Celebrating: Darkhawk #1

I remember when my friend Charles, showed up and he had Darkhawk #1 in his hands. I looked at the comic and tried to figure out if he was some combination of Iron Man, meets Falcon, meets Wolverine as I looked at the cover.

He let me read the first issue after he read it – and I was immediately on my way to my local comic store to pick up my copy.

Darkhawk #1 had felt like I was just introduced to the next “Spider-Man.” He was that local hero who wasn’t experienced at what he was doing and just trying to make the best of it. He found himself involved in a number of things – but, on top of that, there was some wonderful character moments from other characters (such as his parents). They were not just show casing this hero – they were developing the very world Chris Powell found himself in.

I ended up collecting Darkhawk faithfully from that day forward, and I am so glad my friend showed me that first issue and let me read it. To this day, I am always excited if there’s a Darkhawk story – and while Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning would change some of his background (which some may or may not have agreed with) – to me, they really opened the door for Darkhawk to be so much more and far more “usable” in the Marvel Universe. Sadly, not much was done following their story.

Want to learn more about Darkhawk?

• His original series ran 50 issues with 4 annuals, and they did a “Issue 51” a few years back. Find out more by visiting Darkhawk Volume 1 on my page.
• Darkhawk was also involved in War of Kings which is on my site.
• He also had issues centered on Infinity Countdown also on my site.
• Chris’ story would seemingly wrap up in the Heart of the Hawk also on my site.

A new Darkhawk has emerged, as a new character, which I’ve read and enjoyed (but it definitely felt very different than the original). I never put it on the site because that character never had any connection to The New Warriors (never a member of the team, or a guest) – but because of his connection to the original Darkhawk, it may end up here one day…

• Tawmis

Edit – Well, since Darkhawk was on the mind I went ahead and added the 5 issues from the 2021 series, featuring Connor Young.

• Darkhawk 2021 Series