Hawkman #23 is such a joy to read. The timing and pacing of every issue of this series are a standout and the heroes and villains alike are nuanced. Carter's journey is far from over. He and Shayera have innumerable adventures that can be penned. Hopefully, this series goes on to record many of them, if not all. Read Full Review

Great runs on comics manage to balance action, character and world building. Robert Venditti has shown that he's a master of character driven stories that reveal something about human nature along the way. Hawkman #23 is an example of one of those issues that puts character and world building at the forefront. Moreover, the thoughtful reader will take time to examine what's being said and the issue will get better. That's when you read it again. You should probably buy it again as well. Prepare, yourself to be moved emotionally and intellectually when reading this issue! Read Full Review

While this wasn't the most eventful issue, the confident flow of the story and strong art make this another installment of Hawkman easily worth checking out. Read Full Review

Wash your hands and keep social distancing, friends! Read Full Review

Venditti's usually known as a bombastic, action-based writer, but this and the recent Superman stories he's been writing for DC's digital-first and giants lines show he has a real knack for strong character work. This remains one of DC's most underrated titles. Read Full Review

Again, 23 issues in and Venditti keeps this title as fresh as ever. Read Full Review

I'm not a usual Hawkman reader, but found an important message within this latest issue many will relate to. It's also a pretty good historical fiction one-shot tale showing that Hawkman has had many lives and many adventures worth exploring. Read Full Review

All in all, I felt myself drawn back into the series through the events of Hawkman #23. This brought the Sky Tyrant story to an end, while at the same time setting us up for something big to come next. It didn't hurt either that fans of Hawkman and Hawkgirl were given a scene we were all looking forward to by the end. Read Full Review

Given that this issue started off as an epilogue to a fairly questionable DC event, Hawkman #23 really doesn't have the right to be as good as it is, especially as it sidesteps the panic of today's issues and delivers a surprisingly sobering message about resisting our inner demons even when times seem dire. Sold by Takara's evocative designs, Hawkman #23 is perhaps the best print comic DC has on the stands this week. Read Full Review

This creative team has empathetically tackled the idea of pandemics. Venditti asks us to take a look at ourselves and say, "What can I control in this time?" If the answer is just you, that's good enough. This issue takes time out of the plot to tell us this side story. While a nice break from the main plot in most series is often welcome, this break in the plot feels particularly right. Read Full Review

While we do get an interesting flashback to one of Carter and Shayera's past lives and a really cool cliffhanger that brings this series back to something that feels like the Batman Who Laughs' infection storyline was nothing but forced nonsense, it's because we were given that forced nonsense that I want a satisfying conclusion to it and in this issue we simply see that the infection is over and that's it.  We're moving on now and I'm excited for what's to come, but everything that has led up to this feels so small because us how simple it is just tossed aside here. Read Full Review

Wonder if Venditti predicted the Corona Virus situation when writing this? Very relevant to today's world filled with fear porn from its media and governments.

Prelude:
Hawkman has been consistently great as of late. Let's see how Miasma of Fear goes. Also, man poor timing Venditti. Wrote this back in October, but still, poor timing.

The Good:
I love the idea of one of Carter's lives be a plague doctor.

Really good insight into the times and how Hawkman and Hawkwoman work within it.

Love the art in this issue.

The Hawks are back together.

Really intrigued in the cliffhanger.

The Bad:
Nothing.

Conclusion:
A wonderful issue that really highlights the strength of the title. The Hawks are back, the history is strong as ever and I'm really interested to see where the next issues take us.

It perplexes me how Vendetti shines on books like this and the digital Superman title, yet makes JL so mundane?

Id have to re-read how the last issue ended to maybe decide what I truly think of this issue. Its just been a while since hawkman came out. On one hand its a great story that I enjoyed and hawkman is always enjoyable but I get the feeling that the whole infected story wrapped very suddenly which is kind of a bummer. I'm just glad hawkman is back.

Another great issue, though clearly Vendetti had no way of knowing how it would resonate now.

But if Shayera is the current reincarnation of Carter's soulmate, who is Sheira Saunders?