Also, I buy a ton of random comics mid-crossover, but I figured part six would be the conclusion! Wrongo. From 1995,
Hawkman #23, "The Way of the Warrior, part six: Essential Warfare" Written by William Messner-Loebs, pencils by Steve Lieber, inks by Curt Shoultz. Cover by Ron Lim...who, no offense to anyone, I was hoping did the interiors!
After two pages of subplot stuff with metahuman prison the Brig, to ensure Hawkman has problems when he gets home; we get to the meat of this one: on the planet Vuldar, the Tormack Empire has taken over and turned the place into a mine. Wonder Woman, Hawkman, and Probert (Probert?) are fighting the Tormack Shrike fliers, trying to rescue Guy Gardner from the Empress Karine. Who has plans for Guy: this was during his Warrior phase, when he was the last Vuldarian; but the Empress reveals a secret. The Tormackians and Vuldarians were distantly related, and the Tormackians needed to restock the gene pool a bit, and Guy was elected! It's not a Captain Kirk-kind of situation for him, though: Karine looks like Kilowog crossed with a Predator, in drag; and her idea of "foreplay" was massive electric shock!
After capturing a Shrike, Diana, Hawkman, and Probert are able to get through the first lines of defenses; and manage to save Guy from getting molested. Karine escapes, but has sounded a planetwide alert...
This would conclude in
Guy Gardner: Warrior #34, which features a Phil Jimenez cover with Lobo on it but not Diana! Maybe he didn't care for Diana's 90's not-WW outfit. I forget where this is in Hawk-continuity--post-
Zero Hour? And I know of Guy's Warrior stint, but can't recall how it ended, or how much of that was retconned.
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You're not the only one who wish Ron Lim had drew Hawkman back then. I legit believe it would've boosted sales on it. Not that the series artist on it wasn't bad, but dude, Ron F'N Lim!
ReplyDeleteWell, Guy wanted to be Hal so bad he finally got to get some hot alien sex action, just not how HE liked it.
Lord God, design-wise, both Marvel & DC sure provided us some shitty 90's redesigns back then didn't they? Was mid-90's WW's outfit a 90's homage to her late 60's white karate outfit? Has to be.