History ComicBook / Hawkman2018

* TheBigGuy: The Barbados Dragon and Catar-Ol are the heroes' main powerhouses during the battle against the Deathbringers, destroying the villains' machines with nothing but their own sheer strength.
* BroadStrokes: The series plays loose with prior and con-current Hawkman stories or those relating to him, at least the ones set after ''Flashpoint''. Namely, the adventures of Katar Hol of the New 52 seem to have been ignored in favour of the post-Crisis Katar Hol, and while the Ktar Deathbringer origin doesn't ''completely'' contradict ''Dark Nights: Metal'', those events never come up barring a brief appearance by the Barbados Dragon form that Carter had in that event, and Kendra Saunders and her ties to the Totality in ''Justice League'' may as well not exist as far as this series is concerned.

* ContinuitySnarl: The issue namely comes from Kendra Saunders' existence. When Kendra and Shayera meet in ''Justice League'', it is established that Shayera's life came before Kendra's. However, the ending of this series sees [[spoiler: Ktar and Shhra lose their reincarnation cycle]], so Kendra shouldn't even exist thanks to this series' ending. ''Justice League'' awkwardly attempts to divorce Kendra from ''the entire Hawkman mythos'' by handwaving her connection to Shayera away as an effect of Kendra's experience in the Dark Multiverse, but in terms of the timeline, it still doesn't make sense. This is addressed when ''ComicBook/Hawkgirl2023'' and shows that while Kendra still has the memories of her past reincarnations, she sacrifices them all to repair the barrier between Earth and the Nth World, leaving Kendra a singular entity again.

* ContinuitySnarl: The issue namely comes from Kendra Saunders' existence. When Kendra and Shayera meet in ''Justice League'', it is established that Shayera's life came before Kendra's. However, the ending of this series sees [[spoiler: Ktar and Shhra lose their reincarnation cycle]], so Kendra shouldn't even exist thanks to this series' ending. ''Justice League'' awkwardly attempts to divorce Kendra from ''the entire Hawkman mythos'' by handwaving her connection to Shayera away as an effect of Kendra's experience in the Dark Multiverse, but in terms of the timeline, it still doesn't make sense. Subverted when ''ComicBook/Hawkgirl2023'' addresses this topic and shows that while Kendra still has the memories of her past reincarnations, she sacrifices them all to repair the barrier between Earth and the Nth World, leaving Kendra a singular entity again.

* ContinuitySnarl: The issue namely comes from Kendra Saunders' existence. When Kendra and Shayera meet in ''Justice League'', it is established that Shayera's life came before Kendra's. However, the ending of this series sees [[spoiler: Ktar and Shhra lose their reincarnation cycle]], so Kendra shouldn't even exist thanks to this series' ending. ''Justice League'' awkwardly attempts to divorce Kendra from ''the entire Hawkman mythos'' by handwaving her connection to Shayera away as an effect of Kendra's experience in the Dark Multiverse, but in terms of the timeline, it still doesn't make sense.

* EvilCounterpart: Sky Tyrant, an evil Hawkman who is also one of Carter's past lives. This time, he reincarnated n Earth 3 (where everyone's morality is flipped), so Sky Tyrant's motivation is [[spoiler: to kill people and add to Ktar's bodycount, thus prolonging the cycle of reincarnation]].

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Shhra is an angel from Heaven. However, she doesn't fly or possess any particular holy powers.

* {{Retcon}}: Sky Tyrant is established as Hawkman's evil counterpart from Earth-3 (an alternate universe where good and evil characterizations are reversed), who was killed by the good counterpart of the Gentleman Ghost. However, this contradicts the events of ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013, in which it's stated that Earth-3 is not a MirrorUniverse, but a world where everyone is liable to being evil. The same work also mentions that Hawkman's counterpart from Earth-3 was called Hawkwing, and he had been killed by Mazahs.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Shhra, the angelic woman who spurns Ktar to abandon the Deathbringers. He just sees visions of her until learning who she is.
* TimeTravel: By interacting wit/h objects that were somehow meaningful to his previous lives, Carter can connect with fragments of his consciousness across the time stream and transport his body to the past.

