The Shadow War of Hawkman (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1985. It was published on April 4, 1985.
Contents
Synopsis for "My Worlds Opposed!"
While Fell Andar fights with Hawkman, another group of Thanagarians inside of Grinders Bluff place Rab Mekir inside of an Absorbascon. Using the mind-reading device, he informs the others that Hawkman's allies in the Justice League know the secret coordinates of Katar's police ship orbiting the Earth.
Meanwhile, Fell Andar's aids arrive and overpower Hawkman. They bind him with suppressor-lock handcuffs and intend on forcing him to relinquish the secrets behind the anti-gravity technology. But suddenly three blasts of energy rain down repelling the aliens. Hawkman looks up to see... Hawkwoman! Seemingly back from the dead, she sends the other Thanagarians scattering throughout the cave. Hawkman breaks out of the handcuffs and the two heroes fly away to safety.
Shayera later explains that the person whom Katar had believed to have been murdered was actually artist, Mavis Trent. Mavis had discovered that the Halls were actually the Hawks and had tried on Shayera's costume. When Rab Mekir broke into the museum, Mavis surprised him and reflexively he shot and killed whom he believed was Hawkwoman. After the incident, Hawkwoman disguised herself as Mavis and tried to get Hawkman's attention, but he ignored her.
Knowing that Fell Andar has access to an Absorbascon, the Hawks realize that they must destroy all pertinent information about them from the JLA databanks without alerting anyone as to their true purpose. They fly to the JLA's Detroit based headquarters and zap Aquaman and Elongated Man with stun weapons. They then set to eradicating all trace of their identities from the computer terminal. But then a transmission comes in over the monitor. It is Fell Andar. Using the knowledge he had taken earlier, he and his crew now inhabit the Hawks' space ship and is planning on using it to help him conquer the Earth.
Appearing in "My Worlds Opposed!"
Featured Characters:
- Hawkman (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Hawkwoman (Flashback and main story)
- Aquaman
- Elongated Man
- Joe Tracy (Cameo)
- Stewart Frazier (Cameo) and (Flashback and main story)
Antagonists:
- Thanagarians
- Alegna Kadu
- Corla Tavo
- Fell Andar
- Rab Mekir
- Sazor Ki
Other Characters:
- Hyathis (Flashback only)
- Icarus (Eddie Hamilton) (Behind the scenes)
- Mavis Trent (Dies in flashback)
- Nike Winged Goddess of Victory (Mentioned only)
- Valkyrie Chooser of the Slain (Mentioned only)
- Henry "Mousey" Mason (Mentioned only)
- Thanagarians (Flashback only)
- Justice League of America (In a vision)
- Superman (In a vision)
- Batman (In a vision)
- Wonder Woman (In a vision)
- Flash (In a vision)
- Oliver Queen (In a vision)
- Black Canary (In a vision)
Locations:
- Earth-85
- Kansas (On a TV or computer screen)
- Michigan
- Detroit
- Midway City
- Lake Michigan
- Grinder's Bluff
- Thanagarian Headquarters
- Grinder's Bluff
- Thanagar (Flashback only)
Items:
- Absorbascon
- Anti-Gravity Belts
- Justice League Teleporter (Flashback only)
- Justice League Signal Device (Flashback only)
- Roman Cestuses
- Stun Ray
- Suppressor-Loks
- Equalizing Plague (Flashback only)
Vehicles:
- Thanagarian Star Cruiser (Flashback only)
Notes
- In the Post-Crisis-on-Infinite-Earths era, this series was no longer considered part of modern continuity; during those years, Aquaman and Elongated Man's appearances in this issue were likewise rendered apocryphal. Continuity has been rebooted quite a number of times since then. Or to paraphrase Alan Moore, "They're all imaginary stories."
- Flashback cameos of Batman, Black Canary, Flash, Green Arrow, and Superman.
- A news broadcast makes reference to the disappearance of Eddie Hamilton (Icarus) from issue #2.
- The Equalizer Plague of Thanagar was chronicled in Justice League of America #117.
- Hyathis appears in a flashback to World's Finest Comics #278.
See Also
- Cover gallery for the The Shadow War of Hawkman series
- Images from The Shadow War of Hawkman Vol 1 3
Recommended Reading
- Hawkman Recommended Reading
- Action Comics (Volume 1)
- The Atom (Volume 1): The Atom and Hawkman #39– #46
- Brightest Day
- Convergence: Hawkman
- Detective Comics (Volume 1)
- Hawkgirl (Volume 1)
- Hawkman (Volume 1)
- Hawkman (Volume 2)
- Hawkman (Volume 3)
- Hawkman (Volume 4)
- Hawkman (Volume 5)
- Hawkworld (Volume 1)
- Hawkworld (Volume 2)
- JSA (Volume 1)
- Justice League of America (Volume 1)
- Justice League of America (Volume 3)
- Mystery in Space (Volume 1): Mystery in Space #87– #91
- The Savage Hawkman
- Shadow War of Hawkman
- World's Finest (Volume 1)
Links and References
- Dick Giordano/Executive Editor
- Richard Howell/Cover Artist
- Dick Giordano/Cover Artist
- Tony Isabella/Writer
- Richard Howell/Penciler
- Alfredo Alcala/Inker
- Michele Wolfman/Colourist
- Ben Oda/Letterer
- Alan Gold/Editor
- Katar Hol (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Shayera Thal (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Orin (New Earth)/Appearances
- Ralph Dibny (New Earth)/Appearances
- Joseph Tracy (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Stewart Frazier (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Thanagarians/Appearances
- Corla Tavo (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Fell Andar (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Hyathis (New Earth)/Appearances
- Mavis Trent (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Earth-85/Appearances
- Michigan/Appearances
- Detroit/Appearances
- Justice League Compound/Appearances
- Midway City/Appearances
- Midway City Museum/Appearances
- Lake Michigan/Appearances
- Thanagar/Appearances
- Absorbascon/Appearances
- Nth Metal/Appearances
- Justice League Teleporter/Appearances
- Justice League Signal Device/Appearances
- Thanagarian Star Cruiser/Appearances
- Comics
- 1985
- 1985, July
- April 3, 1985 (Publication)
- 1985, April (Publication)
- The Shadow War of Hawkman Vol 1
- Copper-Age
- Synopsis Written