Betwixt and Between Hawkman’s doings between the end of his shared title with the Atom in the Silver Age and the opening salvos of the Shadow War were mostly covered in comics not bearing the name Hawkman in the title. These adventures, by and large, took place in Justice League of America for Katar Hol and his lovely bride. The Earth-2 variety of Winged Wonder—Carter Hall and Shiera (Sanders) Hall—would find their appearances being relegated to the All-Star Comics revival of the 1970s and then later All-Star Squadron, with the occasional appearance in Justice League of America for the JSA/JLA spectaculars that fed the fans’ passion for various characters from the DC Universe.
The final issue of the Atom and Hawkman was cover-dated November, and published in 1969. Aside from his appearances in JLA, Hawkman’s next published solo adventure was in Detective Comics #428. His adventures in Detective would be sporadic, but they were all relegated to back-up status. Even as back-ups, however, Hawkman still drew some quality talent to help him in his doings. The stories are credited to Julius Schwartz, with assists on the scripts from E. Nelson Bridwell, Bob Rozakis, and later, Len Wein and even Paul Levitz. Artists on these six- or eight-page serials included Dick Dillin, Rich Buckler, José Luis García-Lopéz, Marshall Rogers, and Murphy Anderson. Joe Kubert returned to the legend he broke his artistic teeth on and contributed the art for the Hawkman story in Detective #500, a story seeking resolution to the death of Dr. Erdel—the scientist who brought J’onn J’onzz, the Martian Manhunter, to Earth. Hawkman and Hawkgirl would also cross paths with J’onn in 1977 in the pages of Adventure Comics, in a tussle that would follow into the pages of World’s Finest. This tale was written by Denny O’Neil and illustrated by Mike Nasser and Terry Austin. Amazingly, Hawkman manages to survive multiple punches from the Martian fists of fury. Other appearances during this time varied far and wide
Detective #479, the introduction of the Fadeaway Man, one of Hawkman’s main nemeses. Pages from that adventure are shown to the right and on the facing page. ™ & © DC Comics
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