It’s been known that Galaxy is Trans - it was a big part of the Galaxy OGN - people aren’t liking this because it’s hardly a Hawkgirl book. This is just Axlrod retellling what was in the OGN, but why? People can go read that and maybe get some Hawkgirl here!

I will agree with you in that there's a large focus on Galaxy in this issue, which is something I even pointed out in my review. However, a lot of what's written for her also deals with Hawkgirl. We start off with a page about Galaxy and Katherine, which I will say does not feature Hawkgirl. Next, we get Hawkgirl and Galaxy talking about Hawkgirl having her past lives lingering in her mind. We cut to Vulpecula for a page, but then we're right back to Hawkgirl and Galaxy.

Galaxy does talk more about herself here, but it comes right back to Hawkgirl in that she relates to her and, in turn, becomes a little closer to her. Her difficulties with becoming close with someone is something we saw in Issue 1. We move on to just Hawkgirl by herself for a page, and then we get Hawkgirl meeting up with Galaxy and Katherine at night.

We get a quick page of the Vulpecula to set the ending of this issue up, but then we, once again, come right back to Hawkgirl where literally everything is about her. Yes, it's here that Galaxy has nearly two pages dedicated to her facing Vulpecula, which happens because Hawkgirl is changing into her costume. Finally, the last three pages of this have Hawkgirl confront Vulpecula in battle, while also setting up Hawkgirl wanting to talk to Abilene in either the next issue or at some point.

Now, I know that what I said is just a description of what happened in this issue, which anyone who read it would know. My point in saying all of it is to show that, while Galaxy has a large presence here, this book is still very much about Hawkgirl.

ok, here are some things - the past lives visions were the best part, but explain to me how and why Kendra ended up in Galaxies apartment last issue, into this. And then explain why she doesn't even bother to look into it. Then explain how Galaxy fuses Kendra's wings to her (without even asking her about it) and even then, neither bothers to wonder how and why Kendra ended up in the apartment. Then, the biggest character moment with Kendra is whether or not to go to a bar

then tell me how Vulpecula is about to just break off part of the nth metal wings (maybe we will see she is super strong, because she would have to be) and why oh why doesn't she grab Kendra's Nth Metal Mace? which Galaxies GF picks up with ease even though it is very, very, very heavy!

also take into account that a lot of people will be reading this series to learn about Hawkgirl and all the recap background stuff is Galaxy

I think DC knew a Galaxy stand alone wouldn't sell as well as an established character would so they told her to use Kendra to help get Galaxy over. She says she always liked Kendra so maybe she chose. It feels almost half and half like a brave and the bold. Maybe that is how they should have marketed it.

@ DC Fan of Sorts, Hawkgirl ended up in Galaxy's apartment when Vulpecula pushed down whatever lever she had in her room. I'm not exactly sure what it does, but I'm sure it's tied to Nth Metal somehow. I would assume that whatever device Vulpecula used teleported her there, which would just be a chance encounter after they met earlier in the issue. Chance encounters like this happen all the time in comics, movies, and television.

I will agree with you in that I think Galaxy or Katherine should have asked how Hawkgirl ended up in their apartment, but leaving that out doesn't break the issue. Galaxy fusing Hawkgirl’s wings made sense to me, as I thought Galaxy’s powers were about energy manipulation. As for exactly how she did it, I thought it was explained by the narration as she was doing it. As for that character moment, you could make so many character moments sound simplistic by saying/writing it a certain way.

Yes, you can sum it up as her deciding whether to go to a bar or not, but that diminishes what it means/represents. With the story we've been given thus far, it shows that Hawkgirl is willing to open up to Galaxy by going to said bar and meeting her there. As I said in an earlier comment, struggling with opening up to and/or becoming close with other people is something that Hawkgirl has been shown to deal with in this series.

When it comes to Vulpecula, we don't know enough about her to know how she pulled a feather off of Hawkgirl's wing. Speaking of her feather, I think she took that rather than the mace because losing feathers could hinder her flight abilities, which would make Hawkgirl coming back to Vulpecula more of a necessity than trying to get back a weapon she could get a new one of. At least, that's how I, personally, thought of it.

I agree that it would make absolute sense for her to take her mace, but I don't see it as a huge flaw. Katherine lifting the mace isn't something I had a huge problem with. I've been looking around the internet and I haven't been able to find anything about Nth metal or Hawkgirl's mace being incredibly heavy to hold, so I would need someone to show me where it's said/shown that it's too heavy for a human to wield.

Plus, I don't think we really know anything about Katherine, specifically her strength in this case. Either way, it's not something I think deserves a bunch of outrage currently.

@ Tron, I can agree with you there. I think less people would be upset if DC had promoted it that way instead, but I also don't think this just being called "Hawkgirl" means it deserves some of the hate it's getting. That's just my opinion, at least.