Well golks, DC has started releasing their  previews for their August comics, including the Justice  League group solicits.  So  you know what that means: Savage Hawkman and Earth 2 solicitations are  here!  So, without further adieu...  
  
THE SAVAGE HAWKMAN  #12  
Plotted by ROB LIEFELD  
Scripted by ROB LIEFELD and MARK  POULTON  
Art JOE BENNETT and ART THIBERT  
Cover by ROB LIEFELD  
On sale AUGUST 22 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99  US • RATED T  
• HAWKMAN vs. ST. BASTION – with  PIKE, an incredible assassin with key info about Hawkman's past, caught  in the middle!  
  
I am guessing that the Diehard-looking  person on the cover is the aforementioned Pike, as we have seen St. Bastion  previously.  One thing you can always say about Rob Liefeld is that  he likes to introduce new characters, and this does not seem to be any  different here.  We haven't seen the first Liefeld issue yet, so I  still am not sure what we're going to get, but from all of the solicitations  we have seen and the hype we have heard, I think it's a safe bet that it's  going to be action-heavy.  So, personally, I am hoping for some straightforward  Fighty McFightenstein (TM Andrew  Leyland) superheroics.  Also,  I would like to point out that this image may be the best Hawkman image  we have seen from Rob Liefeld so far -- use that comment as you will.  
  
EARTH 2 #4  
Written by JAMES ROBINSON  
Art by NICOLA SCOTT and TREVOR SCOTT  
Cover by IVAN REIS  
1:25 B&W Variant cover by IVAN  REIS  
On sale AUGUST 1 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99  US • RATED T  
• THE GREEN LANTERN, THE FLASH and  HAWKGIRL in action!  
• The debut of the all-new ATOM  SMASHER!  
• A monstrous evil claws its way  out of the poisoned soil of EARTH 2!  
  
What can you say about this solicit?   It hits the right notes and has me interested in reading it -- I  mean, Alan Scott, Jay Garrick, and a new Hawkgirl in action?  Just  go ahead and take my 3 bucks already.  I have to wonder, we saw Al  Pratt in the first issue, will he be the new Atom Smasher -- as opposed  to The Atom?  Either one works for me, honestly.  This book is  shaping up to all sorts of crazy and I'm eager to see how it unfolds.  
  
So folks, what do you think?  Do  these solicits make you interested in reading about these Winged Wonders?  
  
Image: The Savage Hawkman  #12, 2012, Rob Liefeld.  
  
Image: Earth 2 #4,  2012, Ivan Reis. 
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3 comments:
And the hits keep on coming. Ugh. It's going to be hard to buy these Liefield Hawkman comics. Thank goodness for Bennett, that's the one ray of hope currently shining on Hawkman.
I'm intrigued by Earth 2 and want to trust James Robinson. I hope he's bringing his Starman game and not his Cry for Justice game. I'm curious to find out about the new Hawkgirl.
As horrible as that Liefeld cover is, the Hawkgirl cover is stunning. I love that the lines from the mask appear to continue onto Hawkgirl's face UNDER the mask.
I cannot praise this new look enough.
@Doug, agreed, I really dig Hawkgirl's new look. Can't wait to see her in action under the pencils of Nicola Scott.
@Mr P, I think I am in luck as I have liked pretty much all of the recent stuff I have read from Robinson. Earth 2 could turn into something of a breakout title based on the buzz surrounding it. And adding Hawkgirl never hurts, right? ;)
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