Hawkman Special #1 [Direct]
([March] 1986)

DC, 1986 Series
 
Price
1.25 USD; 1.60 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1985-11-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Alan Gold (credited) (editor); Tom Condon (credited) (managing editor)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Richard Howell (signed as Howell)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed as GiORDANO [dotted i])
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
All-new excitement in the land of the dead -- And beyond!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkwoman [Shayera Thal]

Last Rights (Table of Contents: 1)

Hawkman / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella (credited) (co-plot, script); Richard Howell (credited) (co-plot)
Pencils
Richard Howell (credited)
Inks
Ron Randall (credited)
Colors
Michele Wolfman (credited)
Letters
Kurt Hathaway (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hawkman [Carter Hall; Katar Hol]; Hawkwoman [Shiera Hall; Shayera Hol]; Gentleman Ghost [Jim Craddock] (brief origin); Captain Stewart Frazier; Whitney Nichols; Joe Tracy; Mousey Mason (flashback; dies); Mavis Trent (flashback; dies); Thanagarians [Fell Andar; Coral [Agent Tavo]; Sirrah Jak (ghost); Alegna Kadu (ghost)] (villains)
Synopsis
Hawkman must "walk with the dead", to bring peace to some of the Thanagarians that died during the Shadow War.

Batman and the Outsiders #32 (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Batman and the Outsiders / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

In This Crazy World, We All Need a Friend Like… 'Mazing Man (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

‘Mazing Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Shadow War of Hawkman / letters page / 1.85 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella
Pencils
Stephen DeStefano (cover crops)
Inks
Karl Kesel (cover crops)
Colors
? (cover crops)
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-2250
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm back.

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Rick Lohmeyer, Carl Caparelli, Mark Waldman, and Tim Jones - and responses from Tony Isabella. Also DC publisher credits and small promo for 'Mazing Man (DC, 1986 series).

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["All-new excitement in the land of the dead -- And beyond!"]
    Hawkman
  2. 1. Last Rights
    Hawkman
  3. 2. Batman and the Outsiders #32
    Batman and the Outsiders
  4. 3. In This Crazy World, We All Need a Friend Like… 'Mazing Man
    ‘Mazing Man
  5. 4. ["These days, a lot of my Editorial meetings have started with someone saying something like…"]
    Meanwhile...
  6. 5. ["I'm back."]
    The Shadow War of Hawkman
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Morbus Iff
  • Dave Marchand
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Jason Sacks
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Van Dore