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Hawkman/Hawkgirl (2002) (Collected Editions) #6
Hawkgirl: Hawkman Returns
The evil Blackfire has made her way to Earth to eliminate Hawkgirl as she did Hawkwoman bringing the Rann/Thanagar War very close to home! And worse Hawkgirl has evidence that Blackfire has already killed Hawkman.
Collecting: Hawkgirl 57-60 & JSA Classified 21-22
Collecting: Hawkgirl 57-60 & JSA Classified 21-22
144 pages, Paperback
First published November 7, 2007
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About the author
Walter Simonson
1,263 books174 followersWalt Simonson is an American comic book writer and artist, best known for a run on Marvel Comics' Thor from 1983 to 1987, during which he created the character Beta Ray Bill. He is also known for the creator-owned work Star Slammers, which he inaugurated in 1972 as a Rhode Island School of Design thesis. He has also worked on other Marvel titles such as X-Factor and Fantastic Four, on DC Comics books including Detective Comics, Manhunter, Metal Men and Orion, and on licensed properties such as Star Wars, Alien, Battlestar Galactica and Robocop vs. Terminator.
He is married to comics writer Louise Simonson, with whom he collaborated as penciller on X-Factor from 1988 to 1989, and with whom he made a cameo appearance in the 2011 Thor feature film.
He is married to comics writer Louise Simonson, with whom he collaborated as penciller on X-Factor from 1988 to 1989, and with whom he made a cameo appearance in the 2011 Thor feature film.
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January 19, 2012
Despite the return of the book series' original character, the book doesn't take advantage of it at all. I don't look for this book series to last much longer.
March 27, 2018
Read all of Simonson's Hawkgirl:
A big problem with these Hawkgirl books is that the series never finds its identity. I have no idea who decided to spin Hawkgirl as a horror book in the early going, and it's not necessarily the worst idea if you're trying to find a unique voice among the superhero crowd, but the series doesn't quite click in the first volume. Then, sales apparently down, they bring back Hawkman in a convoluted, confused sci-fi storyline that doesn't make much sense if you're not reading, and I didn't, the Rann-Thanagar nonsense. Simonson does enough recapping to make the story he's telling mostly clear, but there's so much emotional content missing - Sheira's death, the political angles (what the hell is motivating Blackfire, I cannot guess), the human cost, etc. In the final book, you can see why they hired Simonson to write the book - as he finally gets to amp up the mythology of the backstory and play with the old Egyptian stories that inform the Hawks' backgrounds.
Hawkman Returns, despite the great Simonson and Joe Bennett art, was the least satisfying of the three volumes. If the current Hawks are reincarnated Egyptian royalty or whatever, why is Hawkman involved in Thanagar's war? Despite the hawk-motif, he's no more Thanagarian than I am, right? Bennett and Simonson tear it up in the four chapters they draw. Renato Arlem's photo-tracing isn't terrible at times. His work isn't as stiff as Greg Land's, but his tendency to Photoshop a new background behind the exact same figures is distracting, and there are a few cheesecake poses. Chaykin draws exploitive stuff, but it's not ass-at-the-camera posed cheesecake, which is a fine difference, but one that makes Arlem's work lesser. Story was hard to follow since I know nothing about Rann-Thanagar.
A big problem with these Hawkgirl books is that the series never finds its identity. I have no idea who decided to spin Hawkgirl as a horror book in the early going, and it's not necessarily the worst idea if you're trying to find a unique voice among the superhero crowd, but the series doesn't quite click in the first volume. Then, sales apparently down, they bring back Hawkman in a convoluted, confused sci-fi storyline that doesn't make much sense if you're not reading, and I didn't, the Rann-Thanagar nonsense. Simonson does enough recapping to make the story he's telling mostly clear, but there's so much emotional content missing - Sheira's death, the political angles (what the hell is motivating Blackfire, I cannot guess), the human cost, etc. In the final book, you can see why they hired Simonson to write the book - as he finally gets to amp up the mythology of the backstory and play with the old Egyptian stories that inform the Hawks' backgrounds.
Hawkman Returns, despite the great Simonson and Joe Bennett art, was the least satisfying of the three volumes. If the current Hawks are reincarnated Egyptian royalty or whatever, why is Hawkman involved in Thanagar's war? Despite the hawk-motif, he's no more Thanagarian than I am, right? Bennett and Simonson tear it up in the four chapters they draw. Renato Arlem's photo-tracing isn't terrible at times. His work isn't as stiff as Greg Land's, but his tendency to Photoshop a new background behind the exact same figures is distracting, and there are a few cheesecake poses. Chaykin draws exploitive stuff, but it's not ass-at-the-camera posed cheesecake, which is a fine difference, but one that makes Arlem's work lesser. Story was hard to follow since I know nothing about Rann-Thanagar.
April 19, 2019
An improvement on the previous Hawkgirl saga if only because it doesn't feature the sometimes iffy artwork of Howard Chaykin. Also it does of course feature Hawkman w/some keen absorbascon action which definitely gave me a thrill as it was a throw back to the old Silver Age Hawkman (& Hawkgirl) comics by Gardner Fox in the 60's. Walter Simonson does the art himself on a couple of stories & proving easily his good rep in the biz. All in all a decent Hawkgirl tpb, I really wish DC had put out more from the mid 2000's run. Apparently the three I've just read are the only ones I can find.
November 19, 2021
Walt Simonson still playing in the Hawks sandbox is a disappointment. While the art is much better, the story is still uninteresting and at times pointless. Kendra's actions here are bizarre, Carter's even more so. Overall, not a book you want to read if you enjoy Hawkman or Hawkgirl.
February 6, 2014
This was a jumping-on point for me and it was fine. The artwork was what mainly drew me though.
July 3, 2021
It’s not really a complete story it fills in some holes from other events and explains how Hawkman comes back to earth.
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