Comic Title: Showcase Presents:Hawkman Vol. 2 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2008
On Sale Date: July 16, 2008 Direct Market Date July 16, 2008
Source: Previews, #235

Direct Market Date July 16, 2008
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Million-Year-Long War"
Pages: 24

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Murphy Anderson

Reprinted From:
Hawkman #12 (1966)

Feature Character(s)

• Hawkman (last appearance in Flash #158; next appearance in Justice League of America #43)

Supporting Character(s)

• Hawkgirl (last appearance in Justice League of America #41; next appearance in Justice League of America #43)
• Andar Pul (last appearance in Hawkman #1; next appearance in Showcase #103)

Villain(s)

• Avron Kull and Brac Dhu (ancient warlords of planet Marrakon; no further appearances)
• A band of thieves (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Tofar Dann and Javat Pom (Thanagarian archaeologists; no further appearances)
• Inhabitants of Thanagar and a Midway City tour guide (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Two ancient warlords of the planet Marrakon are accidentally awakened by Thanagarian archaeologists, and use Thanagar as the battleground for their renewed fighting. Hawkman and Hawkgirl, checking to see why they couldn't contact their planet, return to it, pick up the archaeologists on Marrakon, and learn their story. Upon arrival, they discover their planet is under the warlords' psycho-magnetic control, and so are their passengers, but for some reason Hawkman and Hawkgirl are not.

Though invulnerable to the mind-control, they find it impossible to overcome the immortal warlords, until they deduce that Earth's solar radiation gives them their immunity, and so they find their Earth weapons to be effective. However, both warlords threaten to kill every Thanagarian under their control unless Katar and Shayera become their champions.

Their Earth weapons are now ineffective, so Hawkman and Hawkgirl must separately expose the warlords to radiated dust from Marrakon, which had been the cause of their hibernation, and seal them in airtight tombs.

Thanagar honors Katar and Shayera as heroes before they return to Earth.