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I know people don't like to get political. It scares them. That's fine. I thought the same growing up too. I never liked to talk about it because people get nasty about it. But I always used music and comics as a outlet, and damn near every comic/artist used music as their outlet to help express their views. Some I agreed with, some not so much. What I always found amazing was the fact they even took the RISK to do so. To alienate a fan from their work because of their views. It made me think "Oh I'd never speak up. I don't want people to hate me." But I learned the older I got that it's okay. If someone HATES me because of my views I shouldn't care what they think in the first place.
Why am I bringing this all up? Because Nighthawk is a comic that bases its first arc largely around Police, police brutality to be exact, but also a overarching message of going too far to justify the means. It's actually a pretty important message and I think David handles it very well. I thought Powerman and Ironfist was a surprise hit so I was excited to try this one. I'm glad I did.
Nighthawk is very similar to Batman in terms of what he could do. He has a few gadgets but his main power is whooping your ass if you piss him off. He has no magical powers (that I know of) just him and a sidekick to help him out over the phone line (or headset.) The story focuses on two things. Police brutality which is one storyline, and a serial killer out there murdering cops/white power members for their past actions. As it progresses they collide which brings Nighthawk into a odd mix of what to do to handle both.
What I liked: The art is pretty solid. Reminds me a lot of Powerman and Ironfist or Hawkeye. Everything flowed smoothly and was pretty easy to follow. I liked Nightshade as well (Old Cap villain) as she's the one feeding him information. Throughout she helps and doesn't feel like a useless add on. I also enjoyed that our hero was always on the line of who to hurt (or kill) and that he had no problem taking a life of people who deserved it but wouldn't just let the Serial killer murder families and such for the action of one person. However, it was nice to see the divide and similarities between em.
What I didn't like: Sometimes the issues talked about in politics today can feel a little heavy handed here. Or well, hamfisted (is that right?) and I knew what David was saying without just plainly saying it. Also the ending is anti-climatic and it makes you said this one got canned.
Overall I think Nighthawk is important. Even if you don't like it, or even if you hate the message because it collides with your view points, I think it's important to encourage a artist/writer to push on with what they love and to do it with love. David obviously cared about these characters and this story to tell and that to me is very respectful. He just happened to also write a really solid story with it. A 3.5 but I'll round it up to a 4!
Why am I bringing this all up? Because Nighthawk is a comic that bases its first arc largely around Police, police brutality to be exact, but also a overarching message of going too far to justify the means. It's actually a pretty important message and I think David handles it very well. I thought Powerman and Ironfist was a surprise hit so I was excited to try this one. I'm glad I did.
Nighthawk is very similar to Batman in terms of what he could do. He has a few gadgets but his main power is whooping your ass if you piss him off. He has no magical powers (that I know of) just him and a sidekick to help him out over the phone line (or headset.) The story focuses on two things. Police brutality which is one storyline, and a serial killer out there murdering cops/white power members for their past actions. As it progresses they collide which brings Nighthawk into a odd mix of what to do to handle both.
What I liked: The art is pretty solid. Reminds me a lot of Powerman and Ironfist or Hawkeye. Everything flowed smoothly and was pretty easy to follow. I liked Nightshade as well (Old Cap villain) as she's the one feeding him information. Throughout she helps and doesn't feel like a useless add on. I also enjoyed that our hero was always on the line of who to hurt (or kill) and that he had no problem taking a life of people who deserved it but wouldn't just let the Serial killer murder families and such for the action of one person. However, it was nice to see the divide and similarities between em.
What I didn't like: Sometimes the issues talked about in politics today can feel a little heavy handed here. Or well, hamfisted (is that right?) and I knew what David was saying without just plainly saying it. Also the ending is anti-climatic and it makes you said this one got canned.
Overall I think Nighthawk is important. Even if you don't like it, or even if you hate the message because it collides with your view points, I think it's important to encourage a artist/writer to push on with what they love and to do it with love. David obviously cared about these characters and this story to tell and that to me is very respectful. He just happened to also write a really solid story with it. A 3.5 but I'll round it up to a 4!