MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITER: David F. Walker
ARTIST: Ramon Villalobos
COLORS: Tamra Bonvillain
LETTERS: VC's Joe Caramagna
COVER: Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz with Chris Sotomayor
VARIANT COVERS: Rafael Albuquerque; John Tyler Christopher; Bill Sienkiewicz; Skottie Young
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (July 2016)
Parental Advisory
Nighthawk is a Marvel Comics character. While there have been several versions of the character, the first Nighthawk was Kyle Richmond, initially a supervillain and also a member of the Squadron Supreme. Richmond, as the original Nighthawk, debuted in The Avengers #69 (cover dated: October 1969) with two other members of the Squadron Supreme.
The “All-New, All-Different Marvel” event offers a new ongoing Nighthawk comic book. This series focuses on an African-American version of Kyle Richmond from Earth-31916, who also uses the identity of Raymond Kane. Nighthawk is written by David F. Walker; drawn by Ramon Villalobos; colored by Tamra Bonvillian; and lettered by Joe Caramagna.
Nighthawk #1 opens in Chicago, Illinois which is both roiled by racial strife and rotten with political corruption. The city's streets, neighborhoods, and districts are Nighthawk's stomping grounds. In fact, we find him stomping on the “True Patriots,” a White supremacist gang that deals in guns and meth production. Nighthawk uses his physical and mental skills to destroy them, will his partner, Tilda Johnson, as usual, helps with the robotics and technology Nighthawk uses. Meanwhile, Kane faces a dirty offer from Dan Hanrahan; plus, a sinister figure returns.
Stunned. I am truly stunned both by how much I like this comic book and by how good it is. If DC Comics were not so afraid of letting African-American scribes write marquee titles, David F. Walker would be writing Batman now. [Walker recently had a short stint as writer of the Cyborg comic book for DC.] Although I am a fan of both Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz, I think the cover art they provided for Nighthawk #1 is kinda whack. When I first saw the cover, I looked at this comic book with disdain.
But something made me buy it. Maybe, it is the buy-the-first-issue fanboy gene that made me do it, but whomever or whatever I have to thank – thank you, bitches! I think that Walker is going to tackle issues surrounding themes of anger, aggression, rage, violence, political corruption, and corporate depravity. So that makes David F. Walker's Nighthawk a smart buy. Besides, the covers are going to get better, aren't they?
As artist, I like the choice of Ramon Villalobos, whose work on last summer's E is for Extinction (a Secret Wars title) wowed me. You know what? I'm going to highly recommend this book to you, dear readers.
A
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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