Flying In Place
Joe Bennett's artwork is really nice. There's something just so fitting about the sharp angles and bold colors, I think it's related to the fact that we have so many characters in a variety of armors. The action is pretty cool, but a lot of the panels are too close up, things get pretty crowded and messy, the later half of the main fight gets a little confusing.
This is perhaps the first part of Hawkman: Wanted where things actually happen, and yet it makes the previous parts all the more pointless. Both Green Arrow and Deathstroke have departed off on tangents that will likely go nowhere. Green Arrow at least is probably a bit of setup for Justice League America, but it doesn't appear there will be any followup on Deathstroke's loose end. Hawkman basically ends this issue where we all knew he was going. His girl kidnapped and him captured.
The fight would be a lot better if it wasn't just cluttered with some atrocious dialogue. The various mercenaries sent after Hawkman are all just so lame. They all can't wait to spout off entire backstories and random bits of information in the most awkward way possible. And Hawkman and Deathstroke for some reason are all too happy to return the crappy dialogue favor.
In Conclusion: 2/5
The artwork is cool, but the panel work is really confining and lazy. This story has really just been spinning in circles and is only now finally going somewhere, and this was the issue that highlighted how much this crossover has been spinning its wheels. Plus there was some truly awful dialogue littered throughout large chunks of the issue.
