DC History Club March 2022 Hawkgirl

Brightest Day

Downer Ending

Because

As

Dan DiDio clarified that heroes shouldn’t get married, as they have to sacrifice their personal lives and personal happiness.

I had to cut out a lot of pages on this

Hopefully you will get the gist of the storyline

Shiera is great

But those three last pages are tough to read

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Hawkgirl statue

Beautiful
But
Quite Expensive

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$240.00 well worth it.

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It’s almost as if he didn’t understand the characters, or readers, or comics

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In the series
DC Bombshells
An Elseworld
Set during World War II

We met
Queen Mari (Vixen)
in issue 58
And
Shiera (Hawkgirl)
In issue 59

Shiera is a technological genius and archaeologist who aids the Bombshells with her lover, Vixen.

As Hawkgirl, she uses a jetpack rather than fly with wings, though when Cheetah forces her to build weapons out of ancient technology, she designs one with wings as well as a powerful mace.

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The Last Title
Is the best

Hawkman 2018

Each issue is great
And you should read every one of them

But the next posts

Will show the
Important plot issues

And where various
Hawkgirls
Appear

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I thought John’s was as good as the Hawks could get, I was wrong.

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Issue 1
Sets up the series

And is complete
By itself

The most important panel is below

And you should see it
(And read the entire issue)
In our library

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This series greatly expanded Hawkman origin and Mythos. He is basically a whole seperate Universe unto himself after this. Although, I personally always preferred the Egyptian origin, this one opens up so many possibilities, one can’t but help to enjoy it. As @MatthewHecht says in @Jurisdiction Trivia Challenge the answer is Hawkman to everything.

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But as this thread is about Hawkgirl, it also expands her similarly, but fails to explore her in this Hawkman centric tale. I do like that she is literally an Angelin this though.

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@Reaganfan78
Is having a
Watch Along
Of

Justice League
The Animated Series

Season 1

Episodes 1 through 3

Secret Origins

Which introduces
Hawkgirl

On March 25 2022

Link

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Going through

Scott Snyder
Justice League

Hawkman

Both start in
June 2018

Justice League 1
Has an interesting panel

Hawkman and
Kendra Saunders
Are seen together

In Justice League
There are
Two Hawk Women

Kendra
Empress of Thanagar

Geoff Johns had
Two as well

Kendra
Shayera Thal 2
Both are alive at the
End of
2002 Hawkman run

In 2018 Hawkman
Will visit Thanagar

Pay attention to
Who is in that issue

When one of the three
eventually shows up
(Excluding Sierra Sanders Hall)

Who is she?

Are the other two in
Hawkman 2018 at all?

Kendra is one of
Justice League members to ‘die’
In Justice League 75.

Would the conclusion of the Hawkman 2018
Be simplified
If Kendra actually dies in that issue
(Especially if we finally get a JSA with Hawkman and Hawkgirl as members)?

When Hawkgirl was
Included in this
Justice League

The nine members
Combined the
Members from the
Animated Series
With the New 52 7

Except
Flash was Barry not Wally
Hawkgirl was
Kendra not
Shayera of Thanagar

In Continuity though

Shayera Hol was
Shayera Thal 2 since
Hawkworld

Kendra Saunders was dead in Blackest Night
And Hawkgirl became
Sierra Sanders Hall

Sierra Sanders Hall was an air elemental as of end of Brightest Day

Scott seemed to use Kendra because her
Reincarnation storyline
Allowed her:

Centuries of battle experience

A seat on the Council of Immortals

Except for
Thanagar Arc
And her ‘maybe’ son thing

She wasn’t used much in JL

Does the
Snyder Justice League
Have anything to do with
Hawman 2018?

Bendis kept her
But removed
Jonn
Though both are members
Of the
Infinite Frontier team
Of heroes and villains
Monitoring threats to the Multiverse

Like Jonn
She could easily have been written out of
Justice League

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Re continuity

I read an article
That lead me to
An Hawkworld Annual by Ostrander

That confirmed
1940s Hawkman
Was a member of the
Justice League

Shayera Thal 2 was featured in 2002 Hawkman run by Geoff Johns

Also indicates
Not romantic with Katar

He is attending party
With another woman

Visit “Mr Gardner”
Ray for Ray Palmer
Best friend of Hawkman?

Visit Jay Garrick’s wife

Go back in time
To the 1940s

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Another Continuity Problem

Detective 1000
March 2019
(After Hawkman 2018 1)

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Continuity gets in the way of good stories.

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It was nice to see
Ralph and Sue
Alive and together

I think all the characters selected
Were once featured in
Detective Comics
At one time or another

I just wish
It was
Sierra or Shayera
Rather than Kendra

The other two were involved in mysteries

Sierra was in stories that often were like the Thin Man, without the drinking

Shayera was a police officer

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True and most excellent points, I actually would love to see this group of detectives have a more active role in DCU, I personally thought they would’ve been great to use in the Levithan storyline.

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I, uh… might be a bit of a fan of hers. :sweat_smile: I really loved the Hawkworld era Hawk Woman and then the most recent version in the amazing Venditti run. The Golden Age version was also pretty great. There hasn’t been a bad version of her, but some are definitely better than others in my opinion. I never really gelled with the Kendra or JL/U versions as much, but they were still quite good. I love that so many others enjoy the character and have posted here though! It was a delight to read through, so… thank you all! :black_heart:

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Thanks for posting

I thoroughly enjoyed
Shayera Thal 2
In Geoff Johns run

Though I always thought
I enjoyed Katar and Shayera as partners who are married to each other most

I just realized that no law enforcement agency
Would ever allow cop partners to be married to each other

Katar can be a little too much sometines

And Shayera Thal 2 knows how to deflate his ego when it is called for.

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From Hawkworld site

Status of the Hawks
Before Hawkman 1 2018

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