Chris Lemmerman's Reviews > Hawkman, Vol. 2: Deathbringer

After only 12 issues, Robert Venditti has revolutionised Hawkman and built up a conclusion to what could have been the series at large, but is only the first arc of the book. With the Deathbringers at the door, the world is in peril and Hawkman will have to call on all the knowledge of his past lives to save us; epic as a word thrown around far too much these days, but it really does describe this story well.

There's even time before the main Deathbringers arc begins to flash back to one of Carter's previous lives on Krypton; I wonder if this'll be a recurring theme through the book, kind of like the old Starman series and the Times Past issues.

And somehow, Bryan Hitch manages to draw all six of these issues as he did the previous six as well. His art's well-suited for this level of bombastic storytelling and it never falters, even after twelve issues in a row. It's just grand.

Hawkman's first solo series in a while caps off its first year with an explosive conclusion worthy of an event-level book, then whacks you in the head with a mace and moves on to whatever comes next, just as Carter himself would. Top marks.