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Issue Details

Issue #27
Published June 2004
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 2.50 USD; 3.85 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Stephen Wacker

Cover Details - "The Black Bird"

Characters James Wright; Sheila Carr
Genre Crime
Pencils Sean Phillips (signed) (painted)
Inks Sean Phillips (signed) (painted)
Colors Sean Phillips (signed) (painted)

22 page Hawkman story "The Black Bird"

Characters Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Kendra Saunders]; James Wright (Introduction, Death); Sheila Carr (Introduction, Death); Louie Moretti [Hath-Set] (Introduction)
Synopsis Two previous incarnations of the Hawks, a Pinkerton detective and a gun moll, find each other, only to be killed by a reincarnation of Hath-Set.
Genre superhero; crime
Script Ed Brubaker
Pencils Sean Phillips
Inks Sean Phillips
Colors Brian Miller
Letters Ken Lopez
Notes The Hawkman portion is a small preface and epilogue, the bulk of the story is a past life set in 1917.
Reprinted in DC Comics Presents: Brightest Day (DC, 2010 series) #1

1 page DC in Demand promo (ad from the publisher) "Character Assassination"

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Letters Typeset
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12 page advertisement "Various"

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