Hawkgirl’s New Costume Proves She’s Become the Justice League’s Wolverine
Hawkgirl’s new costume makes her look like a fan-favorite member of the X-Men, but she has a lot more in common with Wolverine than fans realize.
Warning! Spoiler for Justice League Annual #1.
Although his appearance is brief, HawkgirlThe new costume means she doesn’t just act like Wolverine, she looks like him too. She receives it after being taken to the future in Justice League Annual #1. The issue was written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Sanford Greene.
In the future, weaponized hero OMAC discovers Hawkgirl frozen in time, locked in a strange bubble. He is then pulled through time itself to the present. After a brief interaction with the Justice League, OMAC recognizes Hawkgirl and mistakenly believes she is responsible for his travel time. In reality, the temporal anomaly was caused by a Timelord. While battling the Justice League, the Timelord throws a weapon that freezes Hawkgirl in time, then sends her into the future. It’s the strange envelope that OMAC discovers inside at the beginning of the issue.
It’s not shown in the issue, but OMAC discovers her in the future, frees her, and together they work to take down a future evil corporation. This is all explained by Hawkgirl when she miraculously returns to the present just seconds after being sent away. When she returns she is wearing new armor, presumably something she has earned during her adventures with the OMAC in the future. This armor is sleeker and warrior-like, with an uncanny resemblance to Marvel’s Wolverine.
It’s fitting that Hawkgirl’s new look puts her in line with Wolverine as she already shares many similarities with the character. She is known for her primal, almost savage rage when attacking, much like Wolverine. She fights brutally using her claws, which Wolverine is also famous for. The similarities continue with their relationship to the unique metal. For Wolverine, it’s adamantium. For Hawkgirl, it’s Nth metal.
What they have in common also extends to their behavior towards their respective teams. Despite being part of the X-Men, Wolverine is known to be a lone wolf and often goes on his own solo missions. A good example of this is during Marvel’s Civil war. While all the heroes are busy fighting, Wolverine decides to go after the villainous Nitro instead. And it turns out that Hawkgirl is sent on her own adventure in order to acquire this new armor. She lives years of battles in the future in a matter of seconds in the present. Yes Hawkgirl is not the Justice League Wolverine, so no one else comes near.
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