10 Embarrassing Comic Book Moments Writers Had To Explain
6. Hawkman's Origins
Of all the DC heroes, the mythology behind Hawkman and Hawkgirl is by far the most confusing. Trying to decipher how these two work is liable to make your eyes roll up into the back of your head because it's about as consistent with its timeline as a bar of used dish soap.
Even when rebooted post-Crisis, no one could agree on a single timeline of events, leading to the book just appearing muddled and confused. Mostly because it WAS muddled and confused, from top to bottom. That was, until, the grand master of reboots Geoff Johns came along to try and clear the air.
It was him who came up with the reincarnation cycle that you might know from the CW incarnations of these characters, which ultimately was the best course of action given the many, many contradictions that plagued the characters over the years.
But of course, this franchise is destined for confusion, so it only fixed so much. Still, the effort is more than appreciated, especially for the onion of needless confusion that is this hero's mythology.
But hey, at least the DCAU got them right?