As enjoyable as it is to bask in all the Liefeld vitriol on the internet, I never take it too seriously. I'm secretly a fan. That's because in the late eighties I was obsessed with Rob Liefeld and his first Hawk & Dove miniseries. Those five issues are some of the most nostalgic pieces in my unwieldy comic collection. Traditionally Hawk & Dove was composed of the brother duo Hank and Don Hall as the avatars of war and peace. Shortly before the 1988 miniseries, Don was killed and a new female Dove named Dawn (a rather confusing homonym) took his place. I was pretty young and such a self-explanatory yin/yang type dynamic for a comic series was perfect for me. Add in the bird theme and I was hooked. I followed the subsequent Hawk & Dove ongoing series for years, got ecstatic when they briefly joined the Birds of Prey, and even found the 2011 New 52 reboot very enjoyable. I especially enjoyed those couple issues of Teen Titans that Liefeld drew which featured Dawn with her sister Holly as Hawk.
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Showing posts with label Dove. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dove. Show all posts
Friday, June 17, 2016
Character Spotlight - DOVE!
As enjoyable as it is to bask in all the Liefeld vitriol on the internet, I never take it too seriously. I'm secretly a fan. That's because in the late eighties I was obsessed with Rob Liefeld and his first Hawk & Dove miniseries. Those five issues are some of the most nostalgic pieces in my unwieldy comic collection. Traditionally Hawk & Dove was composed of the brother duo Hank and Don Hall as the avatars of war and peace. Shortly before the 1988 miniseries, Don was killed and a new female Dove named Dawn (a rather confusing homonym) took his place. I was pretty young and such a self-explanatory yin/yang type dynamic for a comic series was perfect for me. Add in the bird theme and I was hooked. I followed the subsequent Hawk & Dove ongoing series for years, got ecstatic when they briefly joined the Birds of Prey, and even found the 2011 New 52 reboot very enjoyable. I especially enjoyed those couple issues of Teen Titans that Liefeld drew which featured Dawn with her sister Holly as Hawk.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
DCUC Wave 20 DOVE Review!
Mattel's DC Universe Classics (Final) Wave 20 - Dawn Granger as Dove
Of all the classic DC properties to make a comeback in the past few years, one of my favorites is definitely Hawk & Dove. I am secretly a big bird fanatic, and I also love allegorical characters, so we were a natural fit from the start. I think I'm one of the few readers out there who is really enjoying the new series and who is really sad to see it come to an end in April. All those great new secondary characters (read: more symbolic-bird-people for me :)): Condor, Swan, Osprey... but I digress. It's ending and I understand why, but I'm still sad. With all the new attention we've had a ton (okay, a few) Dove items released in the past year. This will be the second action figure, plus there was a Bust, an Eaglemoss Figurine, and a HeroClix gamepiece. Considering Dawn's version of the character has been around since the 80's, it's crazy that we JUST started getting merchandise in 2011.
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