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Here are the two comics with Hawkman and Hawkgirl on the covers. There were zero mentions of the Hawks in any of the descriptions.
The King Shazam story, which includes the Absolute Hawkman, finally comes to a close in Absolute Superman No. 21. The action in this story was pretty insane, and Hawkman had a pretty big part of it, so here's a spoiler-rich review of the issue. If you haven't read it yet, come back later!
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Back in February of 2019, the Hawkman series by Robert Venditti revealed a former life of Hawkman, and it wasn't just any random character. This character was Catar-Ol, a Kryptonian who was living on Krypton at the time of its destruction. He appeared in a few comics during the next two or three years, but he has not been seen since 2022. Still, he was given a pretty important background.
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| Hawkworld.org started with this post on April 9, 2017! |
What is Hawkworld? For me, it is a place to find my favorite superhero, to celebrate the past and look forward to the future. It is a place that lets me get away from all the business, problems, and worries that everyday life throws at me. It is a place to find the kid in me and feel young again. It is a place which allows me to soar with my favorite fictional hero. It is a place to share my favorite heroes with other like-minded Hawkamaniacs! It is a special place, and that special place reached a big milestone today!
July 4th may be "Independence Day" in America, but it's Impossible Day at Hawkworld! Let's take a look at the Thanagarian tradition that first appeared in The Brave and the Bold No. 44 (November 1962).
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| Absolute Hawkman / Carter Hall in Absolute Superman No. 20 (August 2026) |
SPOILER ALERT! As a Hawkman fan, it has been very difficult to like what DC Comics is doing to the character in their Absolute Superman series. Hawkman first appeared in Absolute Evil No. 1 last year, and there is absolutely nothing to like about this character as a hero or a person. He is a murderer and a traitor, and he has become the muscle for the villains of this universe's Earth. So when this issue kicked off the way it did, I'm left with conflicting feelings, most of them not so good. This review is a spoiler, so please come back after you have read the issue. .png)
DC Comics' solicitations for September 2026 have been released. There were zero mentions of Hawkman, Hawkwoman, or Hawkgirl in any of the current issues, but I managed to find Hawkman on a couple of covers and a double-mention of a Hawkman comic in a DC Finest book. Also, there was no mention of him, but Absolute Hawkman's recent appearances are in Absolute Superman. Wish there was more to report, but that's it for September. The wait continues. Keep soaring, Hawkfans!
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Rating the Hawkman Comics! I approach this project with a bit of hesitation and preparation to accept some chastisement from some fellow Hawkfans, including myself. I say this because we all have differing opinions on the comics that have remained in our hearts over the years, so if someone sees how I have relegated their favorite series to Fair or below, they have every right to tell me to stick where the sun doesn't shine. I'll probably ask myself what the seven hells I was thinking when I look at the chart again tomorrow. There are some I will probably fold like a cheap napkin after a short debate. But then there are some series where I will stand steadfast in my belief as long as there are some comic critics who will continue to proclaim that Hawkman is confusing. I'll give just a short reason for each series to explain why I put it where it is. Let the debates begin!
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Hawkworld continues to grow across social media! A member of Hawkworld Reddit offered to open up a Hawkworld page on Discord so we are over there now as well! If you have a Discord account, come ver and join us!
Our other sites continue to grow, and this Hawkworld blog continues to have many visitors every day as we get closer to 2 million views! I'll list links to all of our sites so if you have an account somewhere, come over and join us! Let's keep Hawkman and Hawkwoman soaring!
Facebook (17,000 members)
Bluesky (2,000 followers)
Instagram (1800 followers)
Reddit (2000 members)
Threads (950 followers)
And now...Discord!
The DC Finest series, which launched a couple of years ago, has been a big hit, and DC Comics continues to release new books every month. So far, Hawkman has had one book out, and he has appeared in several others. DC Comics is currently doing a poll for which books to consider for publication. There are four Hawkman selections.
Hawkman: Golden Age (1940 - 1960) [volumes prior to Wings Across Time]
Hawkman: Silver Age & Bronze Age (1966 - 1987) [volumes after Wings Across Time, continues through Isabella material]
Hawkman: Post-Crisis (1989 - 2003) [includes Hawkworld, Ostrander, Messner-Loebs]
Hawkman: Mid-00s Relaunch to Flashpoint (2004 - 2011) [includes Johns, Palmiotti, Gray, & Simonson]
This is our chance! We rarely get this opportunity to have some input, so go vote! We have waited decades for DC Comics to put out trades for the Shadow War/Hawkman Vol. 2 series by Tony Isabella, the Hawkworld series Vol. 1 and 2 by Timothy Truman and John Ostrander, Hawkman Vol. 3 by William Messener-Loebs, the Bronze Age back-ups from the Detective Comics and World's Finest Comics, and more! Share this link, tell everyone to go vote, and show DC how much the Hawkfans are waiting to see this happen! It may not happen, but we won't know until we try!
Here is the link! HERE!
Also, here is the list of DC Finest books that I have listed that include Hawkman. These are already out, so go check them out! LIST
Hawkman and Hawkwoman/Hawkgirl have the foundation any writer would need to create a great story and series. Over the last 87 years, the story and legend of the Hawks have been greatly expanded. Many characters, places, items, and theories have been introduced, but very few have been allowed to become the rock-solid base that other major DC characters enjoy. Writers like Gardner Fox, Tony Isabella, Timothy Truman, John Ostrander, Geoff Johns, and Robert Venditti have given us many stories that are the pillars of the Hawks' legend. Here are the ten basic pillars, in my opinion, that any writer could and should expand on to create some amazing stories and adventures for Hawkman and Hawkwoman.
DC Comics' solicitations for August 2026 have been released. There were zero mentions of Hawkman or Hawkgirl in over 80 comics solicits, but there were three covers with some Hawkman on them. They are listed below. As always, hoping for something a little more next month.
"Firehawk and Martin Stein arrive in Pittsburgh with a plan to save Ronnie from the Firestorm Matrix! But is Ronnie too far gone inside of his own mind to truly be saved?"
"When the reborn arch-dictator Despero seizes control of Powers Planet, the Justice League is outnumbered, outmatched, and outgunned by a barrage of brutal battle! But its troubles are somehow just beginning, as a new moon rises over this new galactic hot plate. Meanwhile, the fissures created by the Amnesty program finally erupt into chaos on the Watchtower!"
"With their two universes now violently being forced to merge with one another, the Justice League and the Avengers fight to save the people of both Earths as cities, citizens—even entire histories—shift and reform before their very eyes! Desperate to restore reality before both universes are destroyed, the two teams must come together to launch an all-out assault against the forces of Krona, the mad being at the heart of the chaos! Comicdom’s most legendary team-up concludes in this issue that holds nothing back!"
That's it for August 2026. Let's keep hoping that there is something better on the horizon.
