Comments on: Into the back issue box #16 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/ Comic Book Resources Presents... Comics Should Be Good! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:12:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Darkhawk http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-706138 Darkhawk Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:51:21 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-706138 I challenge Greg Burgas to a duel to the death... once my 6 issue limited series plus appearances in the main War of Kings book are done. So much for a forgotten hero! I challenge Greg Burgas to a duel to the death…
once my 6 issue limited series plus appearances in the main War of Kings book are done.

So much for a forgotten hero!

]]> By: gfs http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-657343 gfs Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:29:54 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-657343 looking for darkhawk #50 anyone please looking for darkhawk #50 anyone please

]]> By: randy http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-474039 randy Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:22:41 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-474039 yeh! darkhawk rules no matter what they say! yeh! darkhawk rules no matter what they say!

]]> By: Brett http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-66846 Brett Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:49:16 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-66846 Interesting that you began this review with the comment: "If you happened to stumble across this comic book as your first-ever reading of a four-color fandango, you might not run fast and far from comics, but you might wonder what all the fuss is about." Darkhawk #16 (the issue following this one) was actually one of my first comics. I liked it so much that I got my dad to get me a subscription to it as my reward for getting a good report card. In retrospect, the series was pretty bad. I'm not sure why I liked it so much. I guess I was easily entertained as a 12-year-old. Interesting that you began this review with the comment: “If you happened to stumble across this comic book as your first-ever reading of a four-color fandango, you might not run fast and far from comics, but you might wonder what all the fuss is about.”

Darkhawk #16 (the issue following this one) was actually one of my first comics. I liked it so much that I got my dad to get me a subscription to it as my reward for getting a good report card.

In retrospect, the series was pretty bad. I’m not sure why I liked it so much. I guess I was easily entertained as a 12-year-old.

]]> By: Lucion http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-49961 Lucion Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:58:53 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-49961 Finally, a comic I owned makes an appearance. I loved Darkhawk back in my 90s comics heyday. I also liked West Coast Avengers. Finally, a comic I owned makes an appearance. I loved Darkhawk back in my 90s comics heyday. I also liked West Coast Avengers.

]]> By: Dan K http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-49111 Dan K Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:16:57 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-49111 "More like Farthawk." Hehe. You really just wanted to say Farthawk didn't you? “More like Farthawk.”

Hehe. You really just wanted to say Farthawk didn’t you?

]]> By: Apodaca http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-49099 Apodaca Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:38:04 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-49099 Darkhawk's got one of the worst costume designs ever. And he's boring. And angsty and overwrought. More like Farthawk. Darkhawk’s got one of the worst costume designs ever. And he’s boring. And angsty and overwrought.

More like Farthawk.

]]> By: solid http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-48996 solid Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:24:01 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-48996 call me a dork with no taste, but i thought this comic was awesome when i was 11. If there was any redeeming aspect to Darkhawk, it was mainly atrributed to the mystery surrounding his origin and how he was always discovering new powers. Savage Steel, Lodestone, and Portal were all pretty cool villains, especially Portal, since he was very similar to Darkhawk in appearance (which was initially unexplained). Brian K Vaughn and Kirkman's respective takes on the character were pretty well done. Darkhawk may be remembered as a cheesy 90's hero, but I think he's got potential now, at least in a team book. call me a dork with no taste, but i thought this comic was awesome when i was 11. If there was any redeeming aspect to Darkhawk, it was mainly atrributed to the mystery surrounding his origin and how he was always discovering new powers.

Savage Steel, Lodestone, and Portal were all pretty cool villains, especially Portal, since he was very similar to Darkhawk in appearance (which was initially unexplained).

Brian K Vaughn and Kirkman’s respective takes on the character were pretty well done. Darkhawk may be remembered as a cheesy 90′s hero, but I think he’s got potential now, at least in a team book.

