Pull List 26: Suddenly I feel decades younger...



Hawk and Dove
Writer: Sterling Gates
Artist: Rob Liefeld

I'm a tad puzzled on this one. To begin with, who decided Hawk and Dove was a property to be marketed over The Question, or a second Flash title, Justice Society of America, Captain Marvel, or (since they're doing it this way), any number of WildStorm or Milestone properties? It's a unique enough pair, but DC has dozens of others more likely to be sure hits; I'm truly boggled they went with this.

Also...Rob Liefeld? Sure is 1993. Granted, dude has like every right to continue drawing, regardless of what haters say. There doesn't exist an artist whose work is more openly and frequently mocked than Liefeld. But he and Gail did two issues in the middle of Geoff Johns' Teen Titans run (oddly enough, featuring these two characters)? Sold like gangbusters. Man's a testament to how worthless Internet criticism actually is.

I'm no Liefeld fan to be honest, but he's not a minus to me, so it's whatever. But Sterling Gates' Supergirl was amazing, so if he can bring that level of characterization and excitement to this, I'll be happy.

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