* TheBusCameBack: Shayera Thal returns for this series. Prior to this, '' Savage Hawkman'' saw her killed. Prior to ''that'', she had died in the lead-up to ''Infinite Crisis''. She reappeared a few months prior in the pages of ''Justice League'' without explanation in an antagonistic role, but this sees her back in the ''Hawk'' books proper.

* ContinuitySnarl: As usual with Hawkman, but this series contributes relatively little to the overall snarl. The issue is that certain incarnations of Hawkman seem to have ''co-existed'' despite his entire thing being reincarnation when he ''dies'', such as the apparent co-existence of Carter Hall and Catar-Ol in the past, along with Shayera Thal and Kendra Saunders co-existing in the modern day.

The series is generally standalone and does not interact with the rest of the DCU (in fact, [[ContinuitySnarl/{{Hawkman}} in typical fashion]], it contradicts some of it). However, it does have an arc that tied into the ''[[ComicBook/DCYearOfTheVillain Year of the Villain]]'' pseudo-event.

* TheBusCameBack: Shayera Thal returns for this series. Prior to this, 'Savage Hawkman'' saw her killed. Prior to ''that'', she had died in the lead-up to ''Infinite Crisis''. She reappeared a few months prior in the pages of ''Justice League'' without explanation in an antagonistic role, but this sees her back in the ''Hawk'' books proper.
* BroadStrokes: The series plays loose with prior and con-current Hawkman stories or those relating to him, at least the ones set after ''Flashpoint''. Namely, the adventures of Katar Hol of the New 52 seem to have been ignored in favour of the post-Crisis Katar Hol, and while the Ktar Deathbringer origin doesn't ''completely'' contradict ''Dark Nights: Metal'', those events never come up and Kendra Saunders and her ties to the Totality in ''Justice League'' may as well not exist as far as this series is concerned.

* UnexplainedRecovery: Shayera shows up alive and well, despite having died in the pages of ''Savage Hawkman''. She had previously appeared briefly in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague2018'', but it's especially weird here.

The series was generally standalone and did not interact with the rest of the DCU (in fact, [[ContinuitySnarl/{{Hawkman}} in typical fashion]], it contradicted some of it). However, it did have an arc that tied into the ''[[ComicBook/DCYearOfTheVillain Year of the Villain]]'' pseudo-event.

The series was generally standalone and did not interact with the rest of the DCU (in fact, [[ContinuitySnarl/{{Hawkman}} in typical fashion]], it contradicted much of it). However, it did have an arc that tied into the ''[[ComicBook/DCYearOfTheVillain Year of the Villain]]'' pseudo-event.

The series was generally standalone and did not interact with the rest of the DCU (in fact, [[Continuitysnarl/Hawkman in typical fashion]], it contradicted much of it). However, it did have an arc that tied into the ''[[ComicBook/DCYearOfTheVillain Year of the Villain]]'' pseudo-event.

The series was generally standalone and did not interact with the rest of the DCU (in fact, [[ContinuitySnarl/Hawkman in typical fashion]], it contradicted much of it). However, it did have an arc that tied into the ComicBook/YearOfTheVillain pseudo-event.

Launched in the aftermath of ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'', the series sees Carter Hall exploring the truth behind his multiple lives. Carter discovers that he did not begin life as Prince Khufu but as Ktar Deathbringer, a servant of the Lord Beyond the Void. However, when Ktar after meeting Shhra, a woman who served a higher power, the two would be intertwined throughout time. Now, the Deathbringers are coming for Carter... and Earth.

-->''Outward exploration. Discovery within. I have to believe I'll find the answers I'm searching for. That no matter how deep the darkness, no matter how suffocating the spaces...I'll find my way to the light and open skies.

* ContinuitySnarl: As usual with Hawkman, but this series contributes relatively little to the overall snarl.
** The issue is that certain incarnations of Hawkman seem to have ''co-existed'' despite his entire thing being reincarnation when he dies, such as the apparent co-existence of Carter Hall and Catar-Ol in the past, along with Shayera Thal and Kendra Saunders co-existing in the modern day.

* UnexplainedRecovery: Shayera shows up alive and well, despite having died in the pages of ''Savage Hawkman''.

* NamesTheSame: The Deathbringers have nothing to do with Donna Troy, who used the name as part of the whole ''Metal''/''Justice League'' storyline that involves the Dark Multiverse.