Hawkman's Surprising Weakness Proves He's an Underrated DC Hero

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DC's Hawkman has one surprising vulnerability that makes him an essential and underrated DC hero. Hawkman has a complicated history--whether Hawkman is reincarnated Egyptian prince, a space cop from another world, or something else entirely, he has earned his reputation as one of the less accessible of DC's classic heroes. Yet there is always something purely heroic about Hawkman that makes him appealing to readers willing to wade through the depths of challenging and conflicting continuity. Hawkman has proven time and again that he is one of DC's most valuable superheroes and one of their most underappreciated.

The Shadow War of Hawkman miniseries was part of DC's mid-Crisis effort at reinvigorating the Hawkman franchise. It remains one of the highlights of Hawkman's history, with a gripping, status quo-shattering story and art of the highest caliber. In The Shadow War of Hawkman, Hawkman and Hawkwoman wage a secret war against an invading force of Thanagarians--their own people--that only they are capable of fighting. This is because of the absorbascon, a device capable of reading the thoughts of all living creatures, other than Thanagarians themselves. Because of the danger of the Thanagarian invaders gaining the knowledge of the Justice League heroes, the Hawks realize that only they are capable of fighting this war.

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Early in the first issue of The Shadow War of Hawkman by Tony Isabella, Richard Howell, Alfredo Alcala however, Hawkman reveals a surprising weakness--one which proves that he is a better, more compassionate hero than most. When a group of muggers who target the elderly assault an old woman, Hawkman and Hawkwoman retaliate with