Hawkman #6: With a Little Help from My Friend

And once again, a remarkably fun and exciting chapter of Hawkman, brought to you by perhaps the strongest creative team to work on the character to date. The story moves forward issue after issue so fluidly that it feels as if there wasn’t a month in between issues, except during the course of that month when I’m desperately awaiting the next one. Hitch is on fire with the art– maybe his best work to date. By way of example of what makes this series so incredibly strong, take a look at the relationship between Hawkman and The Atom. As one of the longest standing true friendships in the DCU, Carter and Ray have always had a fairly straight-forward relationship. Then, along comes this series and reverses the roles fully and yet seamlessly, by placing the duo in the Mircoverse, enabling Carter to become the precision actor as Ray takes the role of the heavy-hitter.

The bond between the two characters, later described in an interior monologue of Carter’s, is such that the role reversal is met with no resistance. Instead, the pair thrives on their trust in each other. And while Ray is unable to accompany Carter on his adventure outside of the Mircroverse, Venditti somehow manages to convey a visceral feeling that he would if he could.