Hawkgirl Vol. 2 No.1
Cover date: September 2023
Release Date: July 18, 2023
Script: Jadzia Axelrod
Art: Amancay Nahuelpan
Colors: Adriano Lucas
Letters: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Cover: Amancay Nahuelpan (art), Adriano Lucas (colors)
Editing: Dave Wielgosz
Kendra Saunders (Hawkgirl) has resettled in Metropolis and is fighting alongside the Justice League. During a battle against some cute gas-fireball villains, she meets Galaxy, an "alien princess" who is "kind of a hero." Galaxy is able to sense energy and sees that the Nth metal is "energy that decided to be metal, like a cold sun," and it is infused into Kendra's body.
After defeating the villains, Kendra meets up with an old college friend. Through this meeting, it is revealed that Kendra was quite the activist during her college days. Her college friend, who is gay, apparently has a crush on Kendra, but Kendra turns her down.
Later on, Kendra contacts Batman to get some information about Galaxy. She finds out that Galaxy calls herself Taylor Barselay and is from the planet Cyandii. She has the power to manipulate energies like heat, light, and gravity. This also seems to give her the power to sense Kendra's Nth metal.
Meanwhile, a mysterious woman named Vulpecula is trying to return to a place called the Nth World. In order to do so, she needs the energy of the Nth metal, and she tries an experiment with a girl she has captured. It is enough to open up a tiny portal but not big enough for her to get through and return home. When she triggers her device, the connection to the Nth metal sends a shockwave through Kendra's body. Kendra falls unconscious and somehow crashes through the window of Galaxy's apartment.