Friday, July 15, 2011

Reader’s Guide to the New DC Universe: Blackhawks

Reader’s Guide to the New DC Universe: Blackhawks: "

Reader’s Guide to the new DC Universe: BlackhawksEach weekday, Tim will take a look at what we know about each of the upcoming 52 new comics from the September DC relaunch, one series at a time. Today: BLACKHAWKS!


The Concept and Characters: I’ve written about the history of DC’s Blackhawk comic book for Tor.com before, so you probably know that this is a long-time aviator-of-vengeance series reconceptualized for a contemporary audience.


Another way of putting it is this: Blackhawks is that old Gregory Peck movie, 12 O’Clock High turned into a G. I. Joe spin-off.


DC did the logical thing and grabbed one of the writers from the actual G. I. Joe comic from IDW to write this thing.


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