tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6863067557730775717.post306512188160588845..comments2023-06-10T05:57:34.529-04:00Comments on Being Carter Hall: Hawkman Secret Files & Origins #1- Hawkman Profile Page (October, 2002)Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07352646370918575626noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6863067557730775717.post-52491675996422288072012-06-29T09:56:25.019-04:002012-06-29T09:56:25.019-04:00"Geoff Johns was still the kid from "Sta..."Geoff Johns was still the kid from "Stars & S.T.R.I.P.E." co-writing books with bigger names like David Goyer."<br /><br />Yes and no. This book was cover dated October 2002; by that point he had been the solo writer on Flash for almost two years, and was getting recognition for his work on that. By this time we were hip-deep in his Flash stuff, including the first of the always popular Rogue Profiles. I believe right about this point there was a huge article in Wizard explaining the "Top 10 Reasons You Need to be Reading The Flash," for instance.<br /><br />I'll agree with you about Rags, but Johns was already something of a hot property when Hawkman Volume 4 launched.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352646370918575626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6863067557730775717.post-63846717117700250592012-06-28T11:14:30.092-04:002012-06-28T11:14:30.092-04:00That's a great looking picture, and Rags did j...That's a great looking picture, and Rags did just as swell on the Hawkgirl entry and a spread of both characters in a JSA SF&O. Because there was often an overlap of entries for major characters and the SF&Os were cranked out yearly, they often tended to swing heavily toward of-the-moment entries and teases for upcoming arcs. I'd say Hawkman got off light in that department. <br /><br />That book's creative was a curious mix of quasi-hotness. Rags had been toiling for years in relative obscurity, with fill-in work on JSA his highest profile prior work and Identity Crisis yet to come. He's been like Dave Gibbons, who is mostly famous for one huge mini-series, but never managed to parlay that into anything lasting afterward. I suppose Action Comics is changing that, though. James Robinson made his name with Starman and The Golden Age, but those were cult successes, and Hawkman ended up being his swan song out of comics until he returned from Hollywood years later to be reviled by unfamiliar mainstream readers. Geoff Johns was still the kid from "Stars & S.T.R.I.P.E." co-writing books with bigger names like David Goyer. If this book came out today, it would probably be doing as well or better than Aquaman, but I recall middling sales back when I carried it at my shop.Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.com