DC's Hawk-Girl Summer Review

DC's Hawkgirl Summer 
Cover Date:  September 2026 / Release Date: July 26, 2026

Script Meghan Fitzmartin

Art: Meghan Hetrick
Colorist: Nick Filardi 
Letterer: Travis Lanham
Editing: Andrew Marino
Cover: Guillem March

Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders) scores the cover and leading story in DC's latest anthology, a pretty rare feat for a Hawk character. Anthology stories are usually just extremely light reading, but if the writer is good enough, they can add to a character's story and history within the 12 pages they have. Did DC accomplish that here? Let's take a look. Spoilers ahead, so come back after you've read the comic!

Art by Meghan Hetrick

  The basic premise is that Hawkgirl is after an ancient Egyptian amulet that she received from an Egyptian god when she was Chaya-ara. She discovers that a billionaire acquired it at an auction, so she comes to take it back. Apparently, this amulet causes chaos and destruction, and she has tried and failed over many lifetimes to stop it. Catwoman gets to it first, and while they fight over the amulet, the billionaire teams up with an Egyptian god to capture them and take the amulet. Catwoman says something that makes Hawkgirl realize that they need to work together. Catwoman agrees to help her, and they defeat the Egyptian god and the billionaire with one punch. Party time! 

I'm going to keep reminding myself that this is supposed to be light reading as I make a few observations. 

The different Egyptian gods were interesting, especially Bastet and, by association,  Catwoman. Cats had a prominent place in the Egyptians' beliefs, so that was pretty clever to tie that in. 

Billionaires are getting a bad reputation lately. It's well-deserved, and we'll probably see more evil billionaires in comics because we all know that billionaires wouldn't be billionaires if they weren't evil and teamed up with Egyptian gods. 

If I remember right, Nth metal has the ability to repel electricity, or even act like a conduit, which would give Hawkgirl the ability to throw the electricity right back at them. But that didn't happen here. 

Nth metal is one of the most powerful materials and weapons in the DC Universe. I think I would be making something other than Nth metal handcuffs with it. But then again, I'm not an evil billionaire who probably has a huge stash of Nth metal in his penthouse. 

Also, Nth metal gives the wearer different powers. So if that's true, Hawkgirl should have been able to fly, control gravity, or do several other things since she was now wearing more Nth metal. Even if they were cuffs. 

I have completely fallen away from my promise to remember that this is supposed to be light reading. Dang it. Oh, well. Let's keep going. 

Catwoman says one word, "darkness," and that helps Kendra realize something that she didn't in hundreds of lives before today. It seems pretty obvious, but we only have 12 pages, so there you go. 

The overweight billionaire going down with one Cat-punch I can accept. But that Egyptian god is one of the weakest gods I've ever...12-pages, light reading, yeah, yeah, yeah...

Hawkgirl's wings are organic now. They pop in and out of her back at will. Lounging around in the pool chairs with those wings jabbing into her back looks like the most uncomfortable thing ever. I guess they wanted us to know which was Catwoman and Hawkgirl. 

Art by Meghan Hetrick

The art was okay. Not anything that would make me stop and admire, but it also didn't take away from the story. Hawkgirl's costume was colored pretty well. The Hawks look really good when their costumes are brightly colored. 

To sum up, the story was okay, and it was nice to see Hawkgirl getting a cover on an anthology book. The Bastet-Catwoman was also interesting. I'd like to see a more serious story about that connection someday. I'd give it a 2/5. What do you think? Give us your two cents in the comments below!