Savage Hawkman Advanced Solicits

In an effort to play "catch up" here at Being Carter Hall, I'm going to give you all of the advance solicits which I have missed over the last few months, as The Savage Hawkman transitions from the Daniel/Bonny/Tan team to the Liefeld/Poulton/Bennett team.  So, without further adieu, solicits away!

THE SAVAGE HAWKMAN #9

Written by ROB LIEFELD and MARK POULTON
Art by JOE BENNETT and ART THIBERT
Cover by ROB LIEFELD
On sale MAY 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

• Welcome the new creative team of ROB LIEFELD, MARK POULTON, JOE BENNETT and ART THIBERT!
• Introducing the evil XERXES!
• It's HAWKMAN the savage warrior – as you've never seen him before!

Others have made the joke but let me add to it -- Hawkman is fighting the Persian Empire?  One gets the feeling that Rob Liefeld thought that "Xerxes" was a cool name when he watched 300 and has been waiting for a chance to use it again.

THE SAVAGE HAWKMAN #10

Plotted by ROB LIEFELD
Scripted by ROB LIEFELD and MARK POULTON
Art by JOE BENNETT and ART THIBERT
Cover by ROB LIEFELD
On sale JUNE 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

• It's fight night as HAWKMAN enters a GLADIATORIAL DEATHMATCH against three ultra-villains for the life of his friend Emma!
• Get your popcorn because the first scene in this issue just might be the best battle you see all year!

I hope the three Ultra-Villains are Bemular, Red King, and Zetton.  That would be one heck of a fight!  All kidding aside, action suits Hawkman and Rob Liefeld's writing which I have been exposed to, so this sounds like a good match.

THE SAVAGE HAWKMAN #11

Plotted by ROB LIEFELD
Scripted by ROB LIEFELD and MARK POULTON
Art by JOE BENNETT and ART THIBERT
Cover by ROB LIEFELD
On sale JULY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

• HAWKMAN inches closer to answers about who he is and why he is being hunted!
• Introducing ST. BASTION! He'll stop at nothing to discover the secrets of the scrolls Carter Hal revealed in issue #9!

Is it me or does St. Bastion sound like a Catholic Prep School?  Probably just me.

The book definitely seems to be taking on more of a science fiction feel, if these teases are anything to go by.  They also are amping up the action quotient, which seems appropriate both for the fact that the title is The Savage Hawkman but also for the fact that Rob Liefeld is not known as an introspective "navel gazing" sort of comics writer.  

It's obviously too early to predict much for this new direction of the series other than I don't like the Liefeld covers.  Hawkman looks too lean for my tastes.  I'm not a Liefeld art fan by any stretch but I thought his work on the recently ended Hawk & Dove was a good match, especially on Hawk.  But Hawkman just looks gangly and awkward.  Luckily enough, Rob is not drawing the book at this point so its not much of a problem for this Hawkfan at the end of the day.  More distressing are the suggestions from several fronts (including Liefeld's Twitter) that the trio of books he is taking over are all on the proverbial chopping block.  Obviously I would prefer Hawkman not get cancelled, so hopefully enough folks check out this new direction to give DC some confidence in the Winged Wonder.

The past year has been a crazy one for Hawkfans, and the next one seems like it will be all the more crazy.  Bring it on, I say.  Better to have tried and failed then to never have even tried at all.