humanity and so he's seen the scope of our greatest ambitions and our biggest failures. He's also connected to these wild alien elements and so there's almost this great secret history to him and his character."

Article Link

Hawkman Returns in Metal No. 4 (Sort of...)

Spoilers ahead for Metal No. 4. Kendra Saunders gets taken over Barbados and becomes some kind of evil Lady Blackhawk and Hawkman is...well check out the article and see for yourself. 
Article: DC Metal Features The Return Of [Spoiler] To The DCU

Hawkman's Ultimate Weapon: The Claw of Horus

Hawkman's Ultimate Weapon: The Claw of Horus

By Tim Board 

Throughout his history, one of Hawkman's trademarks has been his weapons, From the beginning he has used all sorts of weapons to defeat his enemies; from his ever present mace to his Katar from Hawkworld. However, in 2001, David Goyer and Geoff Johns created a weapon for Hawkman that would be his most powerful weapon ever; the Claw of Horus.

Jedi Warrior Hawkman

Getting into the spirit of Star Wars which came out today! Took the amazing cover of Hawkman Vol. 4 No. 1 by Andrew Cartwright Robinson and replaced Hawkman's mace with a light saber! Looks pretty awesome!

Smallville Hawkman vs. Arrowverse Hawkman: Which Was Better?

CBR.com put out an article comparing the Smallville and Arrowverse versions of the DC superheroes. Hawkman made No. 6 on the list and they chose the Smallville version played by Michael Shanks as the better Hawkman. Smaville's Hawkman only appeared in four episodes, while Falk Hentschel's Hawkman appeared in nine episodes (seven Legends, one Arrow, one, Flash).
I'll have to agree with CBR's decision. The storyline, the writing, the costume were all much better than Arrowverse did. In my personal opinion, the writing and the way the show used Hawkman was an insult and left me wishing they had never used Hawkman in their horrid show. Hawkgirl wasn't much better as they had her useless unless she had a man to cling to. Because of their costumes, the Hawks are going to be hard to pull off but hopefully, someday they will receive the proper treatment from writers who know what they are doing.
Falk Hentschel as Hawkman and Ciara Renee as Hawkgirl did a great job with what they were given. I wouldn't mind these two showing up as the Hawks together again someday, as long as the writers of Arrowverse are nowhere near the project.

CBR.com Article Link

How a Boy Fell in Awe with Hawkman

It's the end of the day, middle of the night actually, I can't sleep so here I am. You know how you lie awake at night, thinking about the past, remembering things sort of vaguely, when one moment kind of latches on and you start remembering details you forgot about. What is this about? It's about Hawkman, of course! 

Art by Neal Adams and Dick Giordano

Wannabe by Spice Hawks

Wannabe

 Spice Hawks 

By Spice Girls,

Matt Rowe,

Richard Stannard 

Additional Lyrics by Tim Board

Lyrics Video Link (Sing Along!)

[Intro]

[Carter]
Ha, ha, ha
Yo, I'll tell you what you want, what you really really want
[Golden Carter]
So tell me what I want, what I really really want
[Carter]
I'll tell you what you want, what you really really want
[Golden Carter]
So tell me what I want, what I really really want
[Carter]
You wanna, You wanna, You wanna, You wanna, You wanna really really really wanna Hawkman comic book