Hawkman: Found #1

Dark Nights: Metal (Reading Order) #4.5

by Jeff Lemire, Bryan Hitch (Penciller), Jason Wright (Cover Art)

One of DC’S greatest heroes is missing! No one has seen or heard from Carter Hall—a.k.a. Hawkman—in years. Reincarnated repeatedly since the dawn of humanity, Hawkman has spent his many lives uncovering history’s most fantastic mysteries, and now he has become one himself! Take a journey into the one of the darkest corners of the DC Universe as a mysterious man tries to piece together what happened to Hawkman, and how it all connects to the events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL!

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Batman, Comic Book, Graphic Novels, Comics Manga, Horror

29 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 20, 2017

About the author

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Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Black Hammer, Descender, Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, including the fantasy series Ascender with Dustin Nguyen.

Reviews

[Tawfek · Rating 3 out of 5]

I never liked hawkman, and after reading this nothing changed.
He is one the most boring characters ever, and they keep shoving him down our throats regardless, in dark nights metal, and in darkest night and brightest day events too.
And supposedly he is based on Egyptian mythology, and I adore Egyptian mythology and still give no fucks about him.
This event is just losing traction for me in the last five issues.

[Jedi JC Daquis · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is nothing wrong with Hawkman Found's story execution. Jeff Lemire has at least made this issue an interesting read from start to finish.

This issue though is totally unnecessary to get the Dark Knight Metal story going. I expected a story about Carter Hall being found and rescued from the daro universe prision. But Hawkman Found is really just Hawkman found... by us.

In the end this Dark Knight tie-in is a fast, entertaining but forgettable read.

[Garrett · Rating 2 out of 5]

A seemingly pointless DNM tie-in. Hopefully the last three issues will be good

[Siona Adams · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hrmmmm.... I liked this one, but I don't really see where it tied in with Metal aside from it being Hawkman. Like I know that doesn't make any sense, but this doesn't really progress the story or give any insight into it, it's just there. The art is cool, and the story wasn't bad, but it just seems a bit pointless.

[David Dalton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not much to say about this. A tie-in to the Dark Nights storyline. Kind of a weak tie-in, to let us know where Hawkman has been during all this Dark Metal story. I think DC made this story way tooo long and had a few too many tie-ins. A very few of those tie-ins made sense and helped to move the story along, but way too many of them did not.

[Nikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hawkman Found is a tie-in, meaning that the comic isn't necessary to the overall Dark Nights Metal series, but it's amazing supplementary material and a companion (of sorts) to Batman Lost. Both comics essentially follow a hero trapped in the murky depths of the Dark Multiverse who's fighting to return home. Think of this story as DC Comics meets Twilight Zone--AND I ADORED IT. Now, bear in mind that I'm a bit biased here (super huge Hawkman fan), but this was Hawkman to the very core.

Issues 1-2 explored the Dark Multiverse and the origins of Nth metal. And there's no one tied to Nth metal as much as Hawkman. So it's a fitting filler story. Like , this comic shows us what happens to our heroes in the interim when they're stuck inside the Dark Multiverse in these repeating perpetual loops where they can never escape. It explores our heroes' greatest nightmares while also highlighting Barbatos' strength as a villain. It's the exact same thing that happened to Batman, it's the exact same thing that happened to Superman before he escaped. They're held captive and made to believe they can break free. Barbatos is keeping them occupied, breaking them down little by little. It's why he's so effective and it's why this comic makes sense in the context of the overall series.

Hawkman as a character has gotten somewhat lost in the overall DCU, but Hitch gives us a refreshing and compelling take on Carter Hall/Hawkman without losing the essence of who the character truly is. I think the DCU has big things in store for Hawkman in the future and I cannot wait.

[Kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boring and pointless... what did we even learn from this? 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

[Mel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Placeholder that reintroduces Hawkman. Brian Hitch's art is great.

[Paul · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing but filler

[Ashe Catlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't really like Dark Nights: Metal, it was kind of naff. The only thing that I thought was pretty cool was Hawkman, so I grabbed this thinking it'd explain how he became this goliath of a monster.

And it doesn't, don't get me wrong this is a really good Hawkman story but it barely ties into metal, like one page that's all you get. For the most part it's about him trying to survive, being such a small story it has a great narrative. It feels like I've read a whole story without me needing to read anything else, being it's only 29 pages that's bloody good!

[Patrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

Did this issue have a point? It certainly had some nice art and a decent narrative...but in the wider story...did it have a point?

I'm seriously asking. Maybe having never read any Hawkman comic ever made me miss a lot....but I couldn't really find the point to this story.

[Vanessa Yeazel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was really interesting! I enjoyed learning about where Hawkman has been throughout this entire series. It did not absolutely wow me, but it still was really good. Again, what I love about Metal holds true with this: nothing is easy and heroes don't always win.

[Sans · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s a little disappointing. I kind of expected more from this but it’s really just a stopgap issue while we wait for Metal #5 to come out.

[Steven Morton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another good entry into the Metal storyline and nice see Bryan Hitch drawing again.

[Chris Haley · Rating 4 out of 5]

At the very least, I really enjoyed the art.

[Matthew Manchester · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don’t follow Hawkman at all. This comic was showing all that happened to him before the events of Metal. It’s not nearly as good as the Metal series.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hawkman Found!

[Ripley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Year of the Villain tie in

[Steven Shinder · Rating 2 out of 5]

Possibly the least necessary issue in this entire event?

[Fernando Bonilla]

Honestamente, siento que este cómic es una estafa, no aporta nada a la historia, sólo la pesadilla de Carter, algo que yo hubiera podido imaginar. Sólo quedan 3 números y no sé cómo se va a resolver esto. Espero que no sea tan mágico o voy a terminar decepcionado de estos cómics.