Hawkman: Rise of the Golden Eagle

Hawkman/Hawkgirl (2002) (Collected Editions) #4

by Justin Gray (Writer), Justin Gray

In Ancient Egypt, he was known as Prince Khufu. Today he is called Carter Hall. Archaeologist. Winged Warrior. Hawkman. He's lived thousands of lives--his soul reincarnated again and again, destined forever to be reunited with his true love until now. Prince Khufu's "soul mate" has been reincarnated into the body of Kendra Saunders--also known as Hawkgirl, but with no memories of her past lives, Kendra has made it quite clear she wants nothing to do with Hawkman. Now the two heroes must figure out a way to work together as they unravel the mysteries within the enigmatic southern city of St. Roch, travel to exotic lands, and battle an alliance of adversaries from the past.

Collecting: Hawkman 37-45

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Dc Comics

205 pages, Paperback

First published May 10, 2006

About the author

Justin currently writes Novels, Graphic Novels, Video Games, Screenplays.

He has held various jobs including, fossil hunting, microphotography of 20 million year old insects and plants trapped in amber, seminars and exhibitions on the cleaning, mining and identification of prehistoric insects for the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian. He traveled to the mountains of the Dominican Republic and mined amber.

He has also worked as a victim advocate for Victims Assistance of Westchester, a not-for-profit organization that helps victims of crime.

Reviews

[Jean-Pierre Vidrine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading this book was like reading three storylines: the story of the Fadeaway Man and his crew out to get Hawkman, the story of Satana and her gang trying to seize control of the city's organized crime, and the story of the Golden Eagle character. The result is something of a roller coaster ride that actually remains on track as the three stories are deftly braided together.
A little knowledge of DC continuity helps in this tale, as it helps to clear up a few old paradoxes.
This book also secures Hawkman's place as one the graphically strongest characters in comic books. One of the reasons I picked it up was the fact that I got to see numerous incarnations of Hawkman all in one volume.
This has definitely got me interested in the rest of this Hawkman series.

[Jacob · Rating 4 out of 5]

Library copy. Reading Hawkman and JSA books today always makes me wonder why I wasn't reading back when they juts came out. Eaglesham and Bennett really make this book come to life.

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is some really good art here, especially some brutal fight scenes. There are also some good story elements but as a whole its just average. At times there was way too much exposition and at others none. Hawkman's history is already nearly impossible to understand and it was compounded by the antagonists here. I thought Fadeaway Man (terrible name) was done well but the "criminal element" in St. Roch was a joke. Kendra and Carter will always be the most interesting thing about this Hawkman and we didn't get enough of that here. Overall, an okay book but it won't be for everyone.

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my first exposure to Hawkman. After reading this collection I was left asking myself, "Where can I get me some more Hawkman?" Turns out he is a bad ass.

[Nico Meyering · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is how you do the hawks, not that New 52 junk.