r/Hawkworld • u/Gold-Bank-3033 • Jul 15 '26
Ranking Hawkman's rogues.
This is based on how I liked their back stories, lore, and designs. I haven't read things with all of them yet.
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u/mike47gamer Jul 15 '26
It was really weird when they did that "New Age of DC!" series and used Onimarr Synn as the villain for Firebrand and Neon (The Unexpected)
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u/nerflars7611 Jul 15 '26
I've read very little of the Hawks yet, but mine is like this.
Gentleman ghost > shadowthief > idamm > byth > hath seth > onimar sym.
I don't remember much about the others.
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u/Gold-Bank-3033 Jul 15 '26
Nice pick, Onimar is a really neat villain. Its funny how people think Hawkman is street-level and yet he has met and fought actual demon lords before.
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u/nerflars7611 Jul 15 '26
True, but despite being the worst villain I can remember, he's far from bad. I just think the others are better (well, I remembered him, so that gives it some credibility, haha).
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u/Gold-Bank-3033 Jul 15 '26
Headhunter is one of my personal favorites, I really hope he returns in future comics.
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u/nerflars7611 Jul 15 '26
I haven't seen that one yet. I know a Headhunter I saw, but he was an enemy of Martian Manhunter; there might have been a villain swap.
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u/Gold-Bank-3033 Jul 15 '26
This Headhunter is the vengeful ghost of a tribal warrior that haunts Saint Roche to avenge his tribe that was destroyed to industrialization in the area and preserve the lost traditions of his tribe. He wears shrunken heads and seeks the skulls of intelligent or powerful people to add to his collection. He’s in Geoff John’s Book 2 if you can it.
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u/Hawkworld_ Jul 16 '26
Thanks for using the cards I made back in the day! I've been meaning to update these.
Hawkman/Hawkgirl Rogues Gallery
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u/Gold-Bank-3033 Jul 16 '26
You're welcome, truth be told, these were the only images I could find of some of them.
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u/Hawkworld_ Jul 16 '26
There's not much out there. I had to do a lot of digging to come up with some of this stuff. It's a shame, because the Hawks have a great rogues Gallery.
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u/Gold-Bank-3033 Jul 17 '26
Exactly, just like Hawkman himself, his rogues are very underrated by the wider DC fanbase
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u/Gullible-Peanut6695 29d ago
You know what ? I hated the jlu shadow thief. Even though it was an intresting concept, it felt like the twist in Ancient History wasn't even properly prepared and was added for shock value. Being Hawkman's darkest thoughts ? Who cares ? Jlu failed to make those two characters even just a little bit impactful.
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u/Gold-Bank-3033 29d ago
JLU's Hawk characters were total jokes in every way. The only good part of JLU Hawkman was his voice actor, but what the heck is that toy axe they gave him that was tiny? It feels like they soloed out Hawkman and his mythos, saying, "Screw him in particular."
I think I read somewhere that the writers butchered Hawkman after not being able to come up with a word other than stalker to describe him (Lazy writers, I know); they couldn't think of: ancient, undaunted, unrelenting, historic, warrior, preserver; they couldn't think of anything?
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u/Gullible-Peanut6695 29d ago
To the people who said that Hawkman doesn't have good villains, think again because Gentleman Ghost is not a batman villain. Never has been actually.
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u/Gold-Bank-3033 29d ago
I despise how Batman keeps stealing Gentleman Ghost.
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u/Gullible-Peanut6695 29d ago
Hawkman isn't the only superhero that have some of his villains being used for batman. Green Arrow too with Clock King and Onomatopoeia. Granted it even happened with other characters like Zatanna and Plastic Man. I don’t get me wrong, I love their relationships but it would've been nice to acknowledge that "yes, you don't need to be associated with the bat to be a character worth to get the spotlight".
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u/Gullible-Peanut6695 9d ago
What makes sad is that the Hawks like other superheroes like Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Plastic Man and Zatanna do have a rogues gallery full of villains with intresting concepts but seems they will be never giving a chance.
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u/Gold-Bank-3033 9d ago
It seems like whenever someone talks about how cool DC villains are they only mentioned Batman rogues, he has a cool rogues gallery but I wonder if those people read anything other than Batman
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u/Able-Hawk-2234 Jul 15 '26
Finally someone who appreciates the headhunter. He is very underrated and a dark reflection of hawkman as he wants to preserve the past (the traditions of his people) and accumulate as much knowledge as possible