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No long ting. This series is already on issue two and I'm fully on board. Hawkman's been around for an age, but can I tell you anything about him? That would be a resounding **no**!

Any image of a man with wings is going to peak a modicum of interest from even the most grounded person. There's something about the image that's steeped in the mythos of our iconography that predates Christian depictions of them as Angels. I can remember, even as a wee nipper growing up and catching glimpses of him on **The Superfriends**, I'd wonder about who he was. Who's the other _woman_ Hawkgirl? Is that a mask or part of his face? Does he hunt small rats and voles?

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_Hawkman Jones, perhaps, yeah?_

Well, this book doesn't (yet) answer two of my three pre-pubescent ponderings, but it does answer the fact that the face appendage is a mask -phew-. Being a fan of his look, I've never read him because, if memory serves, he's always been a part of a team of B/C-list back-up dancers that I never really rated therefore, I was never about to invest in a book, with characters I had zero interest in, just to get an inkling about this esoteric looking character. 

Well **Hawkman** doesn't disappoint. It kicks off at an Indiana Jones level break-neck speed, with him on the hunt for legendary items that will help him find out who he really is. The opening scene explains a number of things straight off the bat as in, where does his wings come from, is he a meta? What happens if he falls in the water? How does he carry that mace around inconspicuously? The biggest question it answers are illustrated in the image below...

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_Hawkman is eternal_...

...Hawkman is _eternal_ and has existed throughout time. Yes - even through the Egyptian pantheon! He finds this out by visiting a DC stalwart ~~[NAME REDACTED]~~ who specialises with this type of request and invariably has a history with every major hitter in the DCU.

[**Bryan Hitch**](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Hitch) puts down a level of penmanship not seen (by me) since his days on _The Ultimates_. I've got everything crossed in the hope that he can work the same magic on this historic and monumental character.

4/5 🕺🏿 #Bo0gieReviews #Comics 💭 #GoodReads 

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[Hawkman #1 - Comixology](http://www.comixology.com/Hawkman-2018-1/digital-comic/684257)