But that isn’t even a negative, that is just good writing. Every time Venditti answers a question, he leaves us asking more. So, it’s my own impatience and not the writing or art. The only negatives I have is that I don’t have the answers to my questions right now. The size and scope of this character under Venditti is on par and potentially larger than that of the Green Lantern Corps as well as the rest of the Emotional Spectrum… now that is impressive. I am a Hal Jordan, Green Lantern fan through and through, but Hawkman is quickly becoming a favorite character of mine. What Venditti has done is no small feat and every new issue of this series gets better and better. It also gives us insight into the current storyline of the Deathbringers and Hawkman’s visions of them. This origin manages to explain why all the previous origins can all still occur without contradicting one another and everything remains a cohesive and linear story that spans all of history. Now Venditti has taken it a step further: he has given Hawkman an official origin. However, in the very first issue of this series, Venditti fixed all of that in a simple and elegant, yet brilliant way. This made a cohesive singular story connecting them all seemingly impossible. Each time DC Comics rebooted the character they changed his origin, sometimes changing things so drastically he was from different planets or even had different identities. Hawkman has had a confusing history to say the least. In death, K’Tar is given a choice that sets up Hawkman’s entire history. Idamm manages to give K’Tar a fatal wound but before he dies, he sees the woman again.
This leads to a battle between K’Tar and Idamm. On the planet Qgga, K’Tar has had enough and tries something new. At the same time, K’Tar’s guilt begins to mount and Idamm notices. But now K’Tar sees the same woman on each planet they lay waste to. Idamm manages to put K’Tar’s doubts at ease for a time and they continue their mission. It is in that moment he sees a mysterious woman, but he quickly dismisses her. But after culling the planet of Thanagar, K’Tar begins to have doubts and wonders when the death will end. Their mission is to kill thousands of lives on each world they visit as a sacrifice.
It begins here! K’Tar is the first life of Hawkman, he and his partner Idamm are Deathbringers for a higher power.
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