]]> By: James http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-48954 James Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:36:30 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-48954 I read the first 4 issues of Darkhawk, but lost interest after that. When I saw Venom on the cover of #12, I decided I had made the right choice (of course, this was the era when Venom was appearing in practically every other Marvel title, where he belongd there or not - like that awful issue of Iron Man). Yep, the book ran for 50 issues - according to Mile High Comics, a mint copy of #50 will cost you $18.00, except they don't even have a copy. Marvel started publishing Sleepwalker around the same time, and though I wouldn't argue that it was great book, it did have a presence and style of it's own (part whimsical, part intentionally silly). And it's premise was at least somewhat different that the standard superhero stories. Darkhawk, on the other hand, seemed bland and hit some familiar comics tropes (especially early Amazing Spider-Man stories). I can't remember a single villain from Darkhawk, but I sure as heck remember 8-Ball, Cobweb, Lullaby and Spectra. I read the first 4 issues of Darkhawk, but lost interest after that. When I saw Venom on the cover of #12, I decided I had made the right choice (of course, this was the era when Venom was appearing in practically every other Marvel title, where he belongd there or not – like that awful issue of Iron Man).

Yep, the book ran for 50 issues – according to Mile High Comics, a mint copy of #50 will cost you $18.00, except they don’t even have a copy.

Marvel started publishing Sleepwalker around the same time, and though I wouldn’t argue that it was great book, it did have a presence and style of it’s own (part whimsical, part intentionally silly). And it’s premise was at least somewhat different that the standard superhero stories. Darkhawk, on the other hand, seemed bland and hit some familiar comics tropes (especially early Amazing Spider-Man stories). I can’t remember a single villain from Darkhawk, but I sure as heck remember 8-Ball, Cobweb, Lullaby and Spectra.

]]> By: FunkyGreenJerusalem http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-48811 FunkyGreenJerusalem Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:05:43 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-48811 "Why the hate, FGJ?" I just figured someone hates you every post you do, and I wanted to get in and be the one who did it this time. Personally I couldn't even read the post - my mind shuts off every time DarkHawk appears. Maybe it's because he looks like a character from an early 90's console game, I don't know, he just sends me into such apathy. “Why the hate, FGJ?”

I just figured someone hates you every post you do, and I wanted to get in and be the one who did it this time.
Personally I couldn’t even read the post – my mind shuts off every time DarkHawk appears.
Maybe it’s because he looks like a character from an early 90′s console game, I don’t know, he just sends me into such apathy.

]]> By: Brendan H. http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-48629 Brendan H. Sun, 04 Feb 2007 23:01:31 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-48629 Darkhawk absolutely ran for 50 issues and several annuals, plus he had numerous appearances in the New Warriors and a couple in Spider-man (or at least Spidey related mini-series). He was never a heavy hitter but to me, being a 13-year-old when the comic originally came out, he was a pretty damn cool angsty-take on the Spider-man archetype. I wish Kirkman had been able to launch a new Darkhawk series, but at least DH has the Loners coming up. I can't wait! Darkhawk absolutely ran for 50 issues and several annuals, plus he had numerous appearances in the New Warriors and a couple in Spider-man (or at least Spidey related mini-series). He was never a heavy hitter but to me, being a 13-year-old when the comic originally came out, he was a pretty damn cool angsty-take on the Spider-man archetype.

I wish Kirkman had been able to launch a new Darkhawk series, but at least DH has the Loners coming up. I can’t wait!

]]> By: Annoyed Grunt http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-48505 Annoyed Grunt Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:35:07 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-48505 Back in my youth I remember Marvel making a big deal out of the fact that nobody knew what Darkhawk looked like under the mask. Does anyone know if they ever revealed his face? I went to wiki to see why Tombstone always whipered. Still not sure why, but I learned that he's a functionally illiterate black albino. Back in my youth I remember Marvel making a big deal out of the fact that nobody knew what Darkhawk looked like under the mask. Does anyone know if they ever revealed his face?

I went to wiki to see why Tombstone always whipered. Still not sure why, but I learned that he’s a functionally illiterate black albino.

