Whatever happened to Darkhawk?

[deemar325]

That's some cool art for Darkhawk! nice redesign.

 

[JewishHobbit]

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.

Well, I know the deal with alternate futures and such (I have been reading Marvel for 15 years afterall), I just hadn't read the story and didn't know the basics. I was just wondering if it was one of those stories where it's set in current 616, then goes nuts, and they make it back okay... aka... it's the actual characters, not future versions of themselves. But you answered my question, and for that I thank you

 

[TheCorpulent1]

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.

That second suit was bad for his health. You can clearly see that it's mysteriously broken his left arm right around the shoulder area.

 

[MarvelWarrior]

Anyone remember his rouges gallery? I know he fought Hobgoblin and Tombstone. And some girl named Lodestone and the bad Darkhawk named Portal.

 

[JewishHobbit]

Portal was the green one right? What was the red one's name? Overhawk or something like that?

 

[Tropico]

Well, I know the deal with alternate futures and such (I have been reading Marvel for 15 years afterall), I just hadn't read the story and didn't know the basics. I was just wondering if it was one of those stories where it's set in current 616, then goes nuts, and they make it back okay... aka... it's the actual characters, not future versions of themselves. But you answered my question, and for that I thank you

It apparently starts in the 616 universe and then the LoL travel to the bad guy's future which apparently is the new 2099 future (the one that had a bunch of one shots, not the original 2099). They train there for a while and then go on to defeat the villain in the future so that their past never happens. Since they created a paradox they're left in the future supposedly with the comforting knowledge that their "original selves" were safe.

If I understand Marvel temporal mechanics correctly it would mean that they COULDN'T have started out in the 616 universe but probably saved it by stopping the bad guy from traveling back in time to the 616 universe since it couldn't be their actual past since it was already destroyed. It's the only way I could make sense of it for it to be relevant to the 616 universe. They have to start out in an alternate "present" and travel to an alternate future but end up saving our present in the end. I'm dizzy!!

 

[DraXXXen]

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


I too think this would make a cool movie.

You can see Darkhawk behind warmachine on this cover, though I could not find any of the clearer pics from the actual issue:


http://www.marveldatabase.com/wiki/images/0/0c/USWarMachine_9.jpg


Cannot recall why exactly he was insane, but they had to keep him locked up and he rarely made any sense when talking.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

US War Machine sucked.

 

[i'm Spider-Man]

MTU #15 COVER:

 

[Harlekin]

I really have to pick up the TPB of that.

 

[i'm Spider-Man]

it was a really, really good story. It was nice to see so many minor characters making such a great team.

 

[JewishHobbit]

I've been meaning to pick up some MTU trades anyhow, so I'll probably start with that one.

 

[deemar325]

US War Machine sucked.

It had a good premise, but poor translation.

 

[RAMORE]

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.

Amen to this^ so true