More information in the ever-growing Savage Hawkman soap opera!
From Newsarama's "What We Learned From DC's December 2012 Solicitations" slideshow, on slide #6:
When Rob Liefeld left all three of his DC books -- The Savage Hawkman, Deathstroke and Grifter -- many questions remained about who would be coming on board those titles next.
Though the solicitation for The Savage Hawkman #15 lists Fabian Nicieza as scripter, Frank Tieri wrote on Twitter that he's "doing Grifter AND Hawkman. DC solicits have it wrong."
Frank Tieri is a guy who's work I have enjoyed over on the Marvel side in years prior. He wrote a very fun, high energy run on Iron Man, and a really good Hercules miniseries. He also did a couple of arcs on a personal favorite modern series of mine, New Excalibur, along with a few excellent issues of Batman And The Outsiders in the intermezzo between Dixon and Tomasi.
If this is true -- and honestly if Tieri claims he is writing Hawkman I am willing to believe it at this point -- then I am somewhat more enthused than I was for Fabian Nicieza. I am more familiar with Tieri's work and think that he has a good handle on writing action, which is a must for this series. He also has shown me that he is not one to make things too grim, which can be a problem, especially at DC lately. I think a Hawkman who has fun while he is on his adventures was what Liefeld was starting to turn Carter Hall towards, and I can see Tieri continue on that path.
Do I think Frank Tieri is the long term writer on the book? Again I am going to say "no." I think that if this proves to be true, that as I suggested yesterday, Tieri will finish up "Hawkman: Wanted," and then a new writer (and possibly art crew) will come on afterwards.
For now though, I'm just sitting back and enjoying the ride. GI Combat solicited it's final issue yesterday, which is disappointing, but there are lots of seeds being planted for an Eclipso return, so there is that. All things considered, I am still very much enjoying the New 52 and can't wait to see what is going to go down in "Hawkman: Wanted."
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2 comments:
I saw this news today and I, too, am a little more pleased that Tieri will be scripting the book. He's still not my ideal choice, and I would be happier if a new writer just dropped all of the dangling plots that Tony Daniel and Rob Liefeld began and just started fresh. Still, I'll give Tieri's first issue a shot and hope for the best.
Ryan Daly
Tieri had a fun, crazy, violent run on Wolverine, as well. If he could marry that to Iron Man, a good Hawkman could come out of it.
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