{"id":17160,"date":"2012-02-24T03:36:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T09:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=17160"},"modified":"2012-04-16T04:07:20","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T09:07:20","slug":"dc-classics-com-s-t-r-i-p-e-week-hawkman-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=17160","title":{"rendered":"DC Classics.com S.T.R.I.P.E.
Week Hawkman Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>S.T.R.I.P.E. Week is nearing its conclusion with my review of the last regular figure in the JSA themed wave, the Golden Age version of Hawkman.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been waiting a long time for this particular figure, and he actually turned out pretty well for what’s mostly redeco. <\/p>\n

Carter Hall was an American archeologist in the 1940\u2019s.\u00a0 After touching a dagger made of the otherworldly Nth metal, a flood of images poured into his mind revealing that he was the latest incarnation of the ancient Egyptian Prince Khufu.\u00a0 Using his newly found knowledge, Carter fashioned a gravity defying belt out of the powerful Nth metal and took to the skies as the winged hero Hawkman.\u00a0 Later he would join forces with other Mystery Men and Super Heroes of the time to become a founding member of the world first super group, the Justice Society of America.<\/p>\n

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You may not know it, but this Golden Age Hawkman has actually been in the planning stages for a long time.\u00a0 First mentioned in December of 2008, this Hawkman was originally slated<\/a> to come in a two-pack with a Golden Age Hawkgirl figure.\u00a0 But the set was eventually canceled<\/a> due to a lack of retailer interest.\u00a0 Hawkman was finally able to find his way back into the line as a simple redeco in this perfectly themed JSA wave.<\/p>\n

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This new Hawkman figure is almost the exact same figure as the original 2008 release.\u00a0 The only differences in sculpt are the two new heads that the Golden Age version comes with.\u00a0 His first hawk-shaped helmet is probably one of the more odd masks that Hawkman has worn over the years.\u00a0 It\u2019s got the familiar wing-like ears and hawk shape, but instead of showing his mouth he covered it with a small beak.\u00a0 This mask has always looked odd to me.\u00a0 The beak is just so small, and his chin sticking out underneath makes it look like an ill fitting children\u2019s costume.<\/p>\n

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Hawkman\u2019s second head is a cowl that he wore near the end of the JSA\u2019s tenure, making it an easy way to distinguish him from his Silver Age counterpart.\u00a0 I always liked this cowled look.\u00a0 I think it fits better with the Mystery Man look, even if it is many years too late.\u00a0 The 4H did a great job of sculpting the face on this head also.\u00a0 He\u2019s got this disgusted steely-eyed gaze like he\u2019s about to tell off HUAC.\u00a0 Also, it was nice to see that hawk symbol on his forehead was sculpted and not just painted on.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Aside from his two new heads, Hawkman\u2019s paint job also helps distinguish him from his Silver Age counterpart.\u00a0 His chest straps now lack the hawk symbol, and the overall look of the reds and greens on his costume seems more vivid.\u00a0 Another big difference is his wings.\u00a0 They\u2019ve been molded gray and given a slight dark wash to bring out the textures, but they don\u2019t have the lightly colored feathery highlights of the Silver Age figure.<\/p>\n

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Golden Age Hawkman\u2019s articulation is exactly the same as the previous figure.\u00a0 The ball joint on his head works well, and his wings are still hinged and move with ease.<\/p>\n

Hawkman comes with one accessory, his ever present mace.\u00a0 It has been given a different paint job though.\u00a0 The old mace was much more metallic, while this one is duller and looks more like it\u2019s made out of stone.\u00a0 I think we did well to get two heads out of this figure, so I\u2019m not going to nitpick here too much.\u00a0 But I think it would have been cool to also get the Nth metal dagger that returned his memories.<\/p>\n

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Considering how much tooling went into Magog and Kobra, I have no problems with a simple redeco figure like this.\u00a0 Plus, this new version is accurate enough to pass as his own figure.\u00a0 I\u2019ll personally be using the cowled head for my shelves.\u00a0 I think it gives him a more distinct look from his Silver Age namesake.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure if we\u2019ll ever get that Golden Age Hawkgirl in either of the two upcoming lines.\u00a0 I imagine if there\u2019s enough talk they\u2019ll find a way to fit her in.\u00a0 Meanwhile, I need to get Matty to focus on using this winged male Buck again for a Zauriel!<\/p>\n

-Vault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

S.T.R.I.P.E. Week is nearing its conclusion with my review of the last regular figure in the JSA themed wave, the Golden Age version of Hawkman.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been waiting a long time for this particular figure, and he actually turned out pretty well for what’s mostly redeco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[6,34,10],"tags":[1399,1392,21,1277,323,20,957,1400],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/hawkTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-4sM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17072,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=17072","url_meta":{"origin":17160,"position":0},"title":"DC Classics.Com S.T.R.I.P.E. 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