SOS Hawkman...( part 1)

[iskander]

Poor Hawkman. Few character have been through the ringer like he has. Carter hall/Katar Hol has been crushed by crossovers, bad retcons and just really,really bad editorial desicions.

This is his big return. After the "hawk-god avatar" version bottomed out in the summer 1996 and the series ended witha merged Katar Hol, struggling with the spirits of the other Hawk Avatars, being banished to the realm of the Hawk God or some such mystical nonsense. The upshot was, both Hawkmen were gone, and it didn't look like they were coming back anytime soon.

In fact, DC editorial was of the opinion that the character had been revised and redone and rethought so much that he had become incomprehensible, and declared the character radioactive,forbidding his use as a guest-star or any attempts to revive him for several years. Around this time came the absolute low point for poor Hawkman: when Warner Brothers licensed him out for a humiliating Baby Ruth candy-bar commercial, which showed Katar flying into windows like a parakeet until he got the necessary burst of energy from a delicious Baby Ruth.

Now Five years later Hawkman returns to the JSA.

Comments

[kainnived.livejournal.com]

It was sad really, Kendra and Carter finally work out their issues only for their hearts to be ripped out on pannel by the blackest night zombies of Ralph and Sue Dibney.

So yes Geoff John's saved Hawkman only so he could graphically murder him later.

[jlbarnett]

hey, it's possible they'll be resurrected.

Damage is a BL in Blackest Night and around in JSA All-Stars.

[psychopathicus_rex]

Well, considering that they're the two characters who canonically ALWAYS get resurrected - who, in fact, have lived thousands of lifetimes since the days of ancient Egypt - I'd say they have a better chance of being brought back than most.