I have decided to call the Hawkgirl/Covergirl collection to be complete. I do need to do an audit of everything to see what might be missing. I know that are one or two variants where Hawkgirl graces the cover of the current run of Justice League. Then of course there are the dozen or so older, more expensive covers from the early Sixties and back … Continue reading The Final Five Countdown #1

Justice League of America #165 (April 1979) VG $2.00 Issue #165 of Justice league of America is significant for a couple of reasons. It is the last issue of a six-issue story-arc that featured Zatanna and her parents, Zatara and Sindella. It is in this story that Zatanna’s mother dies but before she does, she reveals to her daughter her origin. She makes known that … Continue reading Hawkgirl/Covergirl Collection #128

Justice League of America #164 (March 1979) FN $3.00 I have a theory about Zatanna and her joining the Justice League of America in the late Seventies. The reason why she appeared on the cover more times than Hawkgirl did was due to sex appeal. Unlike Hawkgirl, Zatanna was not married. Unlike Wonder Woman, Zatanna did not have a boyfriend. (Although there was some flirting … Continue reading Hawkgirl/Covergirl Collection #127

Justice League of America #161 (December 1978) FN $4.80 In 1969, after Wonder Woman left the Justice League of America, Black Canary became the only female member of the team. In 1972, two more men and a male android were added to the League bringing the total number of members to 12 heroes (11 men and one woman). The following year, Wonder Woman returned to … Continue reading Hawkgirl\Covergirl Collection #126

Justice League of America #157 (August 1978) VG $6.00 In August of 1978, there were three women in the JLA, but instead of showing Hawkgirl along with Wonder Woman & Black Canary on the cover of Justice League of America #157, they substituted the Pinioned Princess with the Maid of Might, Supergirl. As the banner on the cover indicates the entire JLA is involved and … Continue reading Hawkgirl/Cover Girl Collection #125

Justice League of America #152 (March 1978) VG 4.0 $3.20 From the time that the character was first introduce, Red Tornado has been portrayed as an adult Pinocchio. He is a man-made artifact; an android who longs to become a real man. He went so far as to create a secret identity for himself in which he took on the persona of a human named … Continue reading Hawkgirl/Covergirl Collection #124

Justice League of America #151 (February 1978) FN 6.0 $4.80 The Wonder Woman who flourished in the golden age of comics existed in the pre-Comics Code Authority era and her comic books in 1940s were notorious for containing a subversive “bondage and sapphic-undertones” subtext. Her only weakness is bondage. All Amazons wear indestructible “Bracelets of Submission”. While Wonder Woman is famous for playing bracelets & … Continue reading Hawkgirl/Covergirl Collection #123

Justice League of America #150 (January 1978) FN 6.0 $3.42 The reason why I bought this issue is because I knew from my research that Hawkgirl appeared somewhere between the covers. But what I did not realize until I examined the cover in detail is that Hawkgirl actually does appear on this cover. On the cover a villain by the name of The Key is … Continue reading Hawkgirl/Covergirl Collection #122

Justice League of America #149 (December 1977) VG $3.14 Hawkgirl became a member of the Justice league of America in issue #146 (September 1977), yet she did not appear again in within the series until #149 (December 1977). In the story titled “The Face of the Star-Tsar,” the League’s satellite (22,300 miles above the equator), is invaded by their longtime foe Doctor Light. The team … Continue reading Hawkgirl/Covergirl Collection #121

Justice League of America #136 (November 1976) VG 4.0 $4.37 Although Hawkgirl does not appear on the cover of this issue from 1976, she does have a guest-starring role in the story titled “Crisis on Earth-S”. In it, she is teamed up with a female hero who was created a little earlier than Hawkgirl was. Bulletgirl first appeared in Nickel Comics #1 (1940). JLA #136 … Continue reading Hawkgirl/Covergirl Collection #120

Justice League of America #98 (May 1972) VG $6.08 Here is an oldie but goodie from 1972. It features one the earliest heroes in the DC universe. Sargon the Sorcerer first appeared in All-American Comics #26 (May 1941). He was a magician/crimefighter in the Golden age who later went bad for a while in the Silver age and in this issue he returned for the … Continue reading Hawkgirl/Covergirl Collection #119

Justice League of America #160 (November 1978) VG $3.20 In a story continued from #159, the JLA/JSA annual team-up that started out as peaceful private dinner party turned into a melee against a team of time travelers from DC comics historical epochs known as the “Five Warriors from Forever”. At one point, Hawkgirl is seen laying in a hospital ward in between Dr. Fate and … Continue reading Hawkgirl/Covergirl Collection #118