Whatever happened to Darkhawk?

[MarvelWarrior]

I remember reading this series back in the early 90s. What happened to his character?

 

[The Watchman]

He was in a recent arc of Runaways...he joined some organization that helps young superheroes...can't remember specifics

 

[WOLVERINE25TH]

You can find him in the pages of Runaways as part of the Excelsiors and the last Marvel Team-Up arc on the League of Losers.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

He's been around, and he's experienced a major upswing in activity lately. Chris Powell appeared as a member of Excelsior, the "support group" for ex-teen superheroes featured in Runaways, and he played a major role in a recent Marvel Team-Up arc called "The Legion of Losers."

 

[The Watchman]

word homies.

 

[MarvelWarrior]

Interesting,cool to hear that he's still around. Has his design changed any?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

It changed back to his original look, basically.

 

[MarvelWarrior]

Cool, thanks for the info guys, I appreciate it. I wonder if there's a chance he'll get his own series again.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Doubtful, but I suppose anything's possible. He'll probably pop back up in Runaways at some point. Vaughan just kind of left their subplot dangling.

 

[RAMORE]

Interesting,cool to hear that he's still around. Has his design changed any?

A guy named Brad did some redesign stuff that was cool:

old costume

and his redesign

 

[RAMORE]

i think the pencils look better than the finish but that's just me.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

He would make a cool movie.

 

[JewishHobbit]

I would totally buy another Darkhawk ongoing. I didn't really get into him until after his series ended, but I've picked almost all of them up as back issues and love them all. I was ecstatic when he showed up in Runaways and I'm hoping for a return, or at least an Excelsior mini, leading into an ongoing

 

[DraXXXen]

He also appeared in the War Machine miniseries under Marvels MAX comic line. He had a new look and was completely bat**** insane mentally.

 

[Tropico]

It'd be good to know what happened to his second body/armor, it looks a lot like the Darkhawk V.3 we've seen here.

It was also weird how Chris kept getting violent when he turned into Darkhawk (which I don't remember happening in his series) and it would've been interesting to see if it was because the alien bodies he switched places with were gaining some kind of sentience or if his real body was somehow being affected from being in that spaceship when he switched bodies.

 

[RAMORE]

He also appeared in the War Machine miniseries under Marvels MAX comic line. He had a new look and was completely bat**** insane mentally.

Really how was the look different and why was he insane?


I too think this would make a cool movie.

 

[JewishHobbit]

I never liked that 2nd suit. The first one was classic and should remain. And I've read the first 20 or so of his ongoing while glimpsting through the rest of the issues up to that one that you posted, and I don't remember him ever getting aggressive like that either. I wonder if that was taken from the War Machine Mini that he was in, though I think that one is now considered out of continuity.

 

[RAMORE]

yeah i didn't like that suit either but the first is very 90ish and could be updated.

 

[Tropico]

I never liked that 2nd suit. The first one was classic and should remain. And I've read the first 20 or so of his ongoing while glimpsting through the rest of the issues up to that one that you posted, and I don't remember him ever getting aggressive like that either. I wonder if that was taken from the War Machine Mini that he was in, though I think that one is now considered out of continuity.

Yeah, I mean his personality shifts a bit because of all he goes through; but, whose wouldn't? It never reached that bloodthirsty and irrational level we've seen in Excelsior.

 

[torkibe]

It's funny that someone started this thread... I was just going through some old things (I'm moving) and I found a box with the complete run of DH including 2 Avengers annuals that he appeared in (Plus Deathlocke 1-4 and a few old Sleepwalkers lol). I forgot I even had those. I used to LOVE DH. I think they really dropped the ball on that one. I'd love to see him come back a little juiced up. Like, have there be another body that he was never aware of that's more powerful.

 

[i'm Spider-Man]

I read the MTU issues, that arc is in fact represents my whole collection of MTU issues, lol...

I thought Darkhawk was a GREAT character. Able to lead a team, able to pull the best out of those around him, pretty deep characterisation, great powers, interesting look... Overall, just a really cool character. I hope he pops up in Civil War, after all he does count as one of those 'Young Heroes' that Stark and the government are so worried about...

 

[JewishHobbit]

Was the "League of Losers" arc in continuity? Was it the Darkhawk we love, or some future version? I had glimpsed through the first issue and it looked like some alternate future thing, so I never picked it up.

 

[Dread]

Was the "League of Losers" arc in continuity? Was it the Darkhawk we love, or some future version? I had glimpsed through the first issue and it looked like some alternate future thing, so I never picked it up.

The "League of Losers" arc is NOT part of Marvel's 616 "canon" reality, as noted in ALL-NEW OHBOTMU #5 in Gravity's bio. Chronok came from an alternate future reality, and the "LOL" prevented him from effecting 616 as well as creating a reality where he didn't succeed.

Basically, 616 has NO definate future, because Marvel never ends. Any "future" reality is an alternate reality that is mistaken for "official reality's" future. As such, there are actually many "alternate earths" or realities at Marvel, despite the perception that they had "one Earth" and DC's Multiverse was too complicated. Characters from alternate realities have mangled into 616's stream many times, from X-Man to the Brute and beyond, and it could be just as confusing as Power-Girl's origin.

 

[Speedball]

League of Losers should get thier own series.
Damn i loved that arc.

 

[Dread]

League of Losers should get thier own series.
Damn i loved that arc.

Me too. It will probably go down as the highlight of Kirkman's MTU run, unless "Freedom Ring" REALLY picks up later on. Really showcased that what keeps a lot of "C-Listers" down is how they are written and the situations they are in, or lack thereof. Anyone can be cool when they have to save the world. Have Wolverine do it a billion times, of course he'll be cool. Have Speedball look like a joke enough, of course he won't be cool. Great characters don't happen by accident. They are created, re-created, revisioned, improved, etc.

Besides, if most of us were heroes, what're the odds that we'd all end up A-class? The lower rent heroes are closer to the common man in that regard, and that's what makes them fun to root for sometimes.