Review of
Who is Shadowhawk 1,
Comic by Image Comics published in August 1992
Four out of five stars
Sets a great deal of context for a questionable hero
This is the
first issue in a series of 4 featuring a vigilante called Shadow Hawk. Violent
crime is rampant in the city and an individual dons an armored costume and
lures the baddest of the bad into confrontations. This is not a gentle reaction;
blood flows and the spines of the assailants are snapped. The police are
frustrated and aggressively trying to prevent the character known as Shadowhawk
from claiming more victims.
On the
confirmed bad side is a character that calls himself Arson. He wears a
fireproof suit and armed with two powerful flame throwers, burns things down.
It is clear that the storyline is headed for a confrontation between these two
characters.
A female reporter
named Anthonette is screaming at her editor boss for permission to cover the
actions of Shadowhawk, but he flat out refuses, citing a directive from the
mayor’s office. Frustrated, Anthonette goes to the owner of the newspaper to
plead her case. This helps introduce a beautiful and seductive villainess that
exudes sexuality directed at both genders.
As the first in
a series of four issues that together describe a story, this comic manages to
cover all of the preliminary issues regarding the heroes, villains and those
that may go both ways.
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