The Shadow War of Hawkman #1 [Newsstand]
(May 1985)

DC, 1985 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-02-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893119205
Editing
Alan Gold (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #12.
This issue is a variant of The Shadow War of Hawkman (DC, 1985 series) #1 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Richard Howell (signed as Howell)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed as Giordano)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein (sourced) (lettering and logo design)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
First shattering issue!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkwoman [Shayera Thal]
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The Shadow War of Hawkman (Table of Contents: 1)

Hawkman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella (credited)
Pencils
Richard Howell (credited)
Inks
Alfredo Alcala (credited as Alfredo P. Alcala)
Colors
Michele Wolfman (credited)
Letters
Milt Snapinn (credited)
Job Number
G-1225
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice League of America: Superman [Clark Kent] (flashback) (cameo)
Justice League of America: Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback) (cameo)
Byth (flashback) (cameo) (as a brontadon); Commissioner George Emmett (flashback); Captain Stewart Frazier (first appearance); Hawkman [Katar Hol] (origin) (also flashback); Hawkwoman [Shayera Thal] (origin) (also flashback); Hyathis (flashback) (cameo); Paran Katar (flashback) (cameo); Joe Tracy; Mavis Trent (offpanel death); Mousey Mason (cat burglar, death); Wolfie (Mousey's cat); Tully (youth gang member); Thanagarians (villains)

Indexer Notes

Mavis Trent dies in this story though this is not revealed until #3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hawkman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Shadow War of Hawkman / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella (credited); Richard Howell (credited); Alan Gold (credited) (next issue blurb)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1901

Indexer Notes

Includes descriptions by Tony Isabella and Richard Howell of their history with Hawkman. Also DC publisher credits.

Do You Know Where Your Children Are? (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Infinity, Inc. / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["First shattering issue!"]
    Hawkman
  2. 1. The Shadow War of Hawkman
    Hawkman
  3. 2. ["Only one hero can see the evil."]
    Hawkman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Shadow War of Hawkman
  5. 4. Do You Know Where Your Children Are?
    Infinity, Inc.
  6. 5. ["Dear Dad, I know… I know… it's been a long time since I last wrote home."]
    Meanwhile...
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  • Mike Nielsen
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