]]> By: Greg Hatcher http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-48504 Greg Hatcher Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:32:46 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-48504 I never read Darkhawk, but it sure looks like baseline 80's Marvel to me. Make sure everything's recapped, plenty of footnotes, clear conflict, some kind of arc or resolution every issue. It was editor-in-chief Jim Shooter's reaction to the anarchy of late 70's Marvel books which were rife with stories and subplots that were admittedly a bit sprawling and out of control, and it was those dictates, along with taking away their editorships, that chased most of his big names like Marv Wolfman and Roy Thomas over to DC. The funny thing is that to my jaded geezer's eye, those 70's books look really rather taut and professional compared to today. The easy comparison is Spider-Man; Bendis and Bagley just hit #104 or so of their Spider-book. They've done, what, twenty or twenty-five stories? Compared to how many story arcs and plots Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and Johnny Romita had done in the original run by #104, that just seems like an insane anount of padding to me, but most modern readers think that's about right. Jim Shooter never knew how good he had it with Gerber and Englehart and Thomas. I never read Darkhawk, but it sure looks like baseline 80′s Marvel to me. Make sure everything’s recapped, plenty of footnotes, clear conflict, some kind of arc or resolution every issue. It was editor-in-chief Jim Shooter’s reaction to the anarchy of late 70′s Marvel books which were rife with stories and subplots that were admittedly a bit sprawling and out of control, and it was those dictates, along with taking away their editorships, that chased most of his big names like Marv Wolfman and Roy Thomas over to DC.

The funny thing is that to my jaded geezer’s eye, those 70′s books look really rather taut and professional compared to today. The easy comparison is Spider-Man; Bendis and Bagley just hit #104 or so of their Spider-book. They’ve done, what, twenty or twenty-five stories? Compared to how many story arcs and plots Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and Johnny Romita had done in the original run by #104, that just seems like an insane anount of padding to me, but most modern readers think that’s about right. Jim Shooter never knew how good he had it with Gerber and Englehart and Thomas.

]]> By: Dan K http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-48491 Dan K Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:25:49 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-48491 Roberk Kirkman made a pitch to Marvel for a Darkhawk series (and I think one for Sleepwarker too). Roberk Kirkman made a pitch to Marvel for a Darkhawk series (and I think one for Sleepwarker too).

]]> By: Tom Russell http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-48485 Tom Russell Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:07:36 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-48485 If there's only twelve Darkhawk fans out there, I'd like to meet the other eleven. I know it wasn't a _great_ book, and certainly isn't an ideal one to introduce people to comics and superheroes, but once you got into it... ==Tom, also a big fan of SILVER SABLE & WILD PACK. If there’s only twelve Darkhawk fans out there, I’d like to meet the other eleven.

I know it wasn’t a _great_ book, and certainly isn’t an ideal one to introduce people to comics and superheroes, but once you got into it…

==Tom, also a big fan of SILVER SABLE & WILD PACK.

]]> By: Greg Burgas http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-48483 Greg Burgas Sun, 04 Feb 2007 14:54:07 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-48483 Why the hate, FGJ? 50 issues, Bill? Wow! I'll have to check on that. I don't remember it going that long. And I also don't remember Tombstone whispering. Now I have to check that whenever he shows up! Why the hate, FGJ?

50 issues, Bill? Wow! I’ll have to check on that. I don’t remember it going that long. And I also don’t remember Tombstone whispering. Now I have to check that whenever he shows up!

]]> By: Bill Reed http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-48384 Bill Reed Sun, 04 Feb 2007 07:28:00 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-48384 Darkhawk lasted 50 issues, didn't it? Longer than Sleepwalker, and way longer than most new series today. I always thought Darkhawk was cool. And Tombstone always whispered. That was his gimmick. Darkhawk lasted 50 issues, didn’t it? Longer than Sleepwalker, and way longer than most new series today.

I always thought Darkhawk was cool.

And Tombstone always whispered. That was his gimmick.

]]> By: FunkyGreenJerusalem http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/comment-page-1/#comment-48369 FunkyGreenJerusalem Sun, 04 Feb 2007 06:17:43 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/03/into-the-back-issue-box-16/#comment-48369 I hate you Greg Burgas. I hate you Greg Burgas.

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