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The Savage Hawkman, Vol. 1: Darkness Rising (Savage Hawkman (The New 52) #1)
As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics - The New 52 event of September 2011, Carter Hall is back as the savage Hawkman! Carter's skill at deciphering lost languages has led him to a job with an archaeologist who specializes in alien ruins. But one of his latest discoveries is Morphicus, whose deadly power helps to spread an alien plague through New York City. With innocent l...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
October 30th 2012
by DC Comics
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Awful!
This is one of the worst titles I've read in the New 52 line-up, and I'm not even that picky!
How do I even describe it?
Well, the word boring comes to mind. So does the word idiotic. The dialogue was so amateur and stupid that I would love to put them in this review as evidence, but that would require me thumbing through the pages again.
I Won't Do It! I wasted the entire day trying to force myself to just finish the thing. I finally got through with it, too. And I'm not going back, baby!...more
This is one of the worst titles I've read in the New 52 line-up, and I'm not even that picky!
How do I even describe it?
Well, the word boring comes to mind. So does the word idiotic. The dialogue was so amateur and stupid that I would love to put them in this review as evidence, but that would require me thumbing through the pages again.
I Won't Do It! I wasted the entire day trying to force myself to just finish the thing. I finally got through with it, too. And I'm not going back, baby!...more
I was watching paint dry with an intensity the activity doesn’t usually warrant when a thought struck me that someone seeing this might think me odd - that is unless you informed them it was this or read “Savage Hawkman, Vol 1: Darkness Rising”. “So put it aside, pick up something else!” would be the reasonable response to this situation. That I would normally do but a few weeks ago I made the bad decision of purchasing a shed-load of New 52 titles and, because money has changed hands, I feel ob...more
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I had no expectations for this title and figured it wouldn't be very good because come on...it's Hawkman. But jut like Aquaman, they've given a previously "light" character a makeover. Granted, I don't know what Hawkman was before the New 52--and I definitely could have used a clue, considering all the talk about so much death--but I liked him a lot. I got the impression they were revising his origin story just a little, but again, hard to say without being a previous fan. Also wondering when Ha...more
This book is a good example of the problem I have with the New 52 event. In Brightest Day, DC took several characters (including Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Martian Manhunter, Deadman, Hawk and Dove, and Green Arrow) and really gave them a new direction. The events surrounding Brightest Day caused these characters to reevaluate their lives and they came away with a new re-dedication to their various causes; it looked like we were in for some really good stories in the titles that dealt with these charac...more
Mmmmmm...a little dull, to be honest, but it shows promise - it feels to me as if the writers want to let rip but just aren't able to for some reason. I have to admit, I know nothing about the original (other than an impression of the hero as scary and interesting, courtesy of the one JLA comic I owned as a child), so have come to this fresh and without expectations. I think the "savage" aspect could emerge a little more, perhaps... the hero is a little opaque at the moment but his core of anger...more
Another example of a New 52 book that had potential that was wasted. The initial set-up and plot were intriguing but then the book never explores those elements. We never learn the background of the character, his powers, his personality - nothing. Time after time characters would know something needed for the story with no explanations given for how they know it. The art wasn't good either, with indistinct faces and muddy coloring. The new costume design was good but poorly explained and utiliz...more
Maybe it is because I know less about Hawkman, but I found these stories not too bad. I wish Morphicius had been a little more badass and I wish that the gentlemen ghost saga had been fleshed out a bit more, but overall it was decent. I also enjoyed the art, which brought out the Savage part of the title much more than the writing. I might consider reading more if it had not been taken over for the next arc by Rob Liefeld. Ah well.
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Ugh more like savage emo man. I have never read Hawkman before. I really wanted to like this comic. It's got fantasy, myths, legend, aliens and good art work. The story and writing fall flat. Why don't you just tell us everything he's thinking? Oh yeah, because you already do. It seems like all of what he has to say is just trite and sad.
What sets Hawkman apart as a hero isn't his powers (which are run-of-the-mill) nor his personality (macho, politically conservative) or even his weaponry (a flair for the medieval.) It's his ardor and taste for battle. Daniel admirably keeps our hero in a warlike mindset even when not wearing the mask and wings.
The new Hawkman is a dangerous cross between Wolverine and the Switchblades but with wings. I say it is dangerous because between mashing up all these "cool elements" they have yet to do any real character development. At this point I'm not even sure what the point if the title is.
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The first part is pretty slow and not that memorable. When the Hawkman has to go up against ghosts and the dead it does get really good. This title has a lot of potential if it carries on having great stories like that one. A good read.
Not nearly as bad as the reviews on here might suggest. Of course, I could be a little biased. There were zombies in this. Yes, zombies. A bad black monster called Morphicus, a gentleman ghost, and a guest appearance by one of my childhood favorites... STATIC SHOCK!!! A.K.A. Static rounds out the cast of characters. I won't lie that I was thinking 2 stars nearly this whole read, until the 2nd to last issue when they throw zombies and Static in and it's just like what, AWESOME?!
This was a very generic if enjoyable comic book read. It is the kind where I would be likely to say, "good, but I won't be reading any more of it." Looking forward for the next trade.
I would shout "betrayal," but Hawkman was never really a favorite of mine. If there was one saving grace, it would be Gentlemen Ghost. He needs to be in more of The New 52.
A great graphic novel. It takes a few issues (or chapters) to pick up, but the over arching story is well worth it. I am excited to see the evolution of this new take on Hawkman in the New 52.
The Morphicus stuff at the beginning is pretty "meh", but it gets much more interesting once the Gentleman Ghost shows up in the 3rd or 4th issue.
This book series is not starting off very well, but it shows the potential of picking up in later installments.
Ugh. Never liked Hawkman, still don't, things barely explained, no desirable mystery, same-old same-old.
Hawkman turns paranormal? I hoped this story would pick up where "Brightest day" left us...but it did not.
Never been a fan of P. Tan's art. I'm still not. I found the first story a bit confusing but the second story featuring the Gentleman Ghost won me over. I quite enjoyed it. I do like the new take on Hawkman. He's a much stronger and less convoluted character than he's been for a couple of decades. Not sure if this is still an on-going or if it was canned. But I'd like to keep reading this title. But I hope the artist will be replaced.
Mediocre art with an even worse story. Once again Hawkman is a snooze.
May 16, 2013
Heather
marked it as to-read
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