Saturday, May 31, 2008

Hawkman - 1986

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4 comments:

Diabolu Frank said...

Not bad, but I still think the illo. for "Shadow War" was among the best house ads ever.

Anonymous said...

If I'm not mistaken, the series this ad trumpets was pretty much the last hooray for the Silver Age Hawkman I had grown up with. Oh, he and Hawkwoman appeared in the pages of JLI after this as the "old fuddy-duddys" shocked by the "wacky" behavior of the Guy/Beetle/Booster League - uggh, I think I just threw up in my mouth a little - but this is the last time he was handled well.

Now, he doesn't even exist. Just another childhood hero sacrificed on the altar of "this month's sales figures." But I'm not bitter. :-)

Diabolu Frank said...

Sadly agreed. I've tried to read Hawkman series since, and while I've enjoyed some more than others, none have captured the appeal of the Hawks, individually or as a couple. Why can't comic book writers understand how to write solid adventures around a happy marriage?

Anonymous said...

Happy marraiges aren't "edgy and gritty" enough.

(Though as someone wiser than me has said, "gloomy" would be a better word for much "post-modern" than gritty.)

Best,
-Craig W.