Comic Title: Showcase Presents Hawkman Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2007
On Sale Date: March 21, 2007 Direct Market Date March 21, 2007
Source: Previews, Vol. 16 #12 (#216)

Direct Market Date March 21, 2007
Source: Usenet, New Releases List for Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 560
Editor: Peter Hamboussi

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Giant in the Golden Mask"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Hawkman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Murphy Anderson

Reprinted From:
Hawkman #8 (1965)

Feature Character(s)

• Hawkman (last appearance in Hawkman #7; next appearance in Hawkman #8)

Supporting Character(s)

• Hawkgirl (last appearance in Hawkman #7; next appearance in Hawkman #8)

Villain(s)

• The Metallic Giant of Vulcan (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Paul Colby (explorer for the Midway City Museum; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Vulcan (in flashback)

Synopsis:
Midway City Museum explorer Paul Colby brings the legendary mask of Vulcan back home from Mount Olympus, but it affixes itself to him, and a repulsion/attraction ray-beam emanates from its forehead, battering Carter Hall before Colby is flown off by it. Hawkman and Hawkgirl follow Colby to Mount Olympus, and in the ensuing fight, the mask's robot body is uncovered in the mountains. The two parts are rejoined to form an indestructible juggernaut.

The rescued Colby tells them the legend that Vulcan halted this menace by immobilizing the giant, but that he does not know how this was done. Searching the giant's tomb, they find the mask's case and use it to enclose the mask once more, which stops the giant.

They take the mask back to the museum, where it goes on display for not more than 60 seconds each day, not enough to reanimate the giant's spirit.