Winged Heat

Looks like Hawman's going to be on an upcoming episode of the Batman cartoon - perhaps this Saturday? I'm intrigued... I have to say I've always found Hawkman hot - LOOOONG before I ever even knew what "gay" was, I was drawn to him. While the character himself never did much to catch my attention (alien cop from another planet, along with his wife, come here to play heroes), and sure, I did read it for a short while it the 80s and 90s when they started revamping the character (and revamping, and revamping, and...uh oh - what've we done to continuity!?), the character himself never did a whole lot for me.

Visually - well, that's another story! Must be the harness, and the more-often-than-not big chairy chest, and those cool wings (removable, mind you, as they were just attached to the harness!). When we were kids and playing superhero, I KNOW I played Hawkman sometimes, but then it didn't seem he had much more going for him than flight...and seriously, MOST heroes have some sorta fast mode of transportation these days (more often than not, flight).


Compare the upcoming animated version above to the more rough and tumble ones that follow.



And while looking for decent pics of Hawkman (not easy to find the era I was looking for), I came across this site which makes me a little embarrassed/nervous about my own comic book geekdom!