durakken's The Savage Hawkman #1 - Hawkman Rising review

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    Hawkman hovers just above ground level

    Average and not a very good intro book. The entire first 5 page sequence is pointless as all of that could have been expressed in the captions that discuss his confusion while removing the confusion the reader has as to why he's doing what he's doing. The 5 pages then could have been replaced by a backstory explaining the character rather than putting off... that wold make this book excellent but as it is it is just average with nothing really wrong and nothing really good. it's just Carter Hall being emo for some unknown reason